Christmas Vibes from Telpochcalli
Here's a little soundtrack for your Christmas holiday! This Christmas track was created by students in 3-6th grade at Telpochcalli Elementary, as part of their After School program project...
Our unique approach to engaging students, inspiring teachers, and demonstrating impact relies on three strategies: Partnerships, Arts Integration, and Research.
To bring traditional subjects to life through the arts, we pair professional teaching artists with Chicago Public Schools teachers for long-term classroom partnerships and training.
To spark students’ passion for learning, we weave visual and digital art, music, theater, and dance into traditional subjects like science, math, history, and language arts.
CAPE works with external researchers to determine the impact of our programs on students, teachers, and artists. This helps us refine our own work and that of our teaching teams and contribute new knowledge to the field.
Research has shown that CAPE’s programs improve students’ critical thinking, creative problem solving, and self confidence, and leads to higher achievement in the classroom and on standardized tests.
Christmas Vibes from Telpochcalli
Here's a little soundtrack for your Christmas holiday! This Christmas track was created by students in 3-6th grade at Telpochcalli Elementary, as part of their After School program project...
Youth Music Exchange #2: Old Town School of Folk Music and Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra
As part of the second Youth Music Exchange event, a DCASE initiative for the Year of Chicago Music curated by CAPE, classes from the Old Town School of Folk Music (OTS) and Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra...
Weaving and Community at New Sullivan Elementary
Early in the COVID-19 school shutdowns, one second grade class at New Sullivan Elementary made the shift from in-person to online learning, while continuing to explore weaving and community-...
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