We are the WSFCS Elementary A+ Magnet School for
Arts Integration and Performance. We uphold the 8 Essentials of A+ Schools: Climate, Infrastructure, Arts, Enriched Assessment, Multiple Learning Pathways,
Collaboration, Experiential Learning, and Curriculum as well as the 5 Pillars of Magnet Schools, which include Diversity,
Innovative Curriculum and Professional Development, Academic Excellence, High
Quality Instructional Systems, and Family and Community Partnerships. We have been looking closely at these
Essentials and Pillars to align them with their School Improvement Plan and
School Mission/Vision. One step in this
process involved a very deliberate, recent Integration Unit and Community
Partnership.
Over the last couple months, the Art Teacher and AIG
Teacher planned a unit that would bring together Art Club, the 4th
& 5th grade Art Focus Groups, and 3-5 AIG Students for three
culminating events. The unit included an AIG unit utilizing a Tic-Tac-Toe Graphic Organizer that allowed AIG students the choice of activities that reflected Multiple Intelligences and Learning Styles. The AIG, Art Focus Group and
Art Club students came together on three difference occasions to explore art
media and learn about several styles and techniques of American Artists,
particularly Edward Hopper and Jackson Pollock. Students were able to apply all they learned, research and observed to paint a
landscape in the style of Edward Hopper and then paint through inspiration of Jackson Pollock’s
style in an outside activity: shoes were off, the sun was shining, and 32
students in grades Kindergarten through fifth were enjoying an authentic
learning experience.
As the culminating event, the students and teachers,
along with Assistant Principal, Dr. Ian Olsen, school guidance counselor, Mrs.
Barbara Sexton, Instructional Facilitator, Mrs. Laura Wilmoth, and a few
parents traveled to Reynolda House Museum of American Art to tour the house and
see the current exhibit “Hopper to Pollock.”
Read the full story on the WSFCS District Blog: https://bit.ly/2JxlfbP
Click the links below to view photo galleries of the following activities:
