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    • Jul 5, 2021
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Arkansas Arts Council supports teacher workshops at Clear Spring School

The Clear Spring School is finishing a year of Arts Integration projects for their classroom teachers supported by the Arkansas Arts Council Arts in Education (AIE) grant. The grant awarded to support arts integration projects led by Dawn Ward, who was supported by the council as the school’s Artist-in-Residence in 2019-20. “The purpose of the grant is to help our teachers align our curriculum to art projects that reflect an understanding of the state’s art standards,” said Ward. “We met several times throughout the year to workshop different art techniques and materials that the teachers used to develop art integrated lesson plans for their classrooms. According to Jessica FitzPatrick, “the lessons have been collected and will be used as part of our Clear Spring School teacher training manual and we plan to continue work on are arts integration programming over the next few years.”


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It’s the beginning of our 50th year at Clear Spring school and there is joy and laughter once again across campus.  Old friends reunited, new friends have been made, year long games of tag have started, and the playground is busy once more. As we look towards the next 50 years, we have a renewed commitment to our mission and values, a renewed sense of purpose. With a firm grounding in our roots of progressive, individualized, multi-sensory education, we are confident our graduates will be able to rise to the challenges of the 21st century. 

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In conversations with friends, those in academia as well as the private sector, one common theme about education stood out; High school graduates are not prepared. From critical and creative thinking skills, to team collaborations, to basic communication skills, students are entering the workforce and academia woefully unequipped.  The skill sets and education needed to face the challenges of the 21st century are no longer being fulfilled in the traditional system. 

 

They are, however, at the root of educational philosophy. We look forward to meeting the challenges of the next 50 years standing true to our character: creatively, collaboratively, and critically evaluating our progress, while constantly communicating and engaging with the community.

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