Category: In the Classroom
So, Chicago…why so segregated?
What our staff is reading It’s kind of a sore subject, but here’s hoping that discussion breeds change: Why are Chicago’s public schools so racially segregated? This article recently made …
“I have changed a lot” Arts-Wired’s Positive Impact on Fairfield Students
To say the kids at Fairfield Academy had a good 2011-2012 school year would be an understatement… because they had an awesome one! Thanks to law firm Jenner & Block’s …
Elementary School Students Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with Hooked on Cuba!
Last month we posted a fantastic interview with Zachary Himelhoch that made us so excited for Hispanic Heritage Month, and definitely got us Hooked on Cuba! UG touring group ZJH …
In case you thought things couldn’t get any more EPIC…
They can, and they do! Remember when we wrote about EPIC Academy’s summer ARTicipate program last week? (If you don’t, find it here.) Now there are PHOTOS! Plus a few …
ARTicipating the school year at EPIC Academy
By Anna Joranger In designing an artist residency for the 2012 Urban Gateways summer program at EPIC Academy, teaching artist Adil Mansoor opted for something fresh and challenging. He decided …
If you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar, a hope-er, a pray-er, a magic bean buyer…
Time for our favorite program documentation of the week: Check out this colorful Tumblr by Urban Gateways artist Karen Light! She’s got a visual arts residency going at Woodson Charter …
“I fell in love with dance” – Mastering African music & movement in Washington Park
Enjoying our deluge of (if we do say so ourselves) awesome program videos? Good, because it only gets better: Videography volunteer Rebecca Kahn whisked up this documentation of Urban Gateways …
EPIC Upperclassmen Help Ease New Freshmen’s Nerves
By Jamie Kostecki Just last night I dreamt that I couldn’t remember my locker combination, and then my locker was nowhere to be found. I’m five years out of high …
Hernandez Students Define “Community” Through Photography
By Anna Joranger What do you get when you stick a masterful media artist into 6th and 7th grade classrooms? In the case of Albany Park’s Hernandez School, the answer …
Where Words Meet Addiction: Part 4
By Anna Joranger: Continued from Part 3. …Falling can be good, like falling out of any bad thing you are going through. Like the leaves falling out of the tree, …