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SUPPORTING ARTS LEARNING IN BAINBRIDGE ISLAND SCHOOLS:
- The Arts help students achieve because they directly address multiple learning styles
- Educators recognize the key role the arts play in education by increasing student engagement.
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Current brain research shows he arts improve students’ ability to learn and perform in academic disciplines.
- Reading, writing and math learning are enhanced through the arts integrated lessons.
- Students involved in the arts score higher on the SAT than their peers.
Through the arts, students learn to think creatively, work cooperatively, and express themselves well.
From the Washington State Arts Commission Strategic Plan
GET INVOLVED!
- The Bainbridge Island Public Library and our Art Docent Resource Center has
many resources such as Art Box kits, young people’s art books, and Arts
Education videotapes
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Become an Artist Mentor for the Arts Apprentice Program
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Volunteer with the Arts Education Consortium to take photos of art study projects
in the classroom, lead a community art tour or help with a fundraiser or mailing.
- Become an advocate for arts education. Join in the “Art: Ask for More” National
Arts Education Awareness campaign.
For more info see: www.artsusa.org/public_awareness
- Give a tax-deductible contribution to the Arts Education Community Consortium
c/o BIAHC. Every penny counts! Email us at biahc@artshum.org for the wish list
of sponsorable gifts.
Become an Art Docent and teach art appreciation in our schools. Call
Jill Queen or Maureen Daniels at the Art Docent Resource Center in the
Sakai Library, at 206.780.6533 to sign up for art docent training and
the upcoming school year.
LEARN MORE!
Program Manager: Bonnie Showers
206.855.7816
Bonnies@artshum.org
CHECK IT OUT!
ARTS ESSENTIAL LEARNINGS - Arts Standards for Today and Tomorrow
The
Essential Academic Learning Requirements in the Arts (or EALRs as they
are called in Washington State) are a set of guidelines for arts
education similar to those for Math and Reading. Once implemented, they
will ensure that every child receives a fundamental arts education.
Teaching the Arts EALRs has been implemented in all Washington public
schools beginning in 2005.
The Arts EALRs were written with the
collaboration of teachers, education specialists and artists throughout
the State of Washington, and are designed to be within the reach of
every student (learnable), every teacher (teachable), and every parent
(understandable).
- The student UNDERSTANDS and APPLIES arts KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS.
- The student DEMONSTRATES thinking skills USING ARTISTIC PROCESSES.
- The student COMMUNICATES through the arts.
- The student MAKES CONNECTIONS within and across the arts, to other disciplines, life, cultures, and work.
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Program Manager: Bonnie Showers
206.855.7816
Bonnies@artshum.org
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