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Weekends Are for Arts & Learning Kids!
Did you catch Arts & Learning Kids! on Channel 77 this weekend? Young Audiences created this cool educational TV show in partnership with City Schools to reinforce what our students are learning remotely through interactive arts-integrated lessons!
Each episode is geared toward one of three grade bands (PreK/K, 1/2, and 3rd-5th Grades), and features a teacher and professional artist co-teaching an arts-integrated math or literacy lesson in-line with the math and literacy work students are currently doing either virtually or via packets. After each episode airs, it is accessible anytime online at yamd.org/kids.
This is not a passive viewing experience! During each episode, students are challenged to explore learning through a variety of art forms. They'll learn key math concepts using their whole bodies and voices; write and animate their own myths by creating a flip book; learn basic tap steps to help review fractions; engage in storytelling using an actor's tools; or even solve math problems with shadow puppets!
In the episode "Character Traits Choreography," students have the opportunity to identify their own character traits and those of important Civil Rights leaders like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Ruby Bridges. Students will be able to unlock their creativity and communicate those character traits through dance! Learning several elements of dance like frozen poses, levels, shapes and energy, students will not only get to perform the Ruby Bridges choreography, but will be inspired to look for the leaders—particularly those who respond to injustice—in their communities and in themselves, identify character traits of those individuals, and create their own choreography. (This episode is recommended for students in 1st and 2nd Grade)
As a fun bonus, within each episode are two special segments. The "Sweet Stuff Showcase" highlights an engaging and educational digital experience from outside of our own organization. The "Artsplosions" segment features YA artists presenting a cool and quick experience in their art form that often encourages kids to get up and get moving. We are so excited to share Arts & Learning Kids! with you. It really is an AWESOME program and we think that even parents and caregivers will find that it's super fun to watch. Check it out!
Hear Scott Paynter on smARTbeats!
smARTbeats returns to WTMD on Saturday, October 19 during the weekly children's program Young At Heart! On this month's segment, host Lisa Mathews talks with Scott Paynter, or Scotty P as he's known around town, one of our talented teaching artists from Summer Arts & Learning Academy (SALA). He embodies fun and warmth in his classroom and on stage as a solo performer and as a lead vocalist with the world-renowned reggae band Jah Works.
"Jah Works is a true grassroots success story that emerged from Baltimore's reggae scene over 20 years ago. This is music made by and for lovers of real, authentic reggae music. Consistently performing hundreds of shows a year worldwide, they have forged their sound in clubs, festivals and on the sun drenched beaches of Negril. Their sound is firmly planted in the roots of Jamaican music and culture, encompassing rock steady, reggae, and elements of dancehall and dub. What Jah Works does best is introduce the novice music listener to the fullness of reggae music and culture." —from jahworks.com
Scott's classroom in SALA is a creative and joyful place where music and children go hand in hand. Perhaps it's because he got his own start in music as a young child with a guitar he built from plywood and yarn. How awesome that every summer he helps more young musicians discover their passion for music and songwriting!
Scott doesn't just share his art form with students, he teaches them to demonstrate what they've learned through music. By writing songs about the books and stories they've read, children are able to dive deep into the different characters and their personalities—bringing them to life. Take this video, for instance, of Scott's students performing a song they wrote with the artist about a book they read together called City Green by DyAnne DiSalvo-Ryan.
It should come as no surprise that kids love coming to his class to sing and learn! Mr. P makes learning fun—and even though his time with them is relatively short, his patience and commitment to the students can be seen in the strengthening of their academic abilities, their understanding, and the genuine smiles on their faces.
Listen online now to the smARTbeats interview with Scott Paynter at WTMD.org
Young At Heart airs weekly on 89.7 WTMD from 7 to 8 am on Saturdays, featuring music that appeals to parents and children alike. Previous shows have featured music by Wilco, David Bowie, Andrew & Polly, Weezer, and others.
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- Tagged: arts education, arts integration, Baltimore City, Baltimore City Public Schools, guitar, Jah Works, Lisa Mathews, Music, reggae, SALA, Scott Paynter, smARTbeats, Summer Arts & Learning Academy, WTMD
Meet the Principal: Monique Reese
In January 2020, Bay Brook Elementary Middle School will move into a 21st Century school building! Monique B. Reese, Principal of Bay Brook told us that along with the move, her school is adopting an arts integration model. During her first three years at the school, she focused on reducing suspensions and building a positive school climate. Now, Mrs. Reese's goal is to use the arts to assist with increasing student engagement and higher achievement. That's what brings her to the Young Audiences Principal Fellowship Program.
Mrs. Reese began her career as an elementary school teacher in various urban school districts. During her time as a teacher, she found a passion for leading others in teaching and learning. This passion for leadership led her to serve for eight years as an Assistant Principal in the District of Columbia Public Schools, and then as a principal at Bay Brook Elementary Middle School. During her first three years at Bay Brook, she focused on reducing suspensions and building a positive school climate. "I am excited about being a part of the Young Audiences Principal Fellowship program because it directly connects to my new school model," she said. "I can learn new ideas about arts integration that I can directly implement in my school as we begin our new vision."
"We have seen first-hand the excitement the arts bring to our students."
Over the course of the program, she'll receive coaching from experienced educators who have already used arts integration as leverage for school change. "Our students learn in different ways and we need a path that reaches all learners," Mrs. Reese said. "When given the choice between STEM, project-based learning, and arts integration for their new school model, the staff and community were confident that a larger focus on the arts would bring positive change."
The school currently has a partnership with Arts Every Day which helps fund artist residencies for classrooms. Already, the school holds monthly arts integration days in which teachers engage students in an art project to teach literacy, math, or science. "We have seen first-hand the excitement the arts bring to our students," she said. "The staff believe that the arts will give students the opportunity to be more engaged in the content, thus reducing class disruptions and increasing achievement."
Mrs. Monique Reese, Principal of Bay Brook Elementary Middle School, is one of ten Baltimore City Public Schools principals selected to participate in the Principal Fellowship Program. The year-long fellowship provides principals with the guidance and framework to develop an arts-based action plan in their schools and we are thrilled to have her in the inaugural cohort!
Written by Stacie Sanders Evans,
President and CEO of Young Audiences/Arts for Learning
Belonging. That's the word that has been on my mind. Our founder, Nina Collier, understood belonging. She felt music belonged in schools, that artists belonged in a child's education. In 1950 she inspired a movement of artists-in-schools. What started in Baltimore has now grown to 30 Young Audiences–the largest arts-in-education network in the US.
Today, Young Audiences artists like Femi the DriFish and Valerie Branch ignite a child's desire to learn. Whatever our partner artists' art form is–hip hop dance or improvisational theatre–they use it to draw kids into learning. We train our artists to integrate their art form with whatever is being taught in students' literacy, math, social studies, and science classes.
We do that because when kids create something they get to make choices. They make meaningful connections. They express themselves. Choice and voice–that makes the learning matter.
When we, as a community, provide children with these kinds of opportunities, we are telling them, "You matter!" All of this, what we do, it nurtures the sense of belonging in our kids, artists, parents, and teachers. And it is belonging that I feel when I walk into one of our classrooms. Listen to how Tiffani, Dawn, and Valerie talk about our community in Together–we are their people–and we all belong.
Think back to when you were growing up. Who were YOUR people? What teacher or coach left their imprint. Who helped you become the person that you are today? I bet that person made you feel visible. Known. That you belonged.
My moment was in ninth grade. I was struggling in many different ways and my drama teacher, Mrs. Howard, saw something in me. She knew how to draw that "something" out–just like the 200 artists (both YA roster artists and independent artists) we work with. In her class, I belonged. She cast me as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet. And that moment was like rocket fuel for me.
Belonging is a strong human need, particularly in our children. I see belonging as the net below the trapeze. When kids have that net of belonging, they are more likely to lean into learning–kids like Josh Ajala, who in Together, spoke about moving from the back of the class to the front–and his sister Tiffani Ajala–who was brave enough to apply for Baltimore Design School (and got the highest possible score on her fashion portfolio!) These are the courageous risks we want our kids to take so that they can grow.
But public education for the last 17 years, after the birth of No Child Left Behind, hasn't been focused on this. It has been about raising standards and increasing school accountability–measured through standardized testing. What do kids who are part of this system think about this? In Brenna's poem, she says students feel like they are just inputs and outputs in one simple equation.
The outcomes we are seeing are heartbreaking and not sustainable as a society. Eight out of ten Baltimore City Schools students do not meet "proficiency" in math or reading. Nearly half of our children across the state entering Kindergarten are already behind. Four out of ten Maryland teachers leave teaching within five years because this isn't the equation they want to be a part of.
A different way is needed. Young Audiences is a different way. Our movement is to make sure all kids–and the people who teach them–are not treated like inputs and outputs but as the whole beautiful human beings that they are.
Today, thanks to our 450 school partners, our Sunburst Society members, and our game-changing evidence, our movement is growing. Outreach has doubled in the last five years. We impact the education of 191,000 children EVERY year–children in EVERY Maryland county.
We are on a mission to close the opportunity gaps in this educational system. We have four strategies:
- Preventing summer learning loss by operating 20 summer programs across our city
- Increasing school readiness through early childhood programs in four counties
- Improving student engagement in learning by providing professional development to 500 teachers every year
- Increasing equity in access to opportunity–more than 30,000 of our children are in under-resourced communities, so we provide more to them
We have made tremendous progress over the last five years but we can take this to a new level. Five years from today, I think we can change the educational trajectory of 50,000 more kids. Here is how we can get there:
- Expand our evidence-based Summer Arts & Learning Academy in and beyond Baltimore City. This is the program that Tiffani, Alice, and Josh participated in that continues to have a ripple effect in their life. To expand to just one more school district, we have to find and train 20 more artists.
- This Academy is only 25 days of a kid's life–and in that short time, we see lots of benefits. Imagine if kids had that kind of arts-integrated learning during the school year and school day? We want to launch year-round professional development and support for teachers and principals to make that happen. If we were able to add just one more person to our staff that focused on professional development, we could support 100 more teachers and principals every year.
- To have the greatest impact on a child's potential, we need to invest early. (Did you know that 80% of the brain's synaptic connections are made by age 3?) In 2024, we want to bring our Baby Artsplay program to 5,000 infants and toddlers across Maryland and–to their very first teacher–their parents. This will require our artists to be trained in early childhood development.
Think back to your person–your Mrs. Howard. Think back to that feeling of belonging. Imagine if you could create that opportunity for someone else. For another Josh. Another Brenna. Take that opportunity and multiply it by 50,000. Fifty thousand children sitting in the front of the class, trying out for Baltimore Design School, reaching for that trapeze handle.
That is the opportunity in front of us. For Brenna, that is the equation she wants us to come together and solve.
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- Tagged: Anne Arundel County Public Schools, Baltimore City, Baltimore City Public Schools, Bloomberg Arts Internship, community, Femi the Drifish, fundraising, Impact Breakfast, Maryland Public Schools, North County High School, Stacie Sanders Evans, Summer Arts & Learning Academy, summer learning, Summer READS
Internships – A Crucial Stepping Stone for Success
Written by Barbara Krebs,
Young Audiences volunteer and Sunburst Society member
Classes may be just about to wrap up, but for 33 Baltimore students who have accepted positions in the Bloomberg Arts Internship this summer, a different kind of learning experience is only beginning. Young Audiences, with funding from Bloomberg Philanthropies, established a now eight-week program three years ago to offer paid internships to rising high school seniors. Twenty local arts facilities and museums are currently providing jobs that offer a wide range of dance, music, art, theatre, cultural, and curatorial opportunities.
It's no great secret that internships are often viewed (and rightfully so) as stepping stones to higher education opportunities and greater career possibilities. Internships offer high school and college students crucial job skills and mentorship relationships that help them stand out in an often crowded job market. But paid internships can be few and far between.
The Bloomberg Arts Internship aims to make paid internships in the arts and culture field more inclusive and available to students who otherwise may not have the opportunity to network and build skills in that professional setting.
An article–How Internships Are Changing the Art World–from Artsy.net has this to say about how intertwined the relationships and skill building are. "It's not only that your intern could be your successor, they might one day be your colleague," said Selene Preciado, program assistant for the Getty Marrow Undergraduate Internships in Los Angeles.
Indeed, they might! But these Bloomberg Arts internships go far beyond job training and networking, as important as these are. These students will gain familiarity and comfort with workplace etiquette, improve verbal and written communication skills, explore cultural assets in our city, develop critical life and work skills, and prepare to apply and transition into college. In addition, the program aims to encourage a more equitable and diverse range of staff and audiences among cultural institutions, while instilling in the students an understanding and appreciation of the important civic contributions of arts and culture.
That's a lot to learn in just eight weeks! And yet, these arts internships provide not just amazing arts education, the students also strengthen their:
- computer capabilities (Center Stage – "how to use leading software for the industry")
- research, interview, and publishing skills (Baltimore Office of Promotion & the Arts – "the student will research history, interview artists, and ultimately publish a youth-organized 'tour' of murals and sculptures")
- proficiencies in following a project to completion (Maryland Film Festival – by curating and promoting short films, the student will "be involved in every aspect, from curation to marketing to execution.")
In short, skills to last a lifetime. In the Artsy article, Maxwell Anderson, president of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation in Atlanta said, "Museums desperately need talent in all sorts of positions–curators represent a fraction of the staff of museums. We'd be thrilled if an accountant emerges from [our program] and finds their way into the museum profession, but they're an accountant who has knowledge and experience in a particular cultural remit that otherwise they may not have."
In the short bios that the students provided, I noticed one recurring theme: learning. These are students who have a passion for learning, who will make the most of their internship, and who will carry what they learn with them into the future. I have no doubt that they will take this small stepping stone and use it to build a solid foundation in the years to come.
Study Shows YA's Summer Arts & Learning Academy Exceeds Expectations in Supporting Academic and Social-Emotional Growth
Students in free arts-integrated program for City Schools realize growth in math, reading, writing, and social-emotional learning – especially for those behind academically.
BALTIMORE, (February 18, 2019) – A new study shows that students who participate in Baltimore City Public Schools' Summer Arts & Learning Academy (SALA), operated by Young Audiences, realize positive academic growth and improved social-emotional skills. The research indicates that when compared to the rest of the students in the program, students with special needs saw significantly more growth in writing and in some social emotional domains. Similarly, students that started the summer program behind in math saw significantly more growth over the summer than their peers who began the program on grade level.
The 2018 Summer Arts & Learning Academy, a free five week arts integration program for Baltimore City Schools students, was held from July 9 to August 10 at eight sites across Baltimore City. Through hands-on activities co-taught by professional artists and classroom teachers, nearly 2,200 Pre–K-5th grade students engaged in painting, songwriting, poetry, dance, music, photography, playwriting, filmmaking while learning math and literacy.
SALA students' test scores at the beginning and end of the program were analyzed by WolfBrown, a national leader in research on arts education and children's academic, social, and emotional development. WolfBrown's analyses revealed increases in students' math, reading comprehension and writing scores that were not only statistically significant, but large. On average, students' math scores increased by 15 percentage points, their reading comprehension scores increased by 11 percentage points, and their writing scores increased by 14 to 16 percentage points.
Of particular interest in the study was the growth seen among students who were behind academically or who were at risk of falling behind. Students further behind in math at the beginning of SALA showed the largest growth in math – their test scores grew nearly 1.5 times the rate of their peers. Similar results were observed among students with IEPs. An IEP is an individualized educational plan given to students who demonstrate at least one of 13 special factors, all of which are considered to impede learning. Students with IEPs out-paced their peers in writing content score-growth by nearly 1.24 times. Students with IEPs also showed growth in self control as reported by parents.
Dr. Sonja Santelises, Baltimore City Schools CEO, said,
"We believe in educating the whole child and this summer program does just that. We are thrilled that this investment is resulting in student gains in literacy and math. Just as important, this program gives young people an opportunity to learn about and express themselves through different art forms, which ultimately strengthens empathy and other social-emotional skills in our young people."
The Baltimore City Schools Office of Achievement and Accountability conducted its own evaluation of the program, comparing scores from end-of-academic-year standardized assessments (iReady and DIBELS) to the beginning of the year in order to measure summer learning loss and the impact of SALA in mitigating that loss. In three of the four comparisons, SALA students program showed lower rates of summer learning loss than students who were not in a summer program.
"Young Audiences' evaluation contributes to the body of national research showing that when children have sustained opportunities to learn in and through the arts, they have greater rates of academic success," said Stacie Sanders Evans, Young Audiences President & CEO.
"The Every Student Succeeds Act, the law that governs US public education policy, calls for greater attention on the whole child and specifically social-emotional learning, while requiring schools to adopt evidence-based practices. We hope this evidence will lead more Maryland schools to consider the arts as a vehicle for building student empathy and other life skills such as cooperation and self-management."
As a result of the program's continued success, Baltimore City Schools and Young Audiences will expand SALA in 2019 to Pre-K, reaching more than 230 of our City's youngest learners across all 8 sites.
Download the full WolfBrown evaluation
About Young Audiences/Arts for Learning
Started in Baltimore in 1950, Young Audiences is the nation's largest arts-in- education provider. As the Maryland affiliate, Young Audiences/Arts for Learning (YA) is devoted to enriching the lives and education of Maryland's youth through educational and culturally diverse arts programs. Through Young Audiences, professional artists from all disciplines partner with leaders and schools for nearly 10,000 hands on arts learning experiences that reach more than 190,000 Maryland students. Young Audiences envisions a Maryland where the arts are valued for their capacity to transform lives, and where every student is immersed in opportunities to imagine, to create, and to realize their full potential.
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- Tagged: arts integration, arts-in-education, Baltimore City, Baltimore City Public Schools, creative learning, Summer Arts & Learning Academy, Summer Arts and Learning Academy, summer learning, summer learning loss, teaching artists
Student-Centered Summer
In January, the sun disappears so quickly—its absence makes the air that much colder. It feels funny to reflect on my youngest daughter's first experience at Summer Arts & Learning Academy (SALA) when, outside, it feels like it just might snow.
Kiyah and I, both of us parents of children who attended SALA 2018, were asked to meet at Young Audiences a couple of weeks ago. A teacher, Jesika Paige, was here, too. She wasn't at my child's SALA site last year, but I remember meeting her once. And I recognize her from our How We Do Summer video. Her smile is warm and her energy is radiant and it was so nice to be sitting at the table with her. Joining us were five teaching artists: Katherine Dilworth, Jamaal "Mr. Root" Collier, Vonnya Pettigrew, and Mama Kay and Mama Rashida of WombWork Productions, along with staff members Michael Brush, Monique Cox, Kurtis Donnelly, and Kristina Berdan.
Parents love SALA for a multitude of reasons. For one, Baltimore City Public Schools students participating in SALA have not only avoided summer learning loss but, in many cases, gained ground on their national peers in standardized testing. Between this and the fact that kids in SALA are immersed in meaningful art projects every single day, enrolling my 6-year-old was an easy decision. And as Ms. Paige noted in How We Do Summer, "for children who suppress their art during the school year, this was a time for them to actually show up and show out and show their artistic ability." So, how can we take this amazing and enriching educational experience and make it even better? This is what we are here to find out.
Something that Young Audiences always makes sure to do is collect and evaluate feedback from all of a program's stakeholders. If you are ever asked to fill out a survey regarding one of YA's programs, know that your comments are read, your answers to questions are carefully considered, and your voice matters. The idea to form a community advisory for SALA was brought about in the feedback we collected from parents, and from students, teachers, and artists. Our mission is to ensure that SALA (an incredible, free, arts-filled, and academically excellent program) is student-centered and to identify program changes and improvements to implement during SALA 2019.
Coming together with other stakeholders for the SALA Community Advisory's inaugural meeting reiterated to me the desire of everyone involved to improve, and to be wise, and strong. The group committed to making sure all families are involved all along the way and that all ideas are welcome. We look forward to sharing and listening with open hearts and open minds, reflecting on what we did well in 2018, what we can do better, on ideas for the future, and welcoming the unexpected. We cannot wait for another summer of SALA, each one better than the last—in the meantime, let it snow. Written by Shannon Kline, parent and Young Audiences Communications Associate.
If you would like to be a part of the Summer Arts & Learning Academy (SALA) Community Advisory, we invite you to contact Kurtis Donnelly at email@example.com. Your thoughtful input helps to make our programs the very best for students and we appreciate your time and dedication.
Arts Integration: 1 + 2 = Fun!
Written by Barbara Krebs,
Young Audiences volunteer and Sunburst Society member
When I was studying for exams in college, I would often create a strong visual image to help me remember test items. For example – the 6 C's of credit? Character, capacity, capital, condition, collateral, cash flow. And while these concepts didn't flow naturally through my brain, the image I created did. There was a guy (character) leaning on a crutch (condition) with a cap on (capacity) standing in front of the Capitol Dome (capital) with a briefcase (collateral) full of dollar bills (cash flow).
At the time I didn't have a name for my study method – I just knew it worked for me. Years later I can now identify this as arts integration with an emphasis on a visual learning style.
And so I felt very at home as I toured Young Audiences' Summer Arts & Learning Academy (SALA) at Lyndhurst Elementary/Middle School in Baltimore. That's because each classroom was filled with young students learning in a variety of arts-integrated formats. I witnessed drama, rap songs, textile art, drawings, and writing—all used in conjunction with classwork such as a math problem or a reading assignment.
And while I knew, and the teachers knew, that these children were involved in thoughtful, hard work here—the serious business of arresting summer learning loss—the kids were focused on how much fun learning was. For example, in the PreK classroom, YA roster artist Mama Rashida of WombWork Productions and her teacher partner, Samantha Amey, worked with the students on a basic math problem: 1 + 2 = 3. Now, of course, you can force your brain to learn this by sheer rote repetition, but let's face it. How exciting is that?
But if you illustrate it with a story about the marketplace where you must buy one fruit (fruit sellers stand here to the right!) and then move on to the vegetable stalls where you need a tomato and a carrot (veggie vendors over here, please!), you set the stage for a fun learning experience.
As the kids moved excitedly from place to place to "fill" their baskets or "sell" their wares, the teacher illustrated what they were doing on the whiteboard. With their "shopping" completed, the children returned to their seats and began to answer questions about the math problem. At this point, the teacher pretended to be confused and wrote wrong answers on the board. As the children rushed to correct her, she had them explain what was wrong, until everyone agreed that the proper answer was three.
No, this wasn't bored voices droning "1 + 1 = 2," "2 + 2 = 4." Instead, these were kids excited about math, happy to supply the correct answer to a befuddled teacher and eager to learn more!
But what about English? A little later I stepped into a first-grade classroom where students were studying Charlotte's Web. Here, I found a mix of visual art and drama being used to tell the story. Several children took turns at the front of the classroom with a drawing they had made. After displaying it, they then acted out that portion in mime. Initially, the teacher set the scene, reminding the kids what was happening in the story at this point. After the child was done, the teacher asked the other students what they had observed as their classmate portrayed the scene.
Later, I noticed a bulletin board filled with tiny spiders made using a modified papier mache technique, with pipe cleaner legs. As I looked at this, one young girl came up to me and proudly told me about the paper collages they had made to illustrate what the barnyard looked like. "They're displayed outside the classroom. You have to see them!" Indeed, I did, and when I left, I enjoyed all the bright, cheery artwork that surrounded the door frame.
My next stop was a mixed class of second, third, and fourth graders who were working on both how to solve for an unknown number in a math problem and the nine's in the multiplication table. And here is where I definitely appreciated the arts-integrated approach. I remember learning the nine's and, oh, how I despised them.
But nobody seemed to hate nine's here. Maybe that's because as they chanted this portion of the multiplication table, not only did they give it a fun rap slant, but other classmates accompanied the song with percussion instruments. Why couldn't they have done that when I was in school?
My final stop was to a fourth-grade classroom where the lesson was to reinforce the basic math operations: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division. Here, too, I felt very at home, but this time it was because not only did I recognize the teaching artist, YA roster artist Femi the DriFish, who I've witnessed teaching on several occasions, but I actually recognized kids whom I had seen before. This heightened my sense of how compelling arts-integrated learning is in capturing kids' imaginations, so much so that they return for another summer of learning!
They rapped their way through a popular song remixed to describe math operations terms in word problems (equals to, divided by, times, added to, subtracted from, etc.) in preparation to shoot their own music video. As they practiced, I wondered what they would take away with them after this summer. Would they remember these lyrics and hum them in their head as they take a math quiz next year? Will they think about a marketplace full of vegetables and fruits and how math filled their baskets? Perhaps they'll draw a picture that will help them recall the story they're reading in class.
But most of all, will they remember the fun that accompanied all these math and English concepts? And that 1 + 2 = 3? I think so. And this funny little guy, leaning on his crutch with his cap, briefcase and dollar bills, standing in front of the Capitol agrees with me!
Learn more about our mission, our methods, and our future plans during a one-hour Meet Young Audiences event. In addition to hearing from the organization's leaders and getting an inside look into the amazing work we are doing around the state, one of our roster artists will share their amazing work with you and speak about how the arts complements and enriches classroom learning. Please reach out to Ingrid Murray, Individual Giving Manager, at email@example.com for more information or call (410) 837-7577 x. 107. Interested in hosting your own Meet Young Audiences event? Find out more here!
- Categorized: Arts Integration, Summer Arts & Learning Academy, Summer Learning
- Tagged: arts integration, Baltimore City, Baltimore City Public Schools, Femi the Drifish, Hip Hip, literacy, Mama Rashida, Math, poetry, SALA, SALA2018, Summer Arts & Learning Academy, summer learning, theatre, visual art, Young Audiences/Arts for Learning
It Takes a Village
Written by Barbara Krebs,
Young Audiences volunteer and Sunburst Society member
Field trip! Remember the excitement you felt as a kid when you got to explore the world outside your classroom for the day, file on the bus, and leave school far behind? Well, it was a bit like that on Wednesday, July 25, when a diverse group of Maryland legislators, high-level education officials, and others boarded a bus to learn more about the programs that Young Audiences and its partners are offering Baltimore youth this summer. Except instead of leaving school, we headed toward them!
Initially, visitors met at Moravia Park Elementary School, the first of three stops that day. As Stacie Sanders Evans, President & CEO of Young Audiences, shared in her opening remarks, "We're shining a light on summer learning opportunities; we're shining a light on amazing kids; and we're shining a light on how the arts blends these two things."
At Moravia Park, we visited SummerREADS, a free drop-in literacy program that is the result of partnerships with the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, the Baltimore Elementary and Middle School Library Project, Baltimore City Public Schools, and Young Audiences. Over a five-week period of time, more than 500 K-8 Baltimore City students will have had the opportunity to visit one of nine reading sites where they encountered engaging literacy workshops with teaching artists and fun enrichment activities with special guests.
And that is exactly what we found when Max Bent, a beatboxer who has been a Young Audiences teaching artist for 7 years, led a group of six- and seven-year-olds in the basics of beatboxing. He taught them how to make various sounds and then incorporated them into a song, "My Banana." As they counted out beats (three syllables in banana!), they thought of other fruits (apple, two syllables!) to add into the song.
We had to leave for our next stop before he could complete the lesson, but I could already see the intriguing possibilities in beatboxing for both math and English. Before we left the school, there was a quick Q&A session. The questions came fast and furiously from all sides of the room, a testimony to how interested people were, not only in the learning they had just witnessed, but what it took to make this possible.
Our next stop was at Dorothy I. Height Elementary School for an introduction to Young Audiences' Summer Arts & Learning Academy (SALA). Here we learned that SALA is a five-week program for Pre-K through fifth graders where the focus is twofold. First, to arrest summer learning loss, and second, to make sure that learning is fun and engaging every day.
At this particular school, 260 children meet each day to learn and reinforce lessons in literacy and math. Last year, Young Audiences reached more than 1,150 children at four different school sites. Incredibly, in one year's time, Young Audiences, in partnership with the Baltimore City School system, has doubled its efforts, reaching about 2,200 kids at eight school sites.
We were then offered the opportunity to enter classrooms to observe the action. I slid into a third-grade classroom, where the children were focusing on The Red, a book about a confused crayon, whose friends eventually help him discover his true color.
The teaching artist, Daniel Ssuuna, whose specialty is East African dance and drumming, divided the kids into three groups, each focusing on one particular part of the story. Handing out percussion instruments, he instructed students to focus on the emotions of the crayon during their assigned story segment. Was the crayon confused, or supported, or happy? With that in mind, they then created a dance and drum accompaniment to illustrate the crayon's feelings.
Other instructions given by the classroom teacher, Amanda Bila, highlighted listening skills. She asked, "When we are not performing, what do we do?" The kids supplied helpful advice: Be quiet. Be respectful. Listen. Pay attention.
As the groups formed, I watched their interactions with the teachers and each other. I saw collaboration, referring to the book for inspiration, asking teachers questions, answering questions from the teacher, ideas discussed, ideas kept or discarded.
If Socrates had walked into this classroom, I'm sure he would have been proud to see his famous critical thinking methods being deployed.
Though I would have loved to watch each group perform, sadly, our time was up. Still, the excitement the kids exhibited as they analyzed their book was a potent reminder of how exciting and fun learning can be when you combine the arts and dedicated teachers.
Next we traveled to the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture. Here we learned about the Bloomberg Arts Internship (supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies NYC) which places 35 Baltimore City rising seniors in paid internships at local arts and cultural institutions. These teens worked throughout the city with a goal of learning career readiness skills through real-world workplace experiences and professional development. Additionally, college mentors and writing coaches worked with the interns on college applications, resumes, and other experiences that will help them move to the next level professionally and/or academically.
One intern, Collin Snow Stokes, spent his time at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum documenting the thoughts and feelings of Lewis staff, visitors, and volunteers evoked by objects reflecting Jim Crow era stereotypes from their upcoming exhibition "Hateful Things." His goal was 10 interviews, but he became so interested in the project that he exceeded his goal and even had time to do a few more before writing up his findings. And since his goals are to go into journalism and/or broadcasting, the interview process has honed job skills he will use for the rest of his life.
We also heard from two young women, Citlalli Islas and Paris Day, who worked at Port Discovery Children's Museum. Paris was assigned an archival project, logging in items that have been collected by Port Discovery over the 20 years of its existence. As she began her assignment, both she and the curators soon realized that the scope of it was more than they had anticipated. But by creating a system to log and track the items, they have begun the process that will help the museum maintain its collection for years to come. And as an added bonus, as she archived items, the collection overseers realized what a great exhibit some of the artifacts would make and, thus, an exhibit was born!
Citlalli interned in the exhibits department and has learned a lot about all the behind-the-scenes work that goes into creating and maintaining a museum exhibit. Obviously, this requires artistic vision. But beyond that, this has called on her to be innovative, meticulous and organized – not a bad group of skills to acquire before college and beyond.
Finally, it was time to get on the bus to return to our cars. As we wound our way down Baltimore's city streets, I listened to the conversations around me, ranging from other arts organizations and what they accomplish in their communities to legislative and philanthropic aides asking questions about the work that Young Audiences does and how each person present got involved.
And as I thought about involvement, I remembered another thing that Stacie had said at the beginning of our journey: It takes a village. At the time she was referring to the teaching artists, librarians, kids, and parents who were involved with SummerREADS. But it was just as applicable to each program we visited, and to each organization that contributes time, money, or leadership.
None of what I had witnessed occurs in a vacuum. The sheer number of people, funds, and time takes a rather large village, actually. And I'm happy to be a small part of this Young Audiences village. It's a great place to be and I invite you to join me! Field trip!
Learn more about our mission, our methods, and our future plans during a one-hour Meet Young Audiences event. In addition to hearing from the organization's leaders and getting an inside look into the amazing work we are doing around the state, one of our roster artists will share their amazing work with you and speak about how the arts complements and enriches classroom learning. Please reach out to Ingrid Murray, Individual Giving Manager, at email@example.com for more information or call (410) 837-7577 x. 107. Interested in hosting your own Meet Young Audiences event? Find out more here!
- Categorized: Bloomberg Arts Internship, Summer Arts & Learning Academy, Summer Learning, SummerREADS
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Building a Network of Support in the Arts
The school year may only have just ended, but this year's cohort of Bloomberg Arts Interns have already been hard at work for three weeks now. They attended a week of rigorous orientation and participated in behind-the-scenes tours and presentations at arts organizations. And perhaps most significantly, interns have gotten their feet through the doors of a number of reputable arts and culture organizations and have begun weaving themselves into passionate and supportive arts and education networks.
Outside of their internships, the students participate in professional development, college prep workshops, and writing coaching sessions. On these days, students receive guidance and support with completing college applications and build strong career skills with mentors and writing coaches. They create personal essays, write responses to art and performances, and work not just on college applications, but prepare for the bills, the challenges, and the change that comes along with transitioning to a college or university.
Two of last summer's Bloomberg Arts Interns, Jahsol and Sequoia, will be headed to Bard College at Simon's Rock and the Arts Institute of Chicago, respectively, in the fall. But first, the pair visited students at OpenWorks to answer questions and give them insight into their own internship experiences last summer. The questions poured in. While just a year older than the 2018 interns, Jahsol and Sequoia had so much knowledge, experience, and wisdom to impart, getting this year's cohort excited about the possibilities to come.
A college panel brought together three community members to talk about first-hand challenges, solutions, and to provide conversation and guidance in applying and adjusting to college life: Danielle Staton, Program Manager of Fund for Educational Excellence; De'asia Ellis, a Frederick Douglass High School graduate and current Goucher College student; and Ruben Ramirez Jr., a graduate of Digital Harbor High School and restaurant entrepreneur.
From practical advice, like applying to more than one school and developing a plan for time management, to being prepared to handle rejection, facing culture shock and loneliness away from home, or confronting ignorance and discrimination, the panellists shared valuable online resources and their honest experiences to help prepare the interns for what may come in the next year, not to mention all the steps required just to apply. "It's hard when families don't know how to get there," said Ms. Ellis. She advises students who may not have family to support them through the daunting application process to find a mentor to help guide them.
As the summer progresses, this year's cohort will continue to be afforded the chance to explore art of every discipline, and to meet and learn from artists, curators, and everyone else who works so hard to keep local institutions dynamic, engaging, up, and running. And while they are busy working on projects for their worksites, they will be networking. They will be making lasting connections, opening themselves up to all that is possible in a career in the arts, and forging their futures.
The Bloomberg Arts Internship is managed by Young Audiences through the support of Bloomberg Philanthropies. Learn more about the program here.
Bloomberg Arts Internships to Expand this Summer
The Bloomberg Arts Internship program is returning to Baltimore this summer, expanding to 35 paid, six-week internships for Baltimore City rising seniors at local arts and cultural institutions. Running June 18 to August 3, students will participate in college and career readiness preparation through hands-on, real work experiences in the arts and engaging professional development.
Applications are now being accepted for interns and host organizations. Rising high school seniors may apply until March 30, 2018. The deadline for Baltimore area arts organizations interested in hosting interns is March 2, 2018. Both applications can be found here.
The internship program is managed by Young Audiences through the support of Bloomberg Philanthropies. Bloomberg Philanthropies increased its support from 25 students last year.
The 35 Bloomberg Arts Internships interns, selected through a multi-step application and interview process, will work with arts organizations three days a week, visit cultural institutions once a week, and engage in professional development trainings once a week. Students will develop organizational work plans, start college applications, analyze art, and complete final presentations highlighting their experiences to be shared with the community on the last day of the program. Internship focuses vary among organizations to include production, education, development, community engagement, artist engagement, video, music, administration and more. Host organizations will include performing arts centers focusing on dance and music, art museums, libraries, theatres and television studios.
"The Bloomberg Arts Internship program creates wonderful opportunities for young people in Baltimore while expanding the impact and engagement of our vibrant arts community," said Mayor Catherine E. Pugh. "It's so rewarding to witness talented students learning, developing their potential and becoming leaders. We need to do everything we can to support them. I am continuously thankful for Bloomberg's on-going commitment to improving the lives of people in Baltimore."
"Bloomberg Philanthropies' generous commitment to not only return the program to Baltimore, but to expand it, is a testament to the power of this program and the incredible students and arts organizations in Baltimore," said Stacie Sanders, Young Audiences President & CEO. "We're overjoyed for the opportunity to manage a program making such an impact—showing the arts as a viable career path."
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- Tagged: Baltimore City, Bloomberg Arts Internship, Bloomberg Philanthropies
Art Crawl: The Intersection of Arts, Education, and Cocktails
Written by Barbara Krebs,
Young Audiences volunteer and Sunburst Society member
On Friday, November 17, Young Audiences hosted its second annual Art Crawl at City Neighbors High School, an arts-integrated public charter school in Baltimore City. Approximately 75 attendees filled the school's stylish café, mingling among lush booths, comfy couches, ambient lighting, and in the glow of neon signs. As the group noshed on delicious hors-d'oeuvres and drinks provided by Flavor, Union, and Noble Vintners, Young Audiences President & CEO Stacie Sanders Evans welcomed the crowd, "Every person in this room played a role in closing the inspiration gap this summer." The inspiration gap, she explained, is the difference between what we know the best conditions are for learning and what kids actually get these days in school. "Thanks to you, we reached 825 MORE young people last summer and expanded our summer programs to include middle and high school students."
She presented a short video highlighting Young Audiences' Summer Arts & Learning Academy, talked about the impact on the students that it serves, and shared the organization's plans for the future. This year, Young Audiences brought their Summer Arts & Learning Academy to four Baltimore-area schools, serving more than 1,100 students over a 5-week period. Next year, the goal is to double this achievement by expanding to eight academies with an enrollment of 2,200 students.
You couldn't help but feel proud of what Young Audiences has accomplished in stemming summer learning loss. With the help of dedicated artists and academic teachers, children who regularly attended the Academy not only avoided summer learning loss in reading and math, but in many cases made significant gains over their national peers in standardized testing. The findings showed potentially groundbreaking progress in tackling summer learning loss, a chronic challenge facing public schools.
That sense of pride was especially felt among the attendees who, either through corporate or private donorship, provided funding to bridge the gap between the City School system's budget and the actual cost of the Academy. I had been fortunate enough to observe one Summer Arts & Learning Academy over the summer and was delighted by how many guests shared their own stories of Academy site visits. And on this evening, we had the pleasure of experiencing the Academy not just as observers, but from the perspective of students.
We were divided into groups before departing on our journey to experience learning with Young Audiences. At three arts-integrated learning stations set up throughout the school, artist-teacher partners invited attendees to step into the shoes of students and learn academic content through the use of various art forms. Of course, since it was an art crawl for adults, there were cocktails to enjoy as well!
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
Lemonade, vodka, and Blue Curaçao garnished with a Swedish fish
Concocted by Board Chairman and Sunburst Society Member Randy Osteen and Stephanie Felix
We took our seats in the library where paper, markers, glue sticks and googly eyes had been set out on tables. Fiber artist Kathrine Dilworth and her teacher-partner, Jaime Clough, explained they had worked with first graders in the Summer Arts & Learning Academy to reinforce math skills.
We were instructed to draw a monster, name it, and then partner with someone to create a mathematical word problem, as this is a difficult skill for six-year-olds. So after Pink Plush (my furry pink monster) was completed, the gentleman across the table handed me his monster, Curley, and I wrote the following, "If you subtract Curley's eyes (3) from Pink Plush's (4), you are left with one eye." The teacher smiled and encouraged me with a cheery, "Perfect!" I can picture her having done that many times this summer.
Belgian-style amber ale and Grand Marnier
Concocted by Board Secretary and Sunburst Society Member Tea and Kevin Carnell
You've heard of STEM, haven't you – Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math? Well, when you add the Arts, you get STEAM! In the music room, after grabbing our next cocktail, we met percussionist Jason Armstrong Baker who taught us the basics of beatboxing. After demonstrating how to get Siri, Apple's virtual assistant, to beatbox for you – one incredulous person asked, "Seriously?" to which another wit deadpanned, "No, Siri!" (you gotta love this crowd) – we went through a couple of patterns to master the skill.
Convinced we were ready (really?), he turned the floor over to classroom teacher Shana Smith who had assisted third graders with their multiplication tables. After picking a card (the 5 of hearts), which was our factor (in this case, rhythm size), and after a roll of the die (3), which determined our group size (in this case, the number of times the rhythm was repeated), we had our multiplication problem, 5 x 3. Thus prepared, we broke into a stuttering chorus of BttKt, BttKt, BttKt – our answer, 15!
Poetic License
Dark Rum, lime, bitters, mint, and a splash of Prosecco
Concocted byVice Chairman of the Board and Sunburst Society Member Alan Hoff and Trisha Frick
Moving back into the room in which we had begun the evening, we grabbed our cocktail and gathered around tables as Femi the DriFish, a slam poet, and his teacher-partner, Erin Inouye, explained how they used the book Seedfolks as a basis for their lessons.
Using the example of "Through My Window," we were asked to write our own poems to illustrate what we see through our window. Just as the pair had done with the fourth and fifth graders they led this summer, they offered several ways to accomplish this. A green sheet provided partial sentences with blanks left for the author to fill (think Mad Libs). Some participants were handed blank pink sheets of paper on which to pen a poem from scratch (a few brave souls chose this). For those feeling intimidated by the written word, colored markers and a blank white sheet were provided on which we could draw our window scenes.
After completing our poems, we were invited into a circle to share them. And folks from each group (pink, green and white) did so. Particularly sweet was a gentleman who drew his poem, explaining that the trees were still green, not because they hadn't changed colors yet, but because he left for work before the sun rose and got home after it set. So the last time he saw his trees, they were still leafy and green – a detail he might have felt hesitant to explain in writing, but that came flowing from him through his artwork!
At the end of the evening the groups reunited for a few more snacks and conversation. And what struck me as I talked with these people was their shared passion for both the arts and education. One woman, Sharon Button, had actually been the Executive Director of a Young Audiences affiliate in Buffalo, NY in the 1970s. At the time she was a workforce of only one, but toiled tirelessly to secure funding for arts-integrated programs long before the term was in fashion.
Another gentleman who had worked with Young Audiences affiliates in other states had this to say, "Young Audiences in Maryland is one of the most highly respected groups, both in this city and among its peers."
I can believe it. The energy, passion, creativity, imagination, and sheer fun that Young Audiences exhibits makes me very proud to be associated with it. I have been fortunate to meet teachers and artists who blend academic subjects and art to reach school children. And I have been doubly blessed by being able to contribute monetarily to this amazing organization as a Sunburst Society member.
If you believe, as Young Audiences does, that the arts transform lives, and that every student should have the opportunity to imagine, create, and realize their full potential through the arts, then I urge you to join us in supporting this amazing organization. And then next year, join us at the Art Crawl and discover the magic that happens when arts, education, and handcrafted cocktails are combined.
Find more photos from Young Audiences' 2nd annual Art Crawl can be found on our Flickr page.
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This unique bachelor degree in teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages is one of the most affordable, full face-to-face degree programs you can find at less than $5,000. And with over 500 students currently studying with us, one of the most popular.
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- Non-refundable registration fee of 5,000 baht per year
- 5000 baht yearly administration fee on the date that you initially registered. We can accept you initially without a high school diploma, or the equivalent to it from any country, but within the first year you will need to provide the admin office with it. If you do not have any such diploma you can always get an online GED, among several other services. Again, you have one year to present it.
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Will this degree be accepted internationally?
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Do I get any vacation time? As we mentioned above, we will have classes for 14 weeks per year. If you wish to complete the degree in 3-years you must attend 14 weeks of classes per year and the other coursework listed. But the dates of attendance are quite flexible. You may choose to study for more than three years this is up to you.
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Thursday, January 7, 2010
Christmas Gift Card Decisions
Currently the Tomtom is $179.99 after $100 discount. The Garmin is $199.99 after $20 discount. I think I might even wait a little longer to buy one, see if there are newer models that come out soon. I am in no rush, and not entirely sure that this is what I want to spend the gift card on.
My brother got an iTouch last night and was showing me some of the applications and it is very cool. I want one of those too. They have an ASL app called iSign and you can type in any word and it will show you the sign for it. Actions and all, it's quite amazing for the size of it. So he also got me thinking about that....hmmm GPS or iTouch. I don't really NEED either!
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I'd go for the GPS.ReplyDelete
I wrote a whole thing on the Garmin nuvi 265W which I LOVE.
I got a Magellan GPS system for Christmas and Love it!!ReplyDelete
I'd go iTouch, but that is because I would NEVER use a GPS. =)ReplyDelete
I have this theory that GPS(s) make people dependent on them like a crutch. Like they can't get from their house to the store without their GPS. Well what happens when you loose it? Perhaps I'm using this as an excuse to not spend the money on it?
iPhones have GPS built in - does the iPod touch have that too? Maybe something to look into.ReplyDelete
I would probably go for the iPod touch because it offers a lot more functionality. You can put so many apps on it. There might even be a GPS app? A GPS would just be a GPS.
Maybe think about how often you travel and have found yourself thinking that a GPS would help you do things that google maps or regular maps can't do.
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We have a Garmin and I love it. I don't have any experience with anything else. Good luck with your decision!ReplyDelete
what would you use more & have more fun with???ReplyDelete
I have a tom tom & absolutely love it, but I dont' know much about garmins
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I would check to see how much the updates cost on each. Sometimes the cost almost as much as a new oneReplyDelete
I have the same model as Fabulously Broke and I've had no complaintsReplyDelete
Great comments and thank you. I'm still on the fence. I think as of right now I'm leaning toward a GPS because it is more practical. The iTouch doesn't have a GPS unless you can get the internet as you are driving which is hard since it's wifi (that's what my brother told me at least). But I really like some of the apps on the iTouch. I think I'll decide in a couple of weeks.ReplyDelete
No complaints here with our TomTom! However, I think that if you hold out a bit longer you could probably get it a bit cheaper. We bought ours at Future Shop too last year and we paid $159 on sale. Good luck with your decision!ReplyDelete


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1881 Census of England and Wales - Royal Navy
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It may seem intuitive that exercising more and eating better will naturally result in weight loss. This generally is true, but with a major caveat. Not everyone will lose weight and it is virtually impossible to tell how much any one person will lose. Most exercise programmes and typical diets result in a weight loss of not more than 3 to 5kg (32); the average "overweight" adult wants to lose 10 to 15 kg! This discrepancy between what people want and what exercise and healthy eating are able to deliver highlights the fundamental problem with using weight loss or reductions in body fat to judge the success of an exercise programme or nutrition plan.
Exercise and healthy eating should not be viewed merely as means to an end (weight loss), but rather as having their own intrinsic value. If someone quits an exercise programme out of failure to reach a particular weight loss (or reduced body fat) goal, then all the benefits of the exercise are lost as well. And far too many people who start exercise programmes don't stay with them. Yo-yo ,fitness is becoming as common as yo-yo dieting.
In developing countries today lakhs of men and women (and boys and girls) stigmatised as "too fat" are engaged in a perpetual war with their bodies. Isn't it about time we called a truce? Let's face biological reality. Some people are naturally meant to be thin, some naturally meant to be fat. Exercise and diet can modify our genetic destiny only so much.
The human body is not an infinitely malleable mass of calories that can be burned down to any shape and size desired. But that doesn't mean we can't all be as metabolically fitas our lifestyle will allow. In terms of health and longevity, the scientific evidence is abundantly clear: it is far more important to be fit than it is to be thin. Contrary to prevailing dogma, the road to a fitter and healthier body is not so narrow after all.
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Olga Shelest became a mother for the second time in August 2015, and here,
finally, regained its former weight. The TV presenter posted a photo
in Instagram, which
you can see that she really lost weight, look younger and prettier. Sporting wide pants and shapeless sweatshirts
The rustling was replaced by a beautiful form-fitting dresses.
By the way, the TV presenter has never hidden that very much
recovered during the second pregnancy, but after childbirth decided not
to dwell on the topic of "weight loss". The reason is breastfeeding. Olga
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The first time after childbirth the Rustling appeared in the light on the prize
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not even felt the need to hide. Olga does not complexed
about. She was sure that the weight will leave soon, as it was after her
first birth. And so it was. After seven months Olga again slender and beautiful.
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The education industry is always trying to update itself with the changing times, and with the recent shift of education from purely academics, to more holistic learning, the Central Board of Secondary Education has mandated for physical education (P.E) to be compulsory for children of grades 9 to 12.
This news comes shortly after their announcement of integrating AI related courses into regular curriculum earlier this year.
The importance of maintaining a healthy physical lifestyle for children has long been stressed on by physicians and dieticians and is finally being acknowledged by the CBSE. A good learning environment allows children to flex their logical reasoning skills, imagination, as well as their physical skills. Not only does regular exercise keep a child healthy, but it promotes healthy blood flow in the entire body, including the brain. This boosts their learning ability and raises their overall performance.
You can read the full article published by India Today here.
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The Chuckanut Raptors Running Club is based in Bellingham, WA and provides recreational, training, and competitive opportunities for youth runners ranging from elementary through high school ages. The focus is on distance running. The goal of the club is to help club members to improve their running abilities — and to have fun in the process.
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From kindergarten through grad school, one common feature is always present: that after-school phenomenon called homework. To some, it is an inevitable part of school – sometimes useful, sometimes not – a nightly reminder that our job as a student is learning, however we can manage that chore. Many of us, though, are never really taught how to approach homework or, for that matter, how to approach studying in general.
Yes, we know that when ten math problems are assigned, we are expected to work them out. When a chapter is assigned, we are supposed to read it from beginning to end and not one word more or less. Yet there are some tips worth sharing on the subject of homework, many of which are so simple that we may not have thought of them. For example:
- Before beginning any assignment, examine BOTH the first and last pages. There must be a reason this specific bundle of information has been selected by the teacher. Figure out this theme first, then begin the assignment.
- Next, beginning on the first page of the homework assignment, jot down the headings and subheads that appear throughout the assignment on a page in your notebook. Mark this page with today's date. If the assigned homework is from literature, note any enlarged type that separates sections of the chapter and make a written notation. These mileposts are important for understanding the author's intentions, which is also your main goal.
- Now, you are ready to undertake the assignment, being careful to write down any questions that you encounter as you read the text.
- Take your notes with you to class, where you will probably discover that those notes provide a strong outline for your teacher's lecture. (Taking notes first means that the lecture is a review!)
- When permitted by your school, take notes in pencil in the margins of your textbook. When using an e-reader, take advantage of all functions that allow you to record questions, seek definitions, or mark points of special interest. (Learning is enhanced when you make written notes.)
- As you prepare a notebook page for each homework assignment, you are creating a study guide for use when studying for a mid-term or final. Simply organize each day's page of notes by date, and review every topic from your notes first. Refer to the textbook when your notes fail to clarify a point or a fact.
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Meet the Chronically Deported Mexican Determined to Live in the USA
Meet the Chronically Deported Mexican Determined to Live in the USA
By R. Scott Moxley Wed., Mar. 6 2013 at 7:05 AM
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency has an annual budget of nearly $12 billion, nine divisions, planes, helicopters, night-vision and audio spy equipment, fences, dogs, boats, guns, checkpoints, and more than 45,600 agents, yet it can't stop one dirt-poor-but-determined Mexican.
It is difficult to know all the key details of Sergio Alcala-Sanchez's multiple, successful attempts to enter the U.S. illegally only to be caught, imprisoned and deported with only the clothes on his back.
Judges inside the Ronald Reagan Federal Courthouse in Santa Ana have inexplicably sealed from public view basic court documents involving his border crossings from 1999 to 2008.
Despite the puzzling government secrecy, it appears likely Alcala-Sanchez was first arrested in Orange County for entering the country illegally in January 1999 and, 11 months later, after admitting his guilt in a plea bargain, got an 85-month prison sentence (of which he served only a portion) from now-retired U.S. District Court Judge Gary L. Taylor.
Using a taxpayer-funded lawyer, Alcala-Sanchez--who was born in 1957--appealed that conviction, but lost.
After his release from prison and deportation, he illegally re-entered the U.S. again and served 33 months on a 30-month sentence--that timing might have been in 2005, but isn't clear because of all the secrecy.
Again, after that release from prison and that deportation, Alcala-Sanchez was captured by law enforcement in North Carolina in--Hey! The court finally lifted the absurd veil of secrecy--August 2008.
U.S. District Court Judge James V. Selna returned Alcala-Sanchez to federal prison; the foreign national was eventually released and deported again.
You know what happened next.
On Feb. 26, police found Alcala-Sanchez (a.k.a. "Sergio Sanchez," "Sergio Sanchez Alcala," "Juan Gonazlez" and "Ramon Alcala-Campos) in Orange County.
While returning him to the custody of U.S. marshals, federal magistrate Judge Jean Rosenbluth cited the defendant's "extensive criminal history" and "lack of compliance with court orders," warning him not to re-enter this country.
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London theatre news
Rifco Associates Call Out 2019
28 November 2018
Rifco Associates are looking for new scripts and treatments with a British Asian focus from experienced and emerging writers including musicals and dramas - deadline for applications is 7 December.
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4 Future Theatre Campaign auctions money-can't-buy prizes, including afternoon tea with Juliet Stevenson, and meet and greet with the Star of Hamilton, Jamael Westman. Time to get your bids in!
Theatre events in February 2017
24 January 2017
Cinema screenings, awards, storytelling, networking and a whole lot more upcoming events in London theatres and elsewhere during next month.
Support Captioning Awareness Week
14 November 2016
It's Captioning Awareness Week - 14 to 19 November 2016 - see how you can help raise the profile of captioning and live subtitling and help more people to enjoy theatre.
Curtain Up - at the V & A
27 August 2016
A reminder about this exhibition at the V&A which invites you to explore the extraordinary story of the world's two greatest theatrical cities - London's West End and New York's Broadway. Ends in just a few days on 31 August.
LTC Creative Apprenticeships
29 December 2015
The London Theatre Consortium is recruiting for three apprenticeships - deadline for applications is 5 January 2016.


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Hello Time Wasters!
This week is a little different from my normal Time Waster. Imagine my surprise when Game Industry News' own Chella Ramanan turns me on to an indie title currently in development called Cardinal Quest 2. Cardinal Quest 2 is a rougelike game that is being funded through the crowd sourcing site indiegogo.
Being a rougelike game, Cardinal Quest 2 is filled with dungeon crawling and leveling in the truest of D&D senses. Though not overly caught up in fine details as much as other RPG's, there is still a huge level of satisfaction that comes from leveling a character and building their traits. The three original classes of Fighter, Thief and Wizard all make a return, and three new classes, the Ranger, Pugilist and Paladin, are currently in development. Each class has basic branching paths that make it fun to play through more than once just so you can try out a new build. The only complaint I had with the classes is that the Fighter felt a bit underpowered. He lacks the ranged combat of a Wizard and the stealth of a Thief, so taking lots of damage is a given, and sadly the health orbs that drop from dead enemies and act as his main form of healing are few and far between.
To go along with the fun yet simple character development, there is a basic inventory as well. One character can carry five spells and five usable items, such as potions. There isn't an inventory for armor so what you wear is what you have. Equip something better and the old gear is sold right there and then. The simple inventory system is actually a relief as compared to other games that force the player to carry useless junk everywhere until a merchant is found. This all comes together to make a game that feels like a light version of D&D, which is perfect to jump in and out of at a whim, might I add.
The visuals of Cardinal Quest 2 feel like they were ripped straight out of the early nineties, which just so happens to be my favorite era in gaming. The simple over the top view and 2-D sprites come together to create a great feel for the game. Granted, Cardinal Quest 2 is using the same graphics as the first game, but if the crowd funding reaches its goal all new graphics are one of the many improvements promised.
Following in the footsteps of the visuals of Cardinal Quest 2 is the audio. While I enjoy the music of Cardinal Quest 2, it is worth noting that, just like the graphics, it is the same as what was found in the original and yet again is one of the many improvements promised if the indiegogo fund reaches its goal.
I for one am really excited to see the finished build of Cardinal Quest 2. The simple yet addicting game play drug me in and kept me glued to my computer for hours, and while I always make it clear that graphics don't make a game, I'm never one to turn down an overhaul. If you enjoy the classic game Rouge and the many clones that have spawned from it, then you owe it to yourself to check out Cardinal Quest 2.
Even in its Beta, Cardinal Quest 2 earns a spectacular 4 GiN Gems out of 5!
Platforms: PC