- Scituate High School, $1,000, toward the establishment of the Scituate Middle/High School Nature Lab, a permanent collection of preserved biological and geological specimens that will be studied by science and art students. Through the project, students in the advanced senior-level biology class will travel with sixth grade art students to collect seaweed samples which later will be preserved with assistance from a local artist/scientist and a naturalist.
- William R. Dutemple Elementary School, Cranston, $750, toward the design, construction, and installation of a labyrinth of grass and concrete paving stones in the school’s front lawn. While fifth grade students, with the help of a landscape architect, will create the labyrinth, each student in the K-5 school will paint a stone. The project will require students to use mathematics while also integrating social studies through the study of labyrinths in past cultures.
- North Smithfield Junior/Senior High School, $250, for a trip to the Rhode Island School of Design for students in the French III and IV classes and for the construction of a timeline mural of French history by students in the French IV class. In the proposal, French teacher Linda Milner captures the essence of the Arts in Academics goal: “By integrating art projects with what the students are learning, I have found they are able to develop an emotional attachment to what they are studying. As a result, they care more about what it is they are learning, they become more engaged in the learning process, and they learn more.”
Arts In Academics Fund Grants 2005
Inaugural Arts in Academics Projects
