Oxford ‘Poppy’ Art Poster Winners Announced
The American Legion Auxiliary (ALA) Unit 376 sponsored a Poppy Poster Contest in both the Oxford Academy Middle and High Schools. The event was chaired by Terrill Sutton with assistance by Art Educators, Charity Gipp and Joni Eaton. Ten students were poster winners!
The ALA s Poppy Poster Contest, for Unit 376, is the brainchild of Terrill Sutton originating in 2018. The purpose of doing this, Terrill said, is to have the students learn about what the Red Flanders Field Poppy stands for and what it represents.
In 2018, Terrill asked Art Educators Charity Gipp, Middle School and Joni Eaton, High School, to have their students learn the meaning of the red Memorial Poppy and read the poem In Flanders Field . Terrill then asked the instructors to have their art students create posters, in any medium, to be displayed at the Oxford American Legion Post 376 for a competition.
Friday, May 14, 2021
By Beverly Van Buskirk, Lifestyles editor
(Sentinel Photo by Beverly Van Buskirk) Le Mars Mayor Dick Kirchoff signs the Poppy Day Proclamation under the watchful eyes of Kenadee Sitzmann, first place winner in the Poppy Poster Contest, and Cathy Popp.
LE MARS The Le Mars American Legion Auxiliary Post #241 sponsors the annual Poppy Poster Contest each year in remembrance of veterans and the symbolic poppy.
Sixth grade students at Gehlen Catholic School participate in the contest as part of their art curriculum under the direction of instructor Beth Schlichte.
Poppy Week is usually observed as the week that ends on the Saturday before Memorial Day. However, Gehlen Catholic 6th grade students learned about it earlier in the year as part of a unit on good poster design. In art class, they created posters to enter into the auxiliarys annual Poppy Poster Contest.