Local Organizations and Schools Create Culture Leap for Worcester Students
Thursday, May 07, 2015
The initiative, known as Culture LEAP (Learning through Education and Arts Partnerships) is between the Worcester Cultural Coalition, and the Worcester Education Development Foundation, Inc. (WEDF) working with WPS to give more than 10,000 students engaging learning experiences.
WPS Superintendent Dr. Melinda J. Boone said, “Worcester’s internationally recognized and world-class cultural institutions continue a longstanding partnership with the city’s non-profits and Worcester Public Schools. These partnerships provide opportunities for students to learn about art, history, and their own heritage. They inspire a greater sense of pride in students in their community and themselves.”
“We believe that what we have created here in Worcester is a unique partnership that can serve as a national model. Taking our region’s rich resources, blending them with curricular learning goals, and implementing high interest, creative and fun learning experiences for students throughout their public school education in a comprehensive and systemic manner can set an example for the rest of the nation,” said James David Moran, Director of Outreach at the American Antiquarian Society (AAS) and chair of the Worcester Cultural Coalition’s Education Working Group.
The following field trips will be provided to the WPS students in grades 1-6 and 12 through grants from the George I. Alden Trust and the Stoddard Charitable Trusts, as well as in-kind donations from the Worcester Public Schools, the Worcester Cultural Coalition and the non-profit cultural organizations.
- Grade 1 – the Worcester Historical Museum to learn about local history.
- Grade 2 – the secret garden at Tower Hill Botanic Garden to connect science, literacy and mathematics through botany.
- Grade 3 – Old Sturbridge Village to discover history.
- Grade 4 – the Worcester Art Museum to study sculpture and its relationship to other subjects.
- Grade 5 – Mechanics Hall for an introduction to chamber music in a world-class concert hall.
- Grade 6 – Broad Meadow Brook and the Ecotarium for science investigation.
- Grade 12 – the Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts to attend the live performance of A Streetcar Named Desire.
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