Engineering in Math class?
It is wonderful to hear this account of the STEM connection and integration and as someone I met with recently called it the “braiding” of content.
Please click here to read the article called There’s a Fire on the Mountain in the Huffpost Education, March 22, 2011.
Don’t miss reading this article that was sent to me by Catherine Ring.
Education commissioner’s listening tour events in Washington County
Education Commissioner Stephen Bowen will visit Washington County on Tuesday, May 24 and Wednesday, May 25 as part of his statewide listening tour.
He’ll start May 24 with a public forum at Machias Memorial High School from 6 to 8 p.m.
The next day, he’ll meet with Washington County superintendents in the morning before visiting Rose Gaffney Elementary School in Machias. The 344-student school serves students in pre-kindergarten through grade eight.
In the afternoon, Bowen will visit Beatrice Rafferty School, which serves 100 students in kindergarten through grade eight on Pleasant Point Reservation. The school is one of three in Maine that receives part of its funding from the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Bowen will end his Washington County trip with a public forum from 6 to 8 p.m. at Downeast Heritage Museum in Calais.
The following events will be open to media coverage:
6-8 p.m., Tuesday, May 24
Machias Memorial High School, 1 Bulldog Lane.
Public forum
10:45 a.m., Wednesday, May 25
Rose M. Gaffney Elementary School, 15 Rose Gaffney Rd., Machias
School visit
Principal: Mitchell Look
Superintendent: Scott Porter
1 p.m., Wednesday, May 25
Beatrice Rafferty School, 22 Bayview Dr., Pleasant Point Reservation
Principal: Michael Chadwick
Superintendent: Ron Jenkins
6-8 p.m., Wednesday, May 25
Downeast Heritage Museum, 39 Union St., Calais
Public forum
For more information and updates on the Listening Tour, go to:
http://www.maine.gov/education/listeningtour/
All Maine Department of Education news releases can be found online at: http://mainedoenews.net/category/news-views/press-releases/.
All State Music Festival continues
This post is taken from the WCSH6.com website and submitted there by Sam Moore Young
The correlation between participation in music and excelling academically is on display at the All State Music Festival on the Gorham campus of USM.
Poland Regional High School students Ben Albee and Tyler Myers are prime examples. Myers, singing bass in the All State Chorus, is the salutatorian of his graduating class. Albee, playing trombone in the All State Orchestra, is also an honor student and will be Master of Ceremonies at graduation.
There are many students at the MMEA All State Music Festival who are the top students at their schools including Kaitlyn Kinsey, playing flute in the All State Band, who is Valedictorian of her class at Fort Fairfield High School.
Elaine Wilson looks at a display of art work from SAD 11 students during the Gardiner Artwalk on Friday in downtown Gardiner. The display of school children’s art was a sneak preview of the district wide show to be held on at Gardiner Area High School on Friday May 20 from 3:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Photo by Joe Phelan
Registration opens June 1st for Haystack conference
Don’t miss Haystack Weekend 2011 on September 16, 17, 18!
SEEDS OF INSPIRATION
Haystack 2011 Workshop Information and Registration/Membership forms have just been posted on http://mainearted.wikispaces.com
The same information will be in the Spring Newsletter coming mid May at http://www.mainearted.org
Registration begins June 1, 2011: Please print the form, fill out and mail with your payment and member dues to the listed address.
Do not mail until 6/1/11. Registrations will be accepted by the date they are mailed. Please be sure to have a visible postmark on your envelope!
WORKSHOPS
THE SEEDS OF A MOVIE/ Charlie Johnson
INTAGLIO PRINTMAKING/ Mary Hart
BLACKSMITHING/ David Burtt
OPEN STUDIO AND ACRYLICS/ Debra Bickford
PASTELS/ Marguerite Lawler
WHEELTHROWN POTTERY/ Marian Baker
MOLDMAKING AND SCULPTURE/ Ian Anderson
Conference Fee is $250.
All State Music Festival in Gorham
Reprinted from WCSH6.com, written by Sam Moore-Young
There will be music making on the Gorham Campus of University of Southern Maine (USM) this week. Over 400 high school musicians from Maine will converge on USM for the Maine Music Educators Association’s annual All State Music Festival.
Last November, students went through rigorous auditions to secure a spot in one of the three honors performance groups: Orchestra, Band, Chorus. Competition is keen and being accepted one year does not guarantee acceptance the next year.
Students will rehearse May 19th & 20th on campus, then move to Windham High School for the concerts on May 21st. Order of the concerts is as follows: 2:00 pm Orchestra; 3:30 pm Band; 5:00 pm Chorus. Tickets may be purchased at the door. Ticket prices are $8.00 each for ONE concert; $6.00 each for TWO concerts ($12.00 total); $5.00 each for all three concerts. ($15.00 total). Tickets are not reserved seating – only general admission. Attendees will leave the hall between the performances.
2010 All State, UMO
Art for First Friday’s
Andrew Braceras who owns Market House Coffee in the new Public Market House in downtown Portland has invited Portland High School art students to exhibit their artwork in the gallery space in his restaurant. The students and teachers exhibit fresh student artwork every month for each First Friday Art Walk, which is held every first Friday of the month in gallery spaces throughout Portland. The Portland High Art Department really appreciates this opportunity and the support of the arts by Mr. Braceras, the Public Market House and the community.
Portland High School Art teachers Tory Tyler-Millar, Stan Colburn, and Gerry White students’ this month are exhibiting student pastel self portraits from the Art 2 classes and graphite portraits from the Drawing classes at Portland High School.
Report just out
The President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH) have just released the report Reinvesting in Arts Education. In my quick scan I find similar findings to Maine’s statewide arts education census work Opportunities to Learn in the Arts in Maine released in 2009.
The President’s Committee was formed under President Reagan in 1982. The PCAH works directly with the Administration and the three primary cultural agencies – National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities and the Institute of Museum and Library Services – as well as other federal partners and the private sector.
The I am familiar with a report they published in 1999 called Gaining the Arts Advantage. In that report three Maine school districts were sited: Westbrook, MSAD #40, and Camden-Rockport for their exemplary arts education programming. I was fortunate to be teaching in MSAD #40 at the time. Through the support and commitment of school board, district- and building-level administrators, and the community the arts programs flourished. The staff had high expectations and through ongoing collaboration created a comprehensive K-12 arts curriculum complete with benchmarks and district wide assessments at grades 3,6,8, and 12. Art at the middle level was a “core” subject which resulted in visual arts classes for students the same number of times per week as other subjects. Today I think back about how amazing that was and yet I know that work did not happen overnight. It was through careful planning and continuous communication.
I suggest you not only read this new research but use it to communicate about your programs. We have research from the past that shows the links between high-quality arts education and a wide range of education outcomes. Arts integration models are yielding positive results in school reform and closing the achievement gap. The research on neuroscience helps us understand how arts strategies support crucial brain development in learning. I suggest you not only read this new research but use it to communicate about your programs.
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