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Greetings!  | | Students from Red Rhino Orphanage Project, Kenya |
At Art in Action, we work hard every day to make sure that schools everywhere have access to our vibrant hands-on visual arts curriculum and teacher and parent volunteer training. So we are delighted that Congress designated this week as National Arts in Education Week, reminding us that, "arts education...is a core academic subject and an essential element of a complete and balanced education for all students."
For us, celebrating the spirit of National Arts in Education Week means staying very busy. We are packing and delivering hundreds of boxes of art materials and training nearly 1,000 teachers and parents, here at our headquarters and through webinars, to present our lessons to their students. We are bringing on dozens of new schools while renewing the program in over 100 existing locations.
We are excited to report that the Art in Action Program will be implemented in a number of unique ways at new schools this year. For example, across the Rocketship Charter School network, four schools in California and Wisconsin will be expanding the lessons to integrate multiple hours of art programming with core subjects, each week, all year long!
Rawson Saunders School in Austin, TX is using the program to engage their students with dyslexia since art is a great vehicle to open different pathways to learning and is an approachable way to introduce creative expression, critical thinking, and vocabulary skills.
Questa School in Mountain House, CA has chosen to implement the program in all K-8 grades and took delivery of 59 boxes of art materials to support their school-wide art initiative. Clearly they understand and support the value of arts education.
We are especially thrilled that our successful partnership with the Red Rhino Orphanage Project in Kenya continues to bring joy, confidence, and hope to both the students and their teachers.
Join us as we celebrate National Arts in Education Week. Our mission is to provide these schools, and the many, many others that are in need, with an essential visual arts education for their students, not just this week, but all year long.
Jeffrey Dollinger, Executive Director
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Soirée at Sunset - March 7, 2014
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Stay tuned - details to follow soon!  |
Welcome New Board, Staff, and Trainers
| We are pleased to announce several new members to our Board of Directors that have joined us this year:
Paul Baguley - Principal, KPMG, Contract Compliance Services
Bryon Botsford - Managing Director, Citi Private Bank
Dennis Capovilla - Former President & CEO of Southwall Technologies, Inc.
Shannon Thompson - Senior Vice President of Marketing, Sunset Magazine
Rodney Toy - Consultant, Rafter, Inc.
See the full list of our Board of Directors.
We also would like to welcome the newest members of our staff who are helping us grow:
Ann Dillon - Education Program Representative, Washington
Tiffani Motley - Education Program Representative, Arizona
And we have new team members joining our local training corps:
Sarah Murphy, Ginger Slonaker, and Elizabeth Gómez
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Thank You Shutterfly and Adobe
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Dedicated volunteers have always helped us assemble and pack art materials to help us keep costs low. Recently, we partnered with wonderful volunteers from Shutterfly and Adobe. We are grateful to all of these volunteers and a special thanks to Gretchen Sloan (Shutterfly) and Meg Gordon (Adobe) for coordinating these events. If you or your company would like to volunteer, please contact Lisa.
 
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New Schools - We are growing!
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The beauty of the Art in Action Program is that it works in almost any type of learning setting. This month we welcome two Montessori schools, a preschool, a parochial school, a school specializing in dyslexia, and numerous public schools nationwide. Say hello to:
Cedar Tree Montessori School, Bellingham, WA
North Elementary, Iron Mountain, MI
Palomares Elementary, Castro Valley, CA
Questa School, Mountain House, CA
Rawson Saunders, Austin, TX
St. George Catholic School, Baton Rouge, LA
The Montessori School, Dresher, PA
Yazneh Preschool, Los Gatos, CA
Do you know a school that needs a visual art program? Contact Jonelle or call 1.888.566.1982. See our full list of schools. |
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Friends of Art in Action Tours
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Join us for a private tour of these blockbuster art shows.
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Register Now for Fall Training
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Already signed-up as an Art in Action school? Our Fall Training Schedule is available online  now so
Register now
Train via Webinar - Can't attend training at our headquarters? Our new webinar training is the answer. All 12 lessons in a program level will be covered. We will share tips, best practices, show resource links, and answer questions. Register
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Refer a new school; receive a $100 gift card!
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As Art in Action continues to grow, we need your help in bringing this amazing program to more schools. Thanks to the generosity of The Container Store®, we are pleased to offer this great incentive: if you refer the Art in Action program to a new school and they purchase the program, we'll give you a $100 gift card to The Container Store® (while supply lasts). For more details, email Sales Manager, Jonelle Teevens, or call 650.566.8339 x204.
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