Blackshear Elementary School’s (BES) winning entry used marker tops and crayons to create the letters making up the school’s name in a mixed media piece which tied for first place in the National Colonial Dames of Georgia’s “My Place” Project.
An art competition designed to promote civic awareness and patriotic values among students. the idea for the project had been brewing with BES art teacher Haley Ragsdale for some time, collecting and saving a variety of colorful marker tops for a special moment.
“I have heard the question, ‘Mrs. Haley, what are you going to do with all of those marker tops?’ about 100 times,” Ragsdale recalls. The time finally came and this year, the students would work together to create something unique to represent their school.
