JumpStart Art Project

Students in the third grade classes have had an exciting two weeks of working with self-proclaimed "Drama Queen" Malaika Quarterman from Jackson. This project is sponsored as part of the Ask for More Arts grant and the JumpStart Grant by the Ford Foundation. There are twenty one schools in JPS who had an artist to come work with the students in some art form. The theme of this art project for the third grade students at our school has been "Trading Places". Students have participated in several activities in which they were able to see what it would be like to trade places with someone else. There has been much brainstorming, creative thinking, and excitement as students plan and practice for the grand finale performance on Friday morning.