The De La Salle School

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  For close to 20 years, The De La Salle School has provided economically disadvantaged young men with a Christian and human education in the Lasallian tradition.  We are a Catholic middle school, grades 5 through 8, and we are part of the San Miguel/Nativity Coalition of schools, a nationwide model.

  Your support helps our faculty and administration provide a truly transformative experience to our students, all of whom come from economically disadvantaged circumstances with many living in failing school districts.  Your support helps our students get accepted into and attend Catholic high schools, many the first in their families to graduate from high school, and go on to achieve a college education.  We cannot do this without your help.

  We are non-tuition drive, and more than 90% of our budget is from individual, corporate and foundation donations. 

  We are a IRS recognized 501c3 tax exempt charity, and your donation is fully tax deductible.  Please join with us in our mission: please make a donation to  support our scholarship fund. 

  To make a donation by check, please write the check out to The De La Salle School, and send it to the attention of William Gault, Executive Director, The De La Salle School, 87 Pine Street, Freeport, NY 11520.    

  If you would like to join hundreds of others honoring our Founding Executive Director, Brother Thomas P. Casey, FSC, and make a one-time or recurring gift sponsoring the education of a student for a week, month, or day,  in his name, please click here.

  If you would like to support our Graduate Support Program helping our students achieve a Catholic high school education, please click here.

   

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• The Gentleman of the Week - The Week of 13 September 2021

  Congratulations to our Gentleman of the Week, 8th Grader Helmer Ventura.

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• Artist of the Week - Week of 14 June, 2021

  Congratulations to our Artist of the Week -- Dylan Garcia, 5th Grade

  Students learned about the elements of art through creating the cactus pot. Additionally, they learned about different water color techniques, such as crayon resist.

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• The Gentleman of the Week - The Week of 14 June, 2021

  Congratulations to our Gentleman of the Week,  7th Grader, Juan Jose Alvizures

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• Artist of the Week - Week of 7 June, 2021

  Congratulations to our Artist of the Week -- Christopher Melendez, 6th Grade

  Students were learning about proportion, shading and values.

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• Artist of the Week - Week of 31 May, 2021

  Congratulations to our Artist of the Week -- Helmer Ventura. 7th Grade

  Students were asked to design an animated gamer character and background. Helmer chose a character from one of his favorite shows and created an abstracted background.

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• Artist of the Week - Week of 24 May, 2021

  Congratulations to our Artist of the Week -- Walther Garcia, 7th Grade.

  Students were tasked to create a value study.  For this practice, they needed to match the values seen in the shaded still life on the left, to the line drawing on the right. Students needed to achieve a full range of shaded values.
  
  
  

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• The Gentleman of the Week - The Week of 17 May 2021

  Congratulations to our Gentleman of the Week, 8th Grader, Jostin Lamar

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• Artist of the Week - Week of 17 May, 2021

  Congratulations to our Artist of the Week -- Noah Wilkerson, 6th Grade

  For this project, students needed to create a silhouette. They learned about what a silhouette is, what it looks like and why it occurs.

  After, students water colored a gradient into their background and drew in their favorite animals.

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• The Gentleman of the Week - The Week of 10 May 2021

  Congratulations to our Gentleman of the Week, 7th Grader, Stanley Pena!!

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• Artist of the Week - Week of 10 May, 2021

  Congratulations to our Artist of the Week -- Anthony Ulloa, Grade 8

  For this lesson, students were introduced to the Mexican folk-art tradition and history of alebrijes. Alebrijes are whimsical, brightly painted sculptures, that depict imaginary animal-like creatures. Aside from these intense, bold colors, they are also illustrated with intricate patterns. Students will learn about the history and origin of Alebrijes, their creator, Pedro Linarez, as well as their lasting effect on Mexican culture. Students will take a personality quiz, which results in each student receiving three animals, from which they must use and combine to create their elebrihe. Students will experiment with creating various albrejie, through the use of thumbnail sketches. These sketches act as a guide, for when they move on to create their final project, through the means of drawing techniques. This lesson asks for students to self-reflect and apply their own prior knowledge of Mexico, in order to explore a new art form and its lasting effects in Mexican culture, since the 1940s.

   

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