Arts Integration at Taub School

Recently WP Art Triada Samaras made a virtual visit to the Joseph A. Taub School where she and art teacher Patty Kamiski co-taught an arts integration lesson inspired by hummingbirds to a 6th grade class.  This lesson combined science, literacy and art and is featured on the WP Learning Arts at Home website in the Lessons in English section. 

First students learned many facts about hummingbirds, especially with respect to their flight and the way they look. Next they were given a variety of easy to obtain art materials and they created their own flying machines using both their science knowledge and their active imaginations. A wide variety of innovative art works emerged.

Arts Integration at School 21

Recently WP Art Triada Samaras made a virtual visit to School 21 where she and art teacher Raquel Ford co-taught an arts integration lesson inspired by hummingbirds to a third-grade bi-lingual class. This lesson combined science, literacy and art and is featured on the WP Learning Arts at Home website in the Lessons in English section. 

First students learned many facts about hummingbirds, especially with respect to their flight and the way they look. Next they were given a variety of easy to obtain art materials and they created their own bird using both their science knowledge and their active imaginations. A wide variety of innovative art works emerged.

Students at School 21 from the Paterson Public Schools visit William Paterson University

On April , 2023, middle-school students (Grades 6, 7 and 8) and their teachers from Paterson School 21 visited William Paterson University for an all-day field trip funded by the WP Dodge Foundation Grant. 

Their day included a gallery visit to the Ben Shahn Center for the Visual Arts to view the exhibition: El Cartel/The Poster: Puerto Rican Graphics. followed by a hands-on printmaking activity.  In addition, they visited the WP Cheng Library for a presentation on STEM there followed by hands-on STEM activities. This visit combined visual arts, science and technology and provided an introduction to university culture for students entering high school in the fall of 2023. Half of the students were bilingual students, and the leading art teacher, Ms. Raquel Ford, translated simultaneously the entire sessions to Spanish. 

Above: Students observe prints with Gallery Director, Casey Mathern, who gave them a tour of this exhibition. El Cartel/The Poster: Puerto Rican Graphics-is a selection of printed posters created by leading Puerto Rican and Nuyorican printmakers between 1960 and 2013. 

Afterwards, they moved to an art room and created works inspired by themes in the exhibition with Nadia Estela, workshop leader and gallery coordinator.

Above: Paterson School 21 Students create prints in the hands-on workshop given by Nadia Estela inspired by themes in the art exhibition.

Above: Students migrated to the WP University Commons Building for the next leg of their tour where they caught a glimpse of student life. They visited the bookstore and ate their lunch there as well.  In the afternoon students walked to the WP David & Lorraine Cheng Library where an extensive learning lab is located.

Above: Art Teacher Raquel Ford (left) and WP PIR Darlene Rankin (right) talk to the students at the Design Build and Learn Lab, part of the 

WP RIT/Department of Research and Technology.

Above: Students visited the Design Build and Learn Lab where they also engaged in hands-on STEM activities.

WP Digital Collaboratory

https://www.wpunj.edu/cohss/digcollab/

Above:  Paterson School 21 students, teachers, and WP PIR all  pose for a photograph outdoors on the WP Campus.