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= Welcome to the International Art Project called "Paint for Bangladesh" with the International School of Dhaka, Bangladesh =

The Web Page Design II class at West Ashley High School in Charleston, SC is collaborating and working cooperatively with the International School of Dhaka to help support the Paint for Bangladesh charity event. We look forward to contributing our efforts and please read more about it from the project coordinator, Ms. Recter, in a letter below. The students at WAHS have two objectives to achieve with this project.
 * 1) Each Web Page Design II student will learn about this region of the world and develop a global understanding for the culture of Bangladesh by researching the country and creating an educational video showcasing the culture, and the facts of the country.
 * 2) Each Web Page Design II student will help promote awareness to the International Art Project by contributing web page design techniques and oversee the management of this Wiki.

We are excited to work with this project and look forward to helping the children of Bangladesh that need your help! You will navigate to the right and may view the student's work that support this cause. Thank you, Eva Rutiri Career & Technology Teacher West Ashley High School eva_rutiri@charleston.k12.sc.us 

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= Letter from Ms. Recter about t﻿ he International Art Project called = = "Paint for ﻿ Bangladesh" =

=<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">﻿ = <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">August, 2010 <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">My name is Deedee Recter and I am a grade 1 teacher at the International School of Dhaka. I have been in Dhaka, Bangladesh for over a year and would like to do something innovative for charity. I became involved with the charity organization 1WE ( [|http://www.1we.com]) that I found to be more about empowering people and making them independent instead of dependent. Bangladesh often gets overlooked in regards to charity donations. One often thinks of India and Africa. But unless there has been a disaster in the area, Bangladesh mostly goes unnoticed. Our school currently supports children to go to school and they come in a few times a week to use our facilities. I went to visit their school and was humbled by the standards of their school. Regardless, the children were still excited to be there and were learning. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">I have always been interested in art and do a lot of art with my students; as such I have come up with the innovative idea of creating an art auction on line around a common theme. It will also be the first time that international schools are linked together in a ‘creative project’ that can help one of the poorest nations in the world. Not only am I involving international schools, but also the less fortunate children around the world. I am also excited to see all the different perspectives that we would get based on one theme. We just need a little of your time and the children’s imagination! The time involvement is not a huge amount and would only take one lesson to do or could even be done in the art room if you have one. The project will only be done with Elementary School children. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">What is involved: <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">➢ Any elementary classes that are interested will be given a quick power point about Bangladesh and what it is like to live there as well as why we are doing this art auction. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">➢ The children will then paint (tempera) a picture on A3 sized paper around the common theme of “What Happiness means to them”. The school can send the pieces of art to me. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">➢ The pieces will then be forwarded by me to an artist. The artist will take the children’s work pieces and add their own take on it. For example, the artists might cut up the children’s artwork and make a collage out of it. Of course, they will make the child’s artwork visible within theirs. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">➢ The artwork will be documented on an ongoing Blog and the student names credited. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">➢ If all goes according to plan a final showing of the artwork will be in the beginning of June at the International School of Dhaka. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">➢ After the showing, the artwork will be on display on the same Blog where parents or the public can bid on the pieces. All the money will be used to send street children to school. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">If your school is interested in participating in this project, please email me at deedee.recter@googlemail.com <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">All paintings are due in by December 1st, 2010 <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Please send them to: <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Deedee Recter <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">The International School of Dhaka <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">CIS Dhaka Bag <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">21 Lavant Street <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Petersfield <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Hampshire, GU323EL <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">United Kingdom <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">I look forward to hearing back from you. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Sincerely, <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Deedee Recter <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Grade 1 Teacher at the International School of Dhaka <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">[] <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> media type="custom" key="7145089" align="center" width="90" height="90"