This fourth annual art scholarship honors the legacy of Oleen Norman Tharpe of Wilkes County, North Carolina, who used her artistic talents and creativity to encourage countless young artists (including me) while working as a teacher’s aide at Ronda-Clingman Elementary School, as a private art teacher, and as a character designer through her sock doll …
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On April 1, 2025, the application for the Third Annual Oleen Norman Tharpe Art Scholarship for Wilkes County art students is available upon request by email at tharpescholarship@gmail.com. This annual art scholarship honors the legacy of Oleen Norman Tharpe of Wilkes County, North Carolina, who used her artistic talents and creativity to encourage countless young …
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My puzzle is now finished and checked off my bucket list. My Ronda newsletter from the 1990s is now a magazine! I hope you enjoy reading the area history and school news in this online edition, by clicking the “The Roundabout” page link below. The printed copies of this edition are in the works! I …
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Ronda-Clingman Elementary is where Oleen Norman Tharpe, in the 1960s to early 1970s, taught her young students to love art. I know this for a fact because, in 1971, she was my first art teacher. She inspired me to “make something colorful,” just as Teena Maureen says in the book. Ms.Oleen formed her book using …
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Teena Maureen’s book tour visited Traphill Elementary today! Thank you so much to the wonderful teachers and Principal Cleary for supporting this book! Traphill Elementary has a special place in my heart since its teachers and staff raised my three girls and two of my grandchildren, Ella and Wesley. They presented the book today to …
Coach Tharpe and I made our second stop on Teena Maureen’s book tour today at C.B.Eller Elementary! Thank you so much, staff, kindergarteners, and first graders, for your support of this book! After 50 years, we are sharing Ms. Oleen’s work with Wilkes County students and beyond! The future is bright!
Coach Tharpe and I had a wonderful time today at The River, the first stop on our book tour! Thank you so much, Roaring River Elementary staff and kindergarteners, for your support of this book! After 50 years, we can share Ms. Oleen’s work with Wilkes County students and beyond.
Ms. Peggy’s latest books are available on Amazon starting October 9, 2023! https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3APeggy+Hemric+Dalton&s=relevancerank&text=Peggy+Hemric+Dalton&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1
Teena Maureen and Yellow and Blue Make Green, the hardback edition will be available for 21 days for only $21! (July 21 to August 10, 2023) (SCE will deliver it to you locally.)(Shipping available for additional $7. Tax is included.) Great for back to school and for Christmas in July!Younger students can learn about colors …
The year 2022 was spent working to finish a book that was started over fifty years ago by my first-grade art teacher. The book became available to order online on January 4, 2023. In conjunction with the release of the book, the first annual $500 art scholarship to honor the book’s creator began in April. …
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