Baltimore City Public Schools
Young Audiences Summer Arts Programming Improves Academic Performance
Baltimore students in Young Audiences Summer & Learning Arts Academy Outperform Peers Baltimore City Public Schools students who participated in a new arts-related summer academic program from Young Audiences avoided summer learning loss and, in many cases, gained ground on…
Getting Involved: Volunteering to Support Artists and Arts Integration in the Classroom
By Barbara Kesler, an active Young Audiences board member and volunteer and a retired Baltimore
Moving out of Our Comfort Zone
A reflection from Valerie Branch, professional dancer, master teaching artist, and YA roster artist
Summer Arts and Learning Academy: Parents Reflect on their Child’s Transformation
We spoke with several parents to get their take on the Summer…
Alden Phelps’ New Assembly Offers Hands-on Writing Experience for Entire School Grade
Singing, Reading & Writing Songs: an Interactive Assembly.
YA’s Expanded Summer Arts and Learning Academy Kicks Off Today!
This morning, we kicked off our expanded Summer Arts and Learning Academy – a free, five week program immersing 900 City students in a variety of art forms…
Model the Way
If you were a school teacher and had just spent the last ten months in the classroom, where would you be on the 7th morning of your vacation? In bed? In your PJs…
I Am Baltimore
by Ken’Niya Baltimore, Young Audiences Summer Arts Academy student | My name is Ken’Niya Baltimore. I am 13 years old and in the 8th grade at Henderson Hopkins. During the summer, my mother told me that I was accepted into Young Audiences’ Summer Arts Academy.
A Teacher’s Story
by Tracey Cooper, Science Teacher at Oxon Hill Middle School and Site Director of Young Audiences’ Summer Arts Academy
Welcome to the Summer Arts Academy 2015!
Young Audiences has again partnered with Baltimore City Public Schools to make…
Opportunity Schools are a spot of hope
Much research has suggested that students from low-income families often struggle in school compared to their more affluent peers. However, the Maryland Campaign for Achievement Now (MarylandCAN) published a report in April that seems to dispel this belief. After studying…
How do we make learning fun?
By Chanel Traboldt, Third Grade Teacher at Harford Heights Elementary and Young Audiences Public Programs Summer Intern Two middle school girls sit in the back of the classroom. One of them is sneaking a look at her cell phone under her desk;…