The district confirmed that the full-time status of the Unified Arts Team is restored. We will monitor the upcoming budget cycles to ensure this administrative commitment remains in place.
April 19, 2014
Final supporters
Thank You! Due to the diligence of our parents, staff, students, former students, etc., the decision was made to keep our Unified Arts Team at full time status at Indianola K-8. All the personal emails & letters made a big difference! It's amazing the change that can come from a group of like minded people working together! Here is a letter received from our principal...
March 31, 2014
Dear Indianola Informal K-8 families and friends:
Thank you for taking the time over the last week to express your thoughts about the Indianola Informal K-8 program, specifically the arts team.
After an in-depth review by the district, the decision has been made to fully restore the full-time arts team for our elementary and middle grades. No reductions will occur.
I want to reassure you that our staff is committed to delivering an instructional program that is the quality you have come to expect from Indianola Informal K-8. Integrated units of study that allow students to connect content with the arts, multiple ways of demonstrating mastery and opportunities to build community will continue to be parts of this program.
Feel free to contact me personally, if you have questions.
Kathryn Moser
Principal
Indianola K-8 School
Columbus City Schools
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
March 28, 2014
Reached 100 supporters
March 27, 2014
March 27, 2014
We are approaching the 500 signature mark which is the threshold required to trigger a formal review by the board. Please send the link to your local contacts so we can reach this target before the afternoon briefing.
191 Comments
I grew up learning at Indianola Informal for elementary school and middle school and it changed my life for the better with arts as a core part of the curriculum. I would hate for other children to grow up learning there and not experience the arts like I did at Indianola.
As a fellow K-8 Unified Arts teacher and a former student of Indianola Informal, I firmly support maintaining a fully time Unified Arts Staff at this and all K-8 schools. Our students need continuity and need the arts full time!
Aren't here are enough problems to fix in the CCS system? Why mess with success? This is a flagship program. Arts integration is part of what makes Indianola a sought after school and a special place in the community and CCS system.
We chose Indianola for our son in 1981. Both of our grandsons attend Indianola because their parents consider the program at Indianola to be a valuable integrated arts curriculum. The arts have never been and should not be considered an extra.
All of Columbus city Schools deserve a dedicated arts team! Multiple studies show that music, dance and art enhance the way we learn other subjects. Plus they provide a healthy outlet for kiids' emotions. Please maintain our amazing Unified Arts Team at Indianola K-8!
Pulling the arts from a school, or a community, would be a mistake on a grand scale. It's the medium we use to share, in voice, song, movement or in image. Communication is what allows us to survive and thrive - it is foundational to how we exist as a species. Columbus, a place with a vibrant culture and collaborative spirit, would suffer greatly from the loss of generations stripped of this creative educational base, as would communities near and far. Indianola was, for me, the perfect place to spread out, experiment with my own style and abilities, and in a non-judgmental space. It has allowed me focus on the present while imagining limitless points beyond. There are no words powerful enough to encompass my gratitude for this gift early in life - a gift which I continue to embrace, exercise, and share along every path.
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The district confirmed that the full-time status of the Unified Arts Team is restored. We will monitor the upcoming budget cycles to ensure this administrative commitment remains in place.
April 19, 2014
Final supporters
Thank You! Due to the diligence of our parents, staff, students, former students, etc., the decision was made to keep our Unified Arts Team at full time status at Indianola K-8. All the personal emails & letters made a big difference! It's amazing the change that can come from a group of like minded people working together! Here is a letter received from our principal...
March 31, 2014
Dear Indianola Informal K-8 families and friends:
Thank you for taking the time over the last week to express your thoughts about the Indianola Informal K-8 program, specifically the arts team.
After an in-depth review by the district, the decision has been made to fully restore the full-time arts team for our elementary and middle grades. No reductions will occur.
I want to reassure you that our staff is committed to delivering an instructional program that is the quality you have come to expect from Indianola Informal K-8. Integrated units of study that allow students to connect content with the arts, multiple ways of demonstrating mastery and opportunities to build community will continue to be parts of this program.
Feel free to contact me personally, if you have questions.
Kathryn Moser
Principal
Indianola K-8 School
Columbus City Schools
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
March 28, 2014
Reached 100 supporters
March 27, 2014
March 27, 2014
We are approaching the 500 signature mark which is the threshold required to trigger a formal review by the board. Please send the link to your local contacts so we can reach this target before the afternoon briefing.
191 Comments
A deal is a deal. Parents and students signed on to this program as it was described. Any reduction of the arts emphasis is breaking a deal the District made with these students and their families. Please keep your word to them!.
I grew up learning at Indianola Informal for elementary school and middle school and it changed my life for the better with arts as a core part of the curriculum. I would hate for other children to grow up learning there and not experience the arts like I did at Indianola.
As a fellow K-8 Unified Arts teacher and a former student of Indianola Informal, I firmly support maintaining a fully time Unified Arts Staff at this and all K-8 schools. Our students need continuity and need the arts full time!
Aren't here are enough problems to fix in the CCS system? Why mess with success? This is a flagship program. Arts integration is part of what makes Indianola a sought after school and a special place in the community and CCS system.
We chose Indianola for our son in 1981. Both of our grandsons attend Indianola because their parents consider the program at Indianola to be a valuable integrated arts curriculum. The arts have never been and should not be considered an extra.
All of Columbus city Schools deserve a dedicated arts team! Multiple studies show that music, dance and art enhance the way we learn other subjects. Plus they provide a healthy outlet for kiids' emotions. Please maintain our amazing Unified Arts Team at Indianola K-8!
Pulling the arts from a school, or a community, would be a mistake on a grand scale. It's the medium we use to share, in voice, song, movement or in image. Communication is what allows us to survive and thrive - it is foundational to how we exist as a species. Columbus, a place with a vibrant culture and collaborative spirit, would suffer greatly from the loss of generations stripped of this creative educational base, as would communities near and far. Indianola was, for me, the perfect place to spread out, experiment with my own style and abilities, and in a non-judgmental space. It has allowed me focus on the present while imagining limitless points beyond. There are no words powerful enough to encompass my gratitude for this gift early in life - a gift which I continue to embrace, exercise, and share along every path.
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A deal is a deal. Parents and students signed on to this program as it was described. Any reduction of the arts emphasis is breaking a deal the District made with these students and their families. Please keep your word to them!.