Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Celebrate Arts Education Month!

After-school ballet class with
Ballet Mississippi instructor, Julie Moran


March is National Arts Education Month!

Top 10 Suggestions for Celebrating Arts Education Month

1) Ask your child every day about what arts activities he/she did in school.

2) Observe your child's classroom during an arts integrated lesson.

3) Visit a music, drama, art, or library class at Casey.

4) Write a letter to our school board, a newspaper editor, or the state legislature in support of arts integration.

5) Thank our Casey teachers and administration for their creative ideas.

6) Support your child in their creative pursuits.

7) Tour a local museum or attend a cultural or arts event in Jackson.

8) Offer to help a classroom teacher with an arts project or arts integrated lesson.

9) Help your child learn about a new author, artist, musician, poet, actor, or dancer.

10) Save the date for the Casey Family Arts Festival on May 2, 2009!

What other ideas would you like to share? Please comment below.


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