TN Poetry Out Loud State Finals will be held March 19
By Dani Brown, Arts Education Special Projects Coordinator – The Tennessee finals for Poetry Out Loud, the national recitation contest for high school students, will be held at the Nashville Children’s Theatre on March 19. Round one will begin at 10:00 am followed by round two in the afternoon. Ten students will advance to the […]
Read MoreDayton 3rd Grader Is Tennessee’s Winner In Doodle4Google Competition
By Dani Brown, Arts Education Special Projects Coordinator – Aiden McRorie is a 3rd grader at Dayton City Elementary School and the Tennessee state winner of the national Doodle4Google contest. On Friday, February 5, she was congratulated during an all-school assembly for her winning entry. Aiden has already won big by claiming the Tennessee title. […]
Read MoreAnti-bullying message drummed into Wilson students
By Andy Humbles, The Tennessean — Students at Lakeview Elementary School in Wilson County got an anti-bullying message Friday the only way Zig Wajler delivers them. “It was loud,” first-grader Foster Riley said. Wajler, a Wilson County resident, is a musician with an emphasis on percussion who visits schools all across North America with different […]
Read MorePOL School Registration Deadline is January 22
From Dani Brown, Arts Education Special Projects Coordinator — The school registration deadline is January 22, 2016. School competitions do not need to be held by January 22, but schools must be signed up by then to participate in the competition. Each school will then need to register their winning student officially as a POL state finals participant by […]
Read MoreArts360 Arts Integration Grant Application Deadline Extended
GRANT APPLICATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY 4:30 P.M.(CST) FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2016 By Dani Brown, Arts Education Special Project Coordinator – The Arts360 Arts Integration (AE-AI) Grant has an availability of up to $55,000 over a three-year grant period in competitive grants. It supports schools in implementing arts integration in every classroom throughout the whole school […]
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