CONGRATS Indianola K-8 Unified Arts Team! Our pleas were heard!
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Kelly chellis
12 years ago
Indianola's strength comes from its integrated program that uses the arts full time to support, enhance and illustrate all curriculum areas. The full time arts team isn't an "extracurricular". It is at the core of the school philosophy. My kids' experience with the arts team is one of the top reasons we love this school- it would not be the same part time!
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Tammy Birk
12 years ago
This is a short-sighted decision that will have major adverse impacts on the distinctive education at Indianola. Indianola succeeds because it integrates its learning and centrally values the arts in that work. Without the full-time arts staff, Indianola is no longer serving its mission, and Columbus Public needs to think carefully about what it means to change the entire culture of a highly successful school in the interest of minor financial gain for the district. Superintendent Good and Board members, please reconsider the impact of this decision for all of Columbus Public and Indianola in particular.
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Dana Delany
12 years ago
It has been proven that students with arts education graduate with higher grades in all subjects and more often go on to college. Arts are not only the soul of our country, they also feed our economy. And it all starts in elementary school.
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Mark Engelhardt
12 years ago
Education in art inspires creativity and beauty in all that we develop. Our young people need and deserve a full-time art program. And when they have it, they reward us with their creativity, design, and perspective in all their chosen endeavors.
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Proud_Danimal Ortega
12 years ago
It is wonderful to see that you Ms. Dana still care so much about art in the schools thank you for your example!!!
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Nicole Zahrndt
12 years ago
Thank You Dana,
Indianola Informal k-8 is a very special school that incorporates the arts as a CORE curriculum, it has helped so many of our children not just learn, but embrace the arts and to become empowered! Your support of the arts and our school means the world!
Nicole
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Maria Celestino
12 years ago
What a way to drive the gifted and talented kids out of the district! As a parent of two creative, independently thinking children, I wouldn't send my daughters to a school district that diminishes the value of art in education! For shame, Columbus public!
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Amy Cummings
12 years ago
This is a no brainer. Fix it. For the kids at Indy, but also for the kids in the other CPS schools. Stop spending money on standardized test and test prep. Invest in children, not corporations.
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Galen Harris
12 years ago
As students and parents we all foster and cherish the Indianola Informal education and school community. It should become the example for how other Columbus City Schools could operate and THRIVE. It’s time to take the arts off of the chopping block for good. Indianola Informal should NOT be punished for having a 40-YEAR-LONG proven and effective program in the arts. I BEG you to rethink any cuts to the arts programming at Indianola and ALL of the Columbus City Schools.
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Chris Stanton
12 years ago
My full-time arts education at Indianola Elementary laid the foundation for my current profession as a writer and artist. Please make sure your students receive the same amazing opportunities and education that I did.
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Paul Buster
12 years ago
Superintendent Good and Board of Education Members,
The Unified Arts Team is critical to the success that Indianola Informal K-8 has had over the past 2 decades. As the district looks to improve, it should not tinker with the core of this incredibly successful program.
As a Columbus resident for over 20 years, I am keenly interested in the success of the Columbus Public Schools and pay very close attention to the decisions that are made by both the Board and the Superintendent. I understand the need to look at innovative ways to save money and expand successful programs, but I also understand well the program at Indianola, and the importance of the complete integration of the Unified Arts Team to its success.
I spent many years coaching baseball and soccer in leagues that had very large contingent of Indianola students. The kids from Indianola were always the most well rounded and eager to learn – they were the most friendly, and the best of friends for my own children who attended parochial schools. I have encountered many former Indianola students over the years (many of them now grown-ups), and every one has seen success in their endeavors. The arts education they received at Indianola, integrated with their academics has given them the broad critical thinking skills needed to succeed.
Please don’t alter the core of this program as you strive to improve our schools.
Sincerely,
Paul Buster
Indianola's strength comes from its integrated program that uses the arts full time to support, enhance and illustrate all curriculum areas. The full time arts team isn't an "extracurricular". It is at the core of the school philosophy. My kids' experience with the arts team is one of the top reasons we love this school- it would not be the same part time!
This is a short-sighted decision that will have major adverse impacts on the distinctive education at Indianola. Indianola succeeds because it integrates its learning and centrally values the arts in that work. Without the full-time arts staff, Indianola is no longer serving its mission, and Columbus Public needs to think carefully about what it means to change the entire culture of a highly successful school in the interest of minor financial gain for the district. Superintendent Good and Board members, please reconsider the impact of this decision for all of Columbus Public and Indianola in particular.
It has been proven that students with arts education graduate with higher grades in all subjects and more often go on to college. Arts are not only the soul of our country, they also feed our economy. And it all starts in elementary school.
Education in art inspires creativity and beauty in all that we develop. Our young people need and deserve a full-time art program. And when they have it, they reward us with their creativity, design, and perspective in all their chosen endeavors.
It is wonderful to see that you Ms. Dana still care so much about art in the schools thank you for your example!!!
Thank You Dana, Indianola Informal k-8 is a very special school that incorporates the arts as a CORE curriculum, it has helped so many of our children not just learn, but embrace the arts and to become empowered! Your support of the arts and our school means the world! Nicole
What a way to drive the gifted and talented kids out of the district! As a parent of two creative, independently thinking children, I wouldn't send my daughters to a school district that diminishes the value of art in education! For shame, Columbus public!
This is a no brainer. Fix it. For the kids at Indy, but also for the kids in the other CPS schools. Stop spending money on standardized test and test prep. Invest in children, not corporations.
As students and parents we all foster and cherish the Indianola Informal education and school community. It should become the example for how other Columbus City Schools could operate and THRIVE. It’s time to take the arts off of the chopping block for good. Indianola Informal should NOT be punished for having a 40-YEAR-LONG proven and effective program in the arts. I BEG you to rethink any cuts to the arts programming at Indianola and ALL of the Columbus City Schools.
My full-time arts education at Indianola Elementary laid the foundation for my current profession as a writer and artist. Please make sure your students receive the same amazing opportunities and education that I did.
Superintendent Good and Board of Education Members, The Unified Arts Team is critical to the success that Indianola Informal K-8 has had over the past 2 decades. As the district looks to improve, it should not tinker with the core of this incredibly successful program. As a Columbus resident for over 20 years, I am keenly interested in the success of the Columbus Public Schools and pay very close attention to the decisions that are made by both the Board and the Superintendent. I understand the need to look at innovative ways to save money and expand successful programs, but I also understand well the program at Indianola, and the importance of the complete integration of the Unified Arts Team to its success. I spent many years coaching baseball and soccer in leagues that had very large contingent of Indianola students. The kids from Indianola were always the most well rounded and eager to learn – they were the most friendly, and the best of friends for my own children who attended parochial schools. I have encountered many former Indianola students over the years (many of them now grown-ups), and every one has seen success in their endeavors. The arts education they received at Indianola, integrated with their academics has given them the broad critical thinking skills needed to succeed. Please don’t alter the core of this program as you strive to improve our schools. Sincerely, Paul Buster