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Arts for All Boston Regional Meeting

Posted Sunday October 18 2015 at 9:53 pm

Join MASSCreative, Arts|Learning, and Arts at the Boston Public Schools for discussion and action steps on how we can best advocate for quality arts education and youth arts programs for each student in Massachusetts.

Bringing together the arts education community, including educators, parents, and arts organizations to discuss how to build public support for arts education.  Come ready to share why arts education is important to you and get involved with one of our arts education initiatives:

• Including one year of arts education in high school as a university admissions requirement.
• Injecting the arts into STEM education.
• Measuring creativity and innovation across all subjects.
• Funding arts education in under-resourced schools by tapping into Title I Funds.

When:
October 20, 2015 from 6:30pm - 8pm

Where:
Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building
2300 Washington St
Boston, MA 02119

More information and registration.

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COOL Schools 2014-2015 Report Now Available!

Posted Monday September 07 2015 at 4:36 pm

Click the above image or this link to download, print, read the full report.

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Teaching Artist Faye Dupras Named Seven Hills/VSA Mass. Employee of the Quarter

Posted Monday September 07 2015 at 4:12 pm

Faye Dupras recently joined the COOL Schools team as a Teaching Artist, sharing her exceptional skills as a puppeteer and educator.  She has shown commitment, professionalism and passion from the start.  Her partner teachers have unanimously reported seeing tremendous growth in their students as a result of working with Faye.  VSA MA is excited to have Faye on their team, revealing the outcome of her amazing talent and impact on the students.  Faye's future with VSA MA is bright and we're proud to recognize her as Employee of the Quarter.

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