Daily Bulletin
| Independence High School Friday, March 10, 2023 |
Good morning, Falcons! In honor of Women’s History Month, we’ll be recognizing the important achievements of women in Kern County! Check out the information about Iva Fendrick, a Bakersfield teacher and artist, at the end of these announcements!
Testing makeups will be happening today - students, please report directly to your assigned testing room.
Congratulations to the Independence Advanced Chamber Choir on earning a Superior Rating at the CMEA Choral Festival!! Your hard work and dedication to music has earned you this Superior ranking. Way to go Chamber Choir!!! Come out to support our amazing vocalists next Tuesday evening in the PAC!
Congratulations to our Orchestra/Band on an incredible concert last night!
Bill Williams Elementary school is looking for volunteers to help with their school Carnival on May 12th, from 4-8pm. Sign up in the counseling office with Mrs. Moreno.
Sophomores and juniors--if you are interested in attending ROC or CTEC for the next school year, the deadline to apply is today! Please go to roc.kernhigh.org to apply.
Attention Mathletes and Math Nerds! CSUB will be holding a Math Field Day Competition tomorrow. If you are interested, please see Ms. Flores in room 1007 for more information!
It’s not too late to sign up to play boys’ tennis! No prior experience is necessary - come by the athletics office for more details!
Don’t forget - we “spring forward” this weekend and lose an hour. Make sure your clocks are set correctly at home!
Have a great day, Falcons!
From KGET:
With each brush stroke, Iva Fendrick creates beauty… not only on the canvas, but in her community. Art has always been a part of her life. Her mother was an artist; one of the founders of the Bakersfield art association in 1944. Iva followed in her footsteps. Her mother was the first president of the Bakersfield Art Association and Iva too has been president several times. She also serves on the Arts Council, and as a teacher helped mold future artists at North High for 25 years. “I think everybody has a creative need and it might be a variety of things. Hairdressers, they’re creating, people who are gardening and woodworking and doing photography. We all have that need and that’s why I love teaching children and adults.”
“She really believes that art is an essential human right, and to express ourselves gives value to that person and it helps as you develop that and share it with others, it enriches not only your life but that of your community and those around you,” says Kimberly Brown. Kimberly has seen Iva’s work up close all her life; she’s her daughter. But you’ve likely seen Iva’s work too without even realizing it. She painted one of the trucks displayed around town as part of the Bakersfield Museum of Art’s 60th anniversary project, Drive By Art. In triple-digit temperatures she painted murals to beautify utility boxes at Panorama Park. “When I went to paint, we were assigned certain boxes. I thought it was one and it turned out being five. It’s just like the murals on the buildings, we want that rather than just the brick buildings. It’s important. Feeds the soul,” postulates the painter.
Kimberly says they call Iva the “question lady.” “She is sincerely interested in other people. You cannot be in a conversation for more than five minutes with Iva without her eliciting from you what you are passionate about and what are you doing with that passion?” Iva is still sharing her passion with others by teaching watercolor classes at the BAA’s art center in downtown Bakersfield. Painting a remarkable picture of a life devoted to the beauty of art.