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September through December 2007:

School-wide 

• A Minneapolis Institute of Arts "Art Adventure" session in each classroom

Second Grade

• A one-week residency with In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theater, supporting the improvisation unit of inquiry         

Fourth Grade

• A four-week Art, Science and History Residency in fourth grade, concluding with a public performance at Harriet Island      
• A wheel-throwing residency and gallery tour at Northern Clay Center

Fifth/Sixth Grade

• A three-day Northern Clay residency at HPE. This residency supported the visual arts unit of inquiry. In addition to creating new works in clay, students had an art history slide show, focusing on examples of ceramic arts from around the world. 

January – June 2008

School-wide

• The second Minneapolis Institute of Arts "Art Adventure" session in each classroom  (May)
• Minneapolis Institute of Arts school-wide bus trip (April and May)

K-2 and 4-6

• COMPAS West African music and dance residency (February)

Kindergarten 

• Three-day Northern Clay residency (April)

First Grade

• Three-day Northern Clay residency (January)
• One-week COMPAS writing enrichment for small group of advanced first graders (March)

Second Grade

• Three-day Northern Clay residency  (April)

Third Grade

• Three-day Northern Clay residency (April)
• One-week COMPAS writing residency  (March)
• One-week residency with In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theater (May)

Fourth Grade

• One-week COMPAS writing residency (March)
• One-week residency with In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theater (May)

Fifth/Sixth Grade

• One-week COMPAS writing residency (March)

These opportunities were funded by the Highland Park Elementary PTA, St. Paul Public Schools Arts Partnership Program, COMPAS, Northern Clay Center, Minnesota Sesquicentennial Commission, ArtStart and In The Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre.

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