Hickory Hills Arts Hickory Hills Arts AcademyAcademy

A Story of School A Story of School Transformation Through the Transformation Through the

ArtsArts-Diana Mills, Principal-Diana Mills, Principal

•Well-established neighborhood school •A school in need of a new direction•Marietta City Schools “Schools of Choice”•Given a specific focus- “Arts Integration”•Part of a board member’s dream to have an “Arts” academy in the system•50th year anniversary Fall- 2010

Our StoryOur Story

The Construction PhaseThe Construction Phase

BeautifulBeautifulNew StudiosNew Studios

BeautifulBeautifulNew StudiosNew Studios

Art GalleryArt Gallery

Our Arts Community Our Arts Community CollaboratorsCollaborators

ArtsNowArtsNow Cobb Symphony OrchestraCobb Symphony Orchestra Georgia Dance Conservatory / Georgia Dance Conservatory /

Ruth Mitchell Dance Theatre Ruth Mitchell Dance Theatre

ArtsNOW is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving education by equipping teachers with professional development and resources to bring

creativity and the arts into daily classroom instruction so students

succeed academically, socially and artistically.

BEST PRACTICES IN TEACHING AND

LEARNING

Differentiation to meet the needs of all

studentsStandards-based

instruction

Research-based practices

Data-driven

Relevant

Rigorous curriculum in all subject areas

High expectations

Critical and Creative Thinking Skills

Professional LearningProfessional Learning Delivered yearly by ArtsNowDelivered yearly by ArtsNow Atlanta arts experts deliver hands-on Atlanta arts experts deliver hands-on

training to school facultytraining to school faculty– Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance Education– Emory University Department of Theater

Studies– Georgia State University School of Music– Savannah College of Art and Design,

Atlanta

School of Music

Professional LearningProfessional Learning

Professional LearningProfessional Learning Foundational Training: 2½-day Foundational Training: 2½-day

workshopworkshop Follow-up on-site professional Follow-up on-site professional

development sessions with development sessions with collaborative planningcollaborative planning

Demonstration Lessons and Demonstration Lessons and ConsultationsConsultations

Teacher ResourcesTeacher Resources

Our National Arts CollaboratorOur National Arts Collaborator

The Music-in-Education National ConsortiumThe Music-in-Education National Consortium in coordination with ArtsNow is dedicated to:in coordination with ArtsNow is dedicated to:Common principals and research methods for Common principals and research methods for advancing Music (and the Arts) advancing Music (and the Arts) Integration of the Arts in public schools through Integration of the Arts in public schools through the Learning Laboratory School Network. the Learning Laboratory School Network.

Lincoln Center, New York City - New England Conservatory, BostonLincoln Center, New York City - New England Conservatory, Boston

Our National Arts RecognitionOur National Arts Recognition

Hickory Hills Arts Hickory Hills Arts Academy Academy

has been nominated has been nominated AND accepted as a AND accepted as a National Learning National Learning Laboratory SchoolLaboratory School

for the for the Music-in-Education Music-in-Education

National Consortium.National Consortium.

-Dr. Larry ScrippDr. Larry Scripp-Researcher, Educator Researcher, Educator

and Program Administratorand Program Administrator-MIENC / New England ConservatoryMIENC / New England Conservatory

• The arts engage and offer challenges for ALL students from every cultural background.

• “The arts give us the creativity to express ourselves while challenging our intellect.” Dr. Terry Bergeson

• Arts-based instruction can increase family and community support. Arts based teaching and learning “opens avenues” for students who would not ordinarily have the opportunity to experience the learning that the arts provide.

Cornett, C., 2007

Why Arts Integration?Why Arts Integration?

The StudentsThe StudentsMovementMovement

ExpressionExpression

ImaginationImagination

Students in “arts rich” schools scored higher in creativity-imagination, expression, cooperative learning, risk-taking, and measures of academic self-concept than students in “arts poor” schools.

[Burton, J. M., Horowitz, R., & Abeles, H. (2000). Learning in and through the arts: The question of transfer. Studies in Arts Education, 41(3), 228-275.]  

Why Arts Integration?Why Arts Integration?

The StudentsThe Students

IndividualityIndividuality

SuccessSuccessCreativityCreativity

“. . . I felt like I had stepped into a new era of American public schools. I have rarely

experienced a school community so clearly dedicated to arts teaching and learning as

the basis for school equity and excellence.”

Dr. Larry Scripp, Director & Principal Investigator, Music-in-Education National Consortium

Hickory Hills Arts AcademyHickory Hills Arts Academy

The StudentsThe Students

Excitement Excitement

AcceptanceAcceptance

Arts Integration DayMarch 24, 2010

Arts Gallery and Arts Wing Dedication

5:00 PMMarch 25, 2010

See Us in Action!See Us in Action!