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We are a neighborhood school that serves around 400 students, grades kindergarten through fifth grade. In 2014, with the leadership of art teacher, Alexandra Etscovitz, a group of passionate teachers banded together to start a movement of integrating creativity and the arts into all content areas. This passion built a momentum that we continue to foster today, as we grow to be a true success story of the power of the arts.  \nArts Integration  \nCreativity isn't just for artists; it's the heartbeat of learning. That is how we use arts integration—the hands-on approach to making learning come alive—as a strategy that guides our school. Our success is measured in many ways, including interdisciplinary student-centered learning that is robust due to collaboration. We believe creativity is the catalyst for learning. It is rare for all constituents: teachers, administration, students and families, to be invested in the same goal. Arts integration hits the sweet spot weare looking for: engaged, independent and connected learning. This means we carve out a large space for student voice, authentic standards-based learning and trusted teacher collaboration that drives our work. For over a decade, integrating the arts across all subject areas has proven to be a powerful way to foster creativity and critical thinking in students at Memorial Spaulding Elementary School.  \nAs the art teacher joyfully leading this initiative, I have the privilege of collaborating with passionate colleagues who embraced the transformative power of the arts. Together, we worked to create opportunities for students to engage with content in innovative, cross-disciplinary ways. Building an arts-integrated school has been a long-term vision, and after years of collaboration, experimentation and growth, this vision is coming to life. The success of this work is not only a result of my personal efforts but also the contagious enthusiasm of teachers across disciplines who have been inspired by the arts to make learning more engaging and creative. Recently retired principal, Tom Morris,  \nsays “arts integration not only supports students to meet academic standards but also encourages self-expression, collaboration and enhanced social-emotional skills.” With this support of school leadership, we see the cultural and academic transformation that arises when creativity is woven throughout the curriculum. This work is dynamic, evolving and requires a collective, soulful commitment to both academic excellence and the creative development of every student.  \nBridging Between Content Areas  \nAs an art teacher, I am deeply aware of the transformative power of art in the learning process. My professional goal is to ensure that all areas of learning are as engaging and dynamic as art class. Arts integration makes this possible by bringing creativity into every subject. For example, we begin morning meetings by analyzing a work of art using visual thinking strategies or we create paintings of rainforests to illustrate descriptive language to enhance narrative writing comprehension. Other examples of successful applications of arts integration include scientific observational drawing, observing artifacts in social studies with critical thinking, painting seasons and trees and questioning photography of the Civil Rights movement. Through these experiences, we are able to foster a rich, interconnected learning environment that strengthens both academic skills and creative thinking that creates memorable meaning and capacity to these studies.  \nStudents naturally thrive when they have the chance to play, tinker, experiment and create. The challenge, then, is how to capture the magic of an arts class and bring it into all of our content areas. Through teacher collaboration, we developed a range of lessons that bridge this gap. 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