Here’s an exciting Integrated Learning Specialist Program elective opportunity at the Oakland Museum of California! To register, email Mariah Rankine-Landers at globalteacher05@yahoo.com.
(Thank you to our friends at the Alameda County Office of Education for sharing this amazing opportunity with us!)
Why are the arts such a vital part of education? Well, for students at Loma Alta in Marin County, art helps them to express their feelings and think about the world in a way that eases their hearts. Here are two students description of art in their own words. These poems and others appear in this year’s Marin Poetry Anthology.
ART
Art is a way to express
my thoughts and feelings
without using words. Sometimes
it’s helpful to use art
or just draw in order
to get some frustration out.
by Nic
Art
Art is you and me
Art is her and him
Art is the trees in the
park
Art is your mother and father
Art is the walls that surround
us
Art is the air
Art is all around us
Art is our world
Art is everyone and everything
For we were all created by someone
or something
by Katie
Students at Loma Alta worked together to create this art piece called Trojan Horse.
Arts Ed Igniter 