IARC (Fine Arts)
Elementary Principals
ARTS PARTNERS PROGRAMMING
ELECTION SPECIAL
As a part of our formal art partners programming, we are partnering with Jay and Leslie—as we have done in the past. The program is targeted to 3rd, 4th and 5th grade. IARC has contracted for 250 kids to view the materials. If more slots are needed to allow all of your 3-5 kids to have access, let me know.
I am working with KC Young Audiences for a potential 15-minute follow up with Jay and Leslie attending a Zoom class. This part is in the works.
Next steps: Jenny Ruark will contact your school to schedule with your 3-5 grade teachers.
The program overview:
This VIRTUAL performance is available ASYNCHRONOUS (prerecorded). Your school will have access to view the videos as many times as you desire for two weeks.
In Election Special, Jay and Leslie use visual aids and humor to explain important election topics in two separate videos. One video explains how the Electoral College works and shows the difference between the popular vote and the electoral vote. The other video examines Gerrymandering, the creation of weird shaped legislative districts for political gain. Jay and Leslie’s thorough research and deft touch make learning about these tricky topics easy and fun.
READER’S THEATRE – 2ND GRADE TEACHERS
As a part of our formal art partners programming, we are partnering with the Coterie Theatre for a reader’s theatre immersion for our second grade classrooms.
The program overview:
- traditional folktales from around the world come to life in the classroom
- students and classroom teachers will work with a professional teaching artists to rehearse and perform a short script with each young actor having a speaking role
- each unique script is adapted specifically for this immersion workshop with alignment to our SEL targets
- script options include Anasi and Five; The Deer People; The Chanchasa Bird; The Cheetah and the Lazy Hunter; and Why the Sun and Moon Live in the Sky
- the classroom teacher will be given a menu of scripts from which to choose
- The Coterie will reach out to your second grade teachers to schedule. The goal is to schedule the immersions for second quarter.
- IARC will provide the funding and handle the billing.
- IARC might need you to help nudge the teachers to get this on their calendars.