School Partnerships
Our School Partnership Program sends instructors to teach woodworking and visual arts in schools throughout Greater Boston, both after school and during the school day. In the 2009-10 school year alone, we will have taught over 800 children in Boston Public Schools and local private schools, from pre-school up.
Flexible, Excellent, Affordable
We are known for our ability to respond to each school's needs, the excellence of our teachers, and our affordability. Our teachers can work with school staff to create courses that compliment daytime curriculum. We can merge art, woodworking, sewing, and other crafts with hidden math, literacy, social studies, science, community service, and other interests. Classes can be as short as one session or as long as a year. We are happy to negotiate a budget that works for each school.
Contact us to explore woodworking, art and other options for your school.
Examples
- Our Portfolio Prep class helps students in grades 6–8 prepare to apply to Boston's arts magnet high school. (Murphy School)
- Our Woodworking curriculum supported state math standards for grades 3–5. (Agassiz School)
- Children in grades K-2 created illustrated books “All About Me” and “About My Neighborhood.” (Winthrop School)
- Fourth graders built miniature colonial houses and corn-husk dolls, then assembled a village and enacted scenes from colonial life. (Young Achievers School)
- Our Dyeing and Weaving teachers enriched a 3rd grade unit on the Navajo. (Young Achievers School)
- Middle school students helped design and build colorful benches as part of a Community Links Initiative, with elementary school students painting tiles to decorate them. (Irving, Bates and Sumner Schools)
- We led a pre-school class making art from recycled objects, then followed up with a teachers' workshop on the same theme. (Russell J. Call Children's Center at Northeastern University)
- Our Basic Sewing class gave rise to another class for Young Fashion Designers. (Solomon Schechter Day School)
Teachers
Visual Arts
Elisa Hamilton, Jen Ingram, Julie Martini, Annie O’Connor, Ellen Pierce, Elizabeth Rocha, Laurel Stroman, Shunsuke Yamaguchi
Woodworking
Jonathan Bechard, Jeff Citro, Kevin Mack, Mike Molinari, Mitch Ryerson
Sewing & Yarn
Diane Ivey, Laurel Stroman, Carol Price
Classroom Aides
Rachel Ballentine, Bonnie Day, David Fricke, Rachel Grobstein, Kara Lawler, Ayanna Moore, Jessica Stein, Heidi Stucker, Robert Worth
School Partners 2007-2010
Boston Public Schools
- Agassiz Elementary School
- Boston Teachers Union School
- Fifield Elementary School
- Henderson K-8 School
- Hernandez K-8 School
- Irving Middle School
- Lee Elementary School
- Manning Elementary School
- Murphy K-8 School
- Philbrick Elementary School
- Tobin K-8 School
- Trotter Elementary School
- Winthrop Elementary School
- Young Achievers K-8 School