Own a piece of Cherry Hills Village Elementary School History! 

This years’ CHVE Auction includes two priceless memories of Cherry Hills community history. The space in the CHVE LaTronico Center where two quilts have been hanging is being redesigned. The quilts, made by students at Cherry Hills and Village Heights Elementary Schools, represented the two schools before the 1984-1985 consolidation.

The red, white, and blue Cherry Hills Elementary quilt was made in connection with the school-wide Americana theme in 1979-80.  Art teacher, Margo Davis, shared types of patterns and visual symbolism with regard to American life to all of the art classes. Artist-in-residence, Eugenia Mitchell helped with the design and quilting.  Margo remembers a huge quilting frame set up on the south wall of the LaTronico Center, where classes helped quilt it. The 84” x 86” quilt is a collection of traditional quilting patterns and sizes, including log cabin and split rail designs. Former sixth grade teachers, Bobbie Murphy Young, Judy Hersh, and Gayle Hinkle remember their sixth graders helping with the border quilting.