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Telling Your Story
Develop a story about your project that you can share with others, as well as with the ICA. The story should be brief (two pages maximum), to the point, and understandable to a variety of audiences. Use the following questions to structure your story:

1. What did your project set out to do? What outcomes did you identify for your project?

Our project at Sorensen Magnet School of the Arts and Humanities was entitled, “Blocks of Nature.” The purpose was to immerse our entire K-5 student body, consisting of 317 students, 28 staff members and numerous parents, into a study of the flora and fauna within a two block radius of our downtown school. We hoped to use printmaking as our presentation medium.
2. What did the project accomplish? Who was served and how did they benefit?

The project was a huge success! Our halls are filled with artifacts representing the flora and fauna of our surrounding downtown area: flowers, leaves, twigs, buds, dogs, cats; representations of smiling faces and sunny days! Everyone who participated enjoyed some level of exposure to Sorensen’s outdoor perimeter and Linda Wolfe’s passion and skill as our much loved Artist-In-Residence.
3. How do you know that your project accomplished these things? What evaluation methods did you use?

We are assured that we accomplished our goals based on both qualitative and quantitative assessments. The quantitative data validates that 100% of our student body participated in and completed the project. Every student performed the tasks at a proficient level of: understanding the necessary vocabulary, acquiring the concepts of research for the subject of their perspective project and completing the art project at a satisfactory level of quality for presentation. The qualitative data validates that 100% of our Sorensen educational community thoroughly enjoyed learning in this manner. The measurement of excited conversations and longevity of the completed artwork on display in our hallways indicate that it was successful.
4. How will you share the results of your program with others?
(These might be other school personnel, parents, press/media, PTO/PTA,
local or state policy makers, etc.)



The results of our program are shared in every nook and cranny of our small school. Two large bulletin boards in the entrance are covered with Print-making projects, the halls are lined with artifacts and even our city library graciously provided space in their display windows to showcase a Sorensen presentation. Pictures from Linda Wolfe’s week-long visit will be memorialized in our yearbook and have been on slide show presentation on our electronic picture frame on the counter in our main office.
Please attach photographs (please limit to 400 pixels wide) or other documentation that helps others to understand your project. Label the documentation with text that explains what it is and how it shows the project’s accomplishments.

imagePrint block design work
imageLinda Wolfe - Artist-In-Residence
imageLinoleum carving
imagePrint block flags
imageProud student at work!
                                              
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