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<DIV align=center>Today more than ever the arts are needed by our young people as a forum for safe expression, communication, exploration, </DIV>
<DIV align=center>imagination, and cultural and historical understanding.  </DIV>
<DIV align=center>The arts define what it is to be human. Among the many benefits of arts education, consider these few examples: ·  The arts empower children to communicate ideas that words   and numbers cannot always adequately express. ·   The arts provide opportunities to explore other cultures   and times, teaching tolerance for other's heritage   and belief systems while valuing the individual. ·   The arts encourage multiple responses, respecting that the   questions are often as important as the answers. In the arts, there are many correct and valid responses. ·   The arts teach flexibility in thinking, a mandate for   success in a global society. ·   The arts teach students to continue searching   for meaning and understanding. Evidence supports the arts as fundamental to learning and on equal footing with other rigorous courses of study. Indeed, the No Child Left Behind Act, signed into law in 2002, includes the arts as core content alongside math, science, language arts, and social studies. As such, the arts have their own academic standards. They are not ornamental, nor are they meant as support systems for other subjects. The arts are substantial and require commitment by students and educators alike. </DIV>
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<DIV align=center>Are the arts important in education? I submit that they are more than important. The arts are central - the arts are at the heart </DIV>
<DIV align=center>of all we need to know and </DIV>
<DIV align=center>should be teaching. </DIV>
<DIV align=center>Pam Stephens, School Arts advisory board and Art Education Coordinator, Northern Arizona University  Round Rock ISD Elementary Art teachers </DIV></DIV>
<DIV align=center>integrate science, math, history, literature and geography </DIV>
<DIV align=center>into your child's art classes. </DIV>
<DIV align=center>Research shows that students that have an art infused curriculum have better test performance. (U.S. News and World Report, March 2008; <A href="http://www.aep-arts.org/resources/toolkits/criticallinks/">www.aep-arts.org/resources/toolkits/criticallinks/ </A>) </DIV>
 
<DIV style="PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE: always; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(192,192,192); HEIGHT: 1px; FONT-SIZE: 1px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle" title="Print Page Break">  </DIV> Parents - now more than ever, the fine arts need your support.  Please go to my art links page and click on the GoArts website link to register your support for fine arts in the state of Texas. 
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 Congratulations to the following students whose art was chosen to display in the RRISD Administration building and PAC from January 2012 - January 2013: 
Xenia Voigt Elementary:
 Ashlynn Albiter Dominguez - 1st grade Ta'Kiyah Dabiri-Maura - 1st grade Wells Branch Elementary: Avery Moreno - 3rd grade Mimi Trinh - 3rd grade *Students, please send me an e-mail or tell me if you are moving to a new school. I want to return your beautiful art work to you in January and will need a location and/or address to deliver it to. Thank you!
 New art to diplay in the RRISD Administration building and PAC will be chosen in January 2013.

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