Students Travel to U of I

Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival, Art Show and Media Production Tour Were Enriching Experience. By Jessica Hanna, Josh Knaggs and Paul Bonnell. Photos by Sara Schrock.

Bonners Ferry High School jazz band students along with the Advanced Art and Media Literacy classes traveled to the University of Idaho in Moscow on February 21 to attend the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival. The jazz students explored U of I’s campus while attending clinics taught by specialists in the field. Schools from British Columbia and Ontario, Canada, as well as from Washington, Oregon and Idaho performed throughout the day.  The students attended concerts at the Kibbie Dome featuring U of I’s jazz choirs and the jazz festival winners from that day.  The performances were incredible, not something the students will forget! Senior jazz band member and second trumpet Jake Perez said, “We learned new skills and enjoyed listening to performances as well as joining the art students for the art show.”

Media literacy students attended art shows, toured the KUOI radio station, the offices of the university student publications The Argonaut and The Blot, and the school of Journalism and Mass Media. While there, several students were able to record readings of the Gettysburg Address with the Learn the Address program and Idaho Public Television. The experience was hands-on and enriching. Several students uploaded their readings to the national site and are involved in helping classmates at BFHS do the same. BFHS sophomore Ryan DeFalco said, “I found it rather interesting to actually be able to use their equipment and to tour the station.”

Mr. Knaggs’ Advanced Art class participated in the University of Idaho’s statewide art show/competition. The theme of the work was “Stem to Steam: Adding Arts to STEM Education.” Fourteen students entered original artwork into the show, and thanks to the Badger Boosters, had the opportunity to participate in this enrichment field trip. The class started by touring the Third Street and Pritchard art galleries. They walked through historic downtown Moscow and ended up at the campus to attend the art show they entered. Out of over 300 entries, BFHS had two places holders.  Senior Anika Blackmore won an Honorable Mention with Dance Within the Lines, a mathematical graphing of dance. Senior Johnny Vander Gatens took third place overall with his steam punk graphite drawing titled Cyborg of Knowledge, winning a $75 gift certificate for art supplies.

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