Taylor Mills School Awarded Grant for Building Choice Through Literacy in the Art Room

Taylor Mills School Awarded Grant for Building Choice Through Literacy in the Art Room

Taylor Mills Teacher, Allison Tumminia was awarded $1,479 for a grant “Building Choice Through Literacy in the Art Room” provided by The Foundation for MERS.

This grant will supplement the available resources in the art room where students work in a choice-based, student-centered studio setting. The drawing library will be supplemented with more age-appropriate resources, and the grant will also enable acquisition of books that explain various other arts processes. Books will include how-to-draw tutorials with relevant characters and subject matter, as well as procedural texts explaining skills like origami, paper sculpture, and various fiber art techniques. Students will have access to these books during their art period to build their skills and knowledge in the content areas. Students will continue to grow independence within the art room and access resources to supplement their learning, while keeping the library's collection in circulation.

“Children benefit enormously from an arts education, and we are pleased that all students at Taylor Mills will benefit from this grant” commented Pat Berger, President of The Foundation for MERS.