Highlights of the Visual Arts Education Program at Central Riverside Elementary, Duval County Public Schools in Jacksonville, Florida showing relevancy to Core Curricula.

1. VISUAL ART
Visual Arts Program @ CRES Terry Woodlief, Art
Teacher

2. WHAT’S THE BIG IDEA?
 Critical Thinking and Reflection
 Historical and Global Connections
 Innovation, Technology, and the Future
 Organizational Structure
 Skills, Techniques, and Processes

3. CRITICAL THINKING AND REFLECTION

4. HISTORICAL AND GLOBAL
CONNECTIONS

5. INNOVATION, TECHNOLOGY,
AND THE FUTURE

6. ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

7. SKILLS, TECHNIQUES, AND
PROCESSES

8. CROSS CURRICULAR
Kindergarten Author
Studies
SS.1.C.2.2 Describe
the characteristics of
responsible
citizenship in the
school community.
SC.2.E.7.In.5: Identify harmful
consequences of being
outside in severe weather,
such as lightning, hurricanes,
or tornados.
MU.5.C.1.3 Identify, aurally,
selected instruments of the
band and orchestra.

9. MACC.4.G.1.3
Recognize a line of
symmetry for a two-
dimensional figure as a line
across the figure
MA.5.G.3.Pa.a: Recognize differences in
features related to the shape of two- and
three-dimensional objects.CROSSCURRICULAR
SC.5.E.7.2 Recognize that the ocean is an integral part
of the water cycle and is connected to all of Earth's
water reservoirs via evaporation and precipitation
processes.
4th graders learn Humankind's
need to explore continues to
lead to the development of
knowledge and understanding
of our Solar System.
MACC.4.G.1.3
Recognize a line of symmetry for a two-
dimensional figure as a line across the
figure

10. DOE ARTS DATA
For the general population, the arts classes taken,
the higher the student achievement in all measures
For students on “free and reduced lunch,” an
indicator of socioeconomic levels, the arts classes
taken, the higher the student achievement in all
measures.
For students divided by ethnicity, the arts classes
taken, the higher the student achievement in all
measures.
The more arts classes taken, the less likely a student
is to dropout of the cohort group

11. FCAT Reading
0.00%
10.00%
20.00%
30.00%
40.00%
50.00%
60.00%
70.00%
4 or more credits 2.5 - 3 1.5 - 2 .5 - 1 0 credits
Visual Art
Dance
Theatre
Music
Percentage of Students Statewide Scoring 3 or Above on FCAT Reading
Arts Credits Taken

12. FCAT Math
0.00%
10.00%
20.00%
30.00%
40.00%
50.00%
60.00%
70.00%
80.00%
90.00%
100.00%
4 or more credits 2.5 - 3 1.5 - 2 .5 - 1 0 credits
Visual Art
Dance
Theatre
Music
Percentage of Students Statewide Scoring 3 or Above on FCAT Math
Arts Credits Taken

13. THE CUMMER
MUSEUM
WEAVER ACADEMY
OF ART
All students enrolled at
Central Riverside
Elementary School are a
part of The Weaver
Academy of Art Program
from The Cummer Museum
of Art & Gardens. This
initiative, the largest
educational program in the
history of The Cummer
Museum, provides two
Museum Educator
classroom visits, two
museum tours, teacher
trainings, FREE art
classes, classroom
resources, FREE family
passes to the
Museum, and a scholarship
program for Camp Cummer
to recognize outstanding
participation.

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