Helping Children Cross Cultural Boundaries in the Borderlands: Arts Program at Freese Elementary in San Diego Creates Cultural Bridges

This article describes the unique multicultural arts program that has developed at Freese Elementary School, located only 20 minutes from the United States-Mexico border, in the southeastern corner of the San Diego Unified School District. The Arts and Culture Magnet Program at Freese grew out of th...

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Published inJournal for learning through the arts Vol. 6; no. 1
Main Authors Brouillette, Liane, Jennings, Lynne
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Center for Learning in the Arts, Sciences and Sustainability 2010
Subjects
Academic Standards
Administrators
Art Education
Art Teachers
Community Organizations
Conflict
Elementary School Curriculum
Elementary School Students
Elementary School Teachers
Elementary Schools
English Language Learners
Integrated Curriculum
Interviews
Language Arts
Magnet Schools
Multicultural Education
Partnerships in Education
Puppetry
Safety
Teaching Experience
Theater Arts
California
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Summary:This article describes the unique multicultural arts program that has developed at Freese Elementary School, located only 20 minutes from the United States-Mexico border, in the southeastern corner of the San Diego Unified School District. The Arts and Culture Magnet Program at Freese grew out of the need build bridges in a neighborhood where rapid demographic change had created explosive tensions. The magnet program teaches visual and performing arts, literacy, and social studies through in-class artist residencies, workshops, field trips, and assemblies that have been developed in collaboration with local arts organizations. Through the arts, Freese has become a bright and cheery school where children are busy learning, an island of hope in a neighborhood beset by conflict.
ISSN:1932-7528
1932-7528