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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.
- Current brain research shows the arts improve students’ ability to learn and perform in academic disciplines.
- Reading, writing and math learning are enhanced through 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 the Art Docent Resource Center at Sakai Intermediate School have many resources such as Art Box kits, young people’s art books, and arts education videotapes
- Become an Artist Mentor for the Arts Apprentice Program
- 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 admin@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 Intermediate School Library, at 206.780.6533, to sign up for art docent training.
LEARN MORE!
Program Manager: Bonnie Showers
206.842.7901
Bonnies@artshum.org
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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 have 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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