We are fortunate to live in the Boston area where there are lots of great art museums. 
Here is a link to list of museums:
Explore Art Museums

Your local library has museum passes to cover the cost of admission. Check them out HERE
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And if you go, complete this sheet and return it after the break
Art Museum Visit

This year we had wonderful training on Keys to Literacy. I learned helpful techniques to better engage students in reading and writing in my classroom.

Here is a link to the schools systems blog with loads of resources and samples:
http://keysinburlington.blogspot.com/

I was a test plot for the Scholastic Art Magazine this year and worked to incorporate readings and discussions from these magazines. The students found the articles interesting and engaging. I would highly recommend the magazine as it offered insight into contemporary and historic artists and gave the students relevant articles and high quality images of a wide variety of works of art. 

Below is the template that I used for two column notes and a student sample based on an article about the sculpture " Fearless Girl".

Student Sample
Template

Explore your inner artist and develop a variety of art skills. Activities and projects will change from day to day, and they will include drawing, painting, printmaking, and the use of different media.

This workshop is appropriate for educators of all levels, from those who have little or no experience to veteran artists and art educators, who can use the time for their own personalized artistic development using the classroom's equipment. As time allows, we can discuss how to apply art skills and content to standards-based learning on other topics in the regular classroom setting. 

Instructor: Christina Chang
Dates:  July 9-12,  2018 (Monday through Thursday)
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 2:30 pm
Location: Burlington High School, Room 217
Cost:  $30 material studio fee 
Tuition: $50 for out of district educators (plus materials fee)
PDPs: 1 PDP for each hour of attendance

           Sign - Up HERE

If you would like to see examples of previous Summer Art Studios check out these links check out these posts
2016
2015

Congratulations to the wonderful students who participated in the 2018 Tenacity Challenge held at Bedford High School. 
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The Tenacity Challenge competition consisted of four events centered around the theme of tenacity and leadership. 

• Science and Math Quiz Bowl Challenge (Physics, Chemistry, Algebra I, Geometry)
• Latino and African-American Literature Response Challenge (Filmed Performance of a Creative Response, Accompanied by a Rationale)
• History Argument Challenge (Team will research and argue a position before a panel of judges)
• Tenacity Mural Challenge- artistic creation completed prior to the competition date and displayed at the competition.​

The students worked hard preparing for the competition and spent their Saturday at the event competing in the four areas. Burlington was well represented by this talented and bright group of students!

Eyssa Benhida
Christina Charmant
Oluwamayowa (Maya) Ariyo
Martello Cesar
Sasha Ford Festi
Aida Gachago
​Tatiana Hawkins
Lelia Kiddu
Genevieve Kugonza
Dylan Lechner
Max Lechner
Amelia Murphy
Dorothy Mulo
Cindy Nshuti Niyonzima
Rayna Paul
Benjamin Ramirez
Winnie Sekyaya
Kayla Summerville
Cheyenne Watson
Kenan Wilson
Halleluia Zeyohannes

Special thanks to Principal Mark Sullivan, Todd Whitten, Social Studies Department Chair, Abigail Abbott, Martha Simon, School Committee member, Carlton Williams, ACLU, and Patricia Tilburg, Professor at Davidson University, for helping the students prepare for the challenge. 

The Cambridge Street Gallery is please to showcase the work of three BPS faculty and Staff Members Elana Snyder, Kate McMahon and Catherine McCarthy.