Fifth graders in Ms. Vassar’s class at Rowe Elementary School recently wrapped up a Side x Side poetry and mixed media program integrated with a social studies and literacy unit on Black history and led virtually by teaching artists Gretchen Berg and Cat LaBarre. During the program, each student chose an important moment in Black history to react to through poetry and collage. Students worked with Gretchen Berg to write poems and with Cat LaBarre to create a collage that integrated parts of the poem and a scratch foam print in collaboration with art teacher Mr. Graffius.