Since last fall, students, teachers, and teaching artists have all been busy as bees with ArtWorks workshops. These workshops have been a unique opportunity to process the extraordinary challenges and novel circumstances that this past year brought.
We think this year's Student Art and Poetry Anthology is really something special, and we couldn't wait to share a few samples of the work we're compiling, especially since April is National Poetry Month!
If you'd like a printed copy of the anthology, please email ArtWorks program director Erin De Rosa at ederosa@sfpartnersineducation.org to be added to our mailing list. Copies will be sent out in May.
Until then, enjoy a few snippets of the beautiful artwork and thoughtful poetry below.
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Ode to Google Meet
By Tyson Ross
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Meet you now are our school,
Why are you not Zoom?
You are still enough for class,
For learning all we need to learn,
Meet you now are school.
You are created by Google
We all are not together,
Only through this app.
Without you we would not be learning,
Meet how long will you be our school?
Carlos Gilbert Elementary School
Teacher: Erin Cherry, 6th grade
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Artwork by Marianna Elena Martinez
Amy Biehl Community School
Teacher: Aviva Markowitz, 6th Grade
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Rain
By Tenzin Choeyang Gyalkhar
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Rain, you are so calming and beautiful,
You clear my thoughts
Rain, rain, why are you going away?
Rain, rain, Is it because they told you to?
Rain rain go away come again another day
They sing that song but when you come back,
They just sing it again.
But Rain you have given so much
For us to gain.
You drizzle, splash, and sprinkle.
Thank you rain for giving life,
making me happy, calming me down
and for your sounds.
Acequia Madre Elementary
Teacher: Doreen Stanton, 6th grade
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Artwork by Mia
Nava Elementary School
Teacher: Jennifer Kennedy, 3rd Grade
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Ode to Frustration
By Zhenko Pratt Craig
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Frustration is not fun because you can’t think
and you can't get things done,
and everything is harder.
You can get frustrated and give up,
You can get frustrated by doing something hard.
You become angry and sad,
You want to do something bad.
To get rid of frustration,
You take deep breaths and count to 10.
My brother gets frustrated when he does his schoolwork,
and goes crazy mad.
El Camino Real Academy
Teacher: Deborah Hawthorne, 4th grade
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Artwork by Allison Romero
Amy Biehl Community School
Teacher: Rebecca Zamora Van Sice, Kindergarten
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Partners in Education has been supporting teachers in our public schools for 33 years. That's all we do. We invite you to read on to see how our programs help teachers to make a difference in the community. Your donation can be directed to a specific program or to Partners in Education in general.
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Have you ever seen a big yellow school bus outside the Lensic or a museum? Each year, donors like you provide the funding for buses for nearly 600 public school classes to go on transformative educational adventures.
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The Teacher Warehouse is a resource for teachers to "shop" for free and take great things back to their classrooms. Local businesses and individuals donate office supplies, art supplies, books, and more.
Due to the pandemic, The Teacher Warehouse is currently open by appointment only. To schedule, contact Shelley Cohen at 505.474.0240.
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ArtWorks is an aesthetic education program that builds critical thinking skills and frees young imaginations. ArtWorks makes the arts personally meaningful to over 1,800 public school students and teachers through an integrated program of art-making, viewing live performances and exhibits, and achieving understanding through inquiry and reflection.
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Through the generosity of donors like you, classroom teachers receive grants for innovative, curriculum-based projects. Partners in Education awards over $50,000 to about 60 teachers each year.
Partners in Education also honors seven Santa Fe Public School teachers each year with the Teachers Who Inspire awards.
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The mission of ArtWorks is to make the arts personally meaningful to children and elementary school teachers through an integrated program of art-making, viewing virtual or live performances and exhibits, and achieving understanding through inquiry and reflection.
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