Posts tagged hgms
Positive. Hopeful. Confident.
Positive. Hopeful. Confident.

“This art is magnificent.…when our families see this art, they too will be positive instead of negative. They too will be hopeful instead of hopeless. Your art is beautiful. You are bringing beauty to our families. Your art is interesting. When they're waiting for their cases to be called, they now have something to contemplate. Your art is inspiring. Your art is thoughtful. Your art says “Yes!”

- Bronx Family Court Judge Karen Lupuloff

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Bronx Family Court 2019Scott Lucas, Marketing & Communications ManagerBronx County Family Courtart education, apprenticeship, apprentice, Art, artsed, Bronx, youth development, pulbicartyouthemployment, public art youth employment program, Department of Youth and Community Development, NYC City Council, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, family, Family Court, DOYCD, integrated learning, hgms, social justice, syep, summer, summerjobs, summerjobstories, teamwork, youth employment, Vanessa Gibson, judge, justice
Good News: You’ve Got Awesome Powers!*
Good News: You’ve Got Awesome Powers!*

Students at Hamilton Grange Middle School are studying Greek Myths in their English Language Arts class. While Greek gods had awesome powers they also had human flaws. To better understand how fictional characters can have complex personalities, these same students will be creating their own versions of gods with a mixtures of powers and flaws in a CAW integrated painting and drawing class.

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in-school, literacy-basedBrian RicklinHamilton Grange Middle Schoolart education, active learning, Art, artsed, arted, Mark Levine, drawing, dycd, nyc dca, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, caw, creativeartworks, creative art works, Greek Gods, galebrewer, hgms, Hamilton Grange, hamilton heights, DYCD, education, inferences, Washington Heights, Jacob Schiff School Campus, literacy, Lightning Theif, Manhattan, reading, integrated learning, archetypes, middle school, myths, ancient greece, red-figure pottery, curriculum, literature-based, ELA, Language Arts