As mentioned before the STEAM program at Richmond Hill has always had a component of it that has included the arts. Our expansion with our students and curriculum has increased that focus so we can grow in being more explicit in that connection with our teachers, students, and community.Â
Whether these are shorter activities that help students convey and cement their understandings by using dance or acting as a part of kinesthetic learning. We understand and value that the voice and choice that arts integration has a deep impact on the investment of students in what we do and their ability to retain information and connect it to their own lives.Â
Or larger projects that allow students to focus on how art is not just pictures or paintings, but it's a part of the designs they make, how they solve problems they're tasked with, creating instead of just consuming digital content or something they see as they drive through their neighborhood each winter. Below are a series of examples where the program creates a variety of opportunities for students to create or experience art.Â