Currents in Education
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MARY CASSATT. Mary-Jane Merrill and first graders from Village Elementary School celebrated the birthday of Impressionist painter Mary Cassatt with lunch at the Dockside Restaurant on Monday, May 21. Cassatt was born on May 23, 1844. According to Mary Harding, who told the students that her favorite subject to paint was children, if she were there and could see them all dressed up for the occasion, she would “pull out her paint and pull out her easel and paint you all.” The students voted on which of Cassatt's paintings to put on the cake, pictured here, deciding on "Children Playing on the Beach" by just one vote. Owen Dyer makes the cake each year for the birthday celebration. Merrill, who was re-elected to the School Committee in Saturday's election, volunteers at the school to teach the first graders about the Impressionists.
Photo by Melissa Wood
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