Third graders in Haddie Lary’s class at Connors Elementary School in Lewiston have been participating in a Side x Side program led by teaching artists, Pamela Moulton and Jude Valentine, that is integrating a science and literacy unit on animals with bookmaking.
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Transportation Sculptures Created by Ocean Avenue First Graders on Exhibit
Transportation sculptures were on display in the Ocean Avenue Elementary School library this winter. First graders at the school participated in a Side x Side program led by teaching artist, Sarah Boyden, that integrated an International Baccalaureate unit called, “How We Organize Ourselves,” based on how transportation systems affect the ways people live, with paper sculpture, illustration, and painting.
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Ocean Avenue Fifth Graders Complete Side x Side Bookmaking Program on Immigration
Fifth graders at Ocean Avenue Elementary School participated in a Side x Side program led by teaching artist, Anne Ackerman, that is integrating a social studies and literacy unit on immigration and migration with mixed media bookmaking.
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Reiche Students Create Extreme Weather Books During Side x Side Program
Fourth graders working with Jessie Muldoon at Reiche Community School have been participating in a Side x Side program led by teaching artist, Leah Cross, that is integrating a science and literacy unit on extreme weather with bookmaking.
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Math and Literacy Taught Through Paper Sculpture During Side x Side Program at Reiche
In November, fifth graders working with Hollie McLachlan at Reiche Community School completed a Side x Side program led by teaching artist, Nance Parker. The program integrated a literacy and math unit that included Roald Dahl’s story, “The Witches,” with paper sculpture, watercolor, and collage.
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Side x Side Bookmaking Program at Riverton Teaches Science Unit Through Art
This fall, fourth graders at Riverton Elementary School participated in a Side x Side bookmaking program led by teaching artist, Anne Ackerman, integrated with a science and literacy unit on plant, animal, and insect adaptations for survival and life cycles.
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Side x Side Hangs Murals in King Middle School Bathrooms
Four murals inspired by seventh grade King Middle School students who participated in creative leadership workshops led by Side x Side teaching artists during the winter and spring of 2019 were installed in seventh grade bathrooms at King this fall.
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Side x Side announces almost $2.5 million federal grant
Side x Side, along with its primary partner, the University of Southern Maine, announced its recent four-year $2,482,515.00 grant from the U.S. Department of Education at a press conference at the Side x Side offices in Portland yesterday.
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$2.48 million grant expands arts program to new Lewiston elementary school
The Lewiston Sun Journal – A Portland-based program that provides hands-on art learning to students is expanding next year to Lewiston. The program will be offered at the new Connors Elementary School.
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Maps of Portland on exhibit at the Sam L. Cohen Children’s Library at the Portland Public Library
Mapping Our Portland is a Side x Side map-making program for third graders at East End and Reiche Community Schools which integrates social studies and math curriculum with the arts.
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