Artist-in-Residency Program Ends with Recital

Now in its 3rd year, the Artist-in-Residency program at the Chartiers Valley Primary School consists of professionals from the fine arts community providing 25 days of basic instruction in their field of expertise to kindergarten students.

The primary reason for the residency is to integrate Language Arts curriculum with art curriculum. The arts can enhance, strengthen, and help to teach content and skills from other subject areas. (Recent research on differentiated instruction and multiple intelligences seem to support this belief.)

The artists worked together with the teachers to integrate art with specific Language Arts curriculum. The artists incorporated story telling, rhythm, rhyme, beginning sounds, segmenting words, blending words, and vocabulary building throughout their arts lessons. The artists had a complete list of literature and targeted comprehension and phonological awareness skills prior to the residencies. Pre- and post- testing was done on the Language Arts curricular goals to document the basic belief that the arts can impact learning.

The results will be compared anonymously from student to student and class to class.

PS art teacher Jennifer Fazzone coordinates and monitors the program. This year, student instruction focused on dance and movement, music and tempo, and the visual art of puppet-making.

This year's artists included: Patty Maloney-an experienced dancer who believes that movement is an extension on one’s creative and intellectual self. She guides students to become problem solvers and reflect upon their work.

Jeff Berman-dulcimer player/percussionist. Jeff’s goal is for students to develop a melodic/harmonic and rhythmic sensibility for experiencing their own creativity, whether they are an emerging player or a more experienced performer. He has collaborated with artists from all over the world, sharing different music traditions that often incorporate improvisation as a key component in the creative process.

Cheryl Capezzuti-puppet maker/puppeteer. Through the creation of puppets, Cheryl introduces students to an imaginary world well beyond their regular classroom experience.

Cheryl will be creating bug puppets with the Kindergarten students inspired by the stories they are reading now in class.

Remembering My Lai
A Vietnam veteran visits Chartiers Valley high school to recount one of the darkest chapters in U.S. military history.

Unlikely Friendships
A trip to one of Africa’s most desperate countries teaches a CV student that people aren’t so different after all.

Officer of the Year
Scott Township’s Police Department unanimously names Alan Ballo its top cop.

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