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Art teacher made big impact

No one after light­ing a lamp put it under the bushel bas­ket, but on a lamp­stand, and it gives light to all in the house.” Matthew 5:15 The thing I like about Ober­lin High School art teacher Lorna Kretch­mar and her art stu­dents is that they put their art­work out where it can be seen […]

Long-time art teacher says 30 years enough

Oberlin High School art teacher Lorna Kretchmar points out areas for improvement on a banner to a student.

After 30 years teach­ing art at Ober­lin High School, Lorna Kretch­mar is finally hang­ing up her smock. The board of edu­ca­tion last week for­mally approved Kretchmar’s retire­ment. She said the job at Ober­lin High School was the only teach­ing job she ever held. “Thirty years in the same job, that’s quite an accom­plish­ment,” Kretch­mar said. “I did […]

Students make an artful IB choice

Saige McNeal, an OHS senior, is shown with her favorite entry, "The Cell," an acrylic on canvas.

by CLAU­DINE CARL­TON Kendal Pub­lic­ity Plugs Ober­lin High School Seniors Kather­ine Cavanaugh and Saige McNeal have cho­sen art instead of music for the Inter­na­tional Baccalaureate’s arts require­ment. Both dis­played their works at Kendal at Ober­lin recently. An IB exam­iner came there to see their works and talk with these teenagers. Con­cern­ing the OHS art teacher Lorna […]

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