Integrated Arts Academy PTO – The IAA strives to inspire young minds by nurturing the imagination and engaging the whole child to achieve academic excellence through the arts.
The IAA strives to inspire young minds by nurturing the imagination and engaging the whole child to achieve academic excellence through the arts.
The Integrated Arts Academy is Burlington’s only K-5 Public School where students learn through the lens of the four art forms: movement, drama, music, and visual arts. In partnership with the many arts organizations, the Integrated Arts Academy uses music, dance, movement, theatre and visual arts to help children learn core subjects.
At IAA students may use movement to explore the wonders of the rainforest, or use theatre to re-enact the struggle of the civil rights movement, or use visual art to express their understanding of poetry. Community arts partners like Burlington City Arts, The Flynn Center, Very Merry Theatre Company, the VYO, VSA Vermont, and the Fleming Museum provide creative opportunities for children to try new things, build self-esteem, and increase self-confidence to develop a solid foundation for life-long learning.
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The Integrated Arts Academy offers its students an interdisciplinary curriculum and a dynamic approach to learning where the arts are central to academics. Students actively create, communicate through, and respond to their own and other’s work in the disciplines of visual arts, dance, music, and theatre. Adhering to Vermont Standards of Learning, the thematic program enhances the understanding of and connections between the fields of knowledge. Creativity is pervasive in the student-centered curriculum and demonstrated in the physical environment. Collaboration among students, staff members, parents, and community arts partners enrich the in-depth learning with the arts to develop the skills and dispositions necessary for 21st Century learning.