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Learning, Artful

Our school has a new building and a new curriculum starting this fall.  We are the 13th Artful Learning School in the country.  Artful Learning is based on the artistic vision of the composer and director Leonard Bernstein.  Teachers will create thematic units and will begin their unit by introducing their peeps to a masterwork of art. During the unit, peeps will learn through inquiry centers and will use art to demonstrate their understandings of essential concepts.  Next week I will know more because we will have 5 days of professional development about artful learning.  I like art and I like learning, so I am pretty sure it’s going to be a good week. It’s tough to give up a week of my precious summer, but I have high hopes that Artful Learning is going to bring fantastic changes to our school.