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End-of-Semester Events: Portfolio Day
May 22nd is Portfolio Day. The student teaching portfolios will be on view in South 109 from 11:00 to 3:15. They will be reviewed by our alumnae Marianne Taylor, who teaches at Driscoll Elementary School in Brookline, and Jessie Young, who teaches at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School.
Cristina Pinton
Cristina Pinton (MSAE 2004) is finishing her first year as visual arts teacher at Avon Old Farms School, a private school in Avon, Connecticut. She teaches dark room photography, printmaking, drawing and architecture and has just been promoted to Visual Arts Chairperson for next year. Cristina lives on the lovely Avon Old Farms campus, directly behind the art building where she teaches! Continue reading Art Teacher / Sage School, Foxboro
We received the following message from our alumna Emily Stewart, who is leaving her job st Sage School: Continue reading
Chris Plunkett
Chris Plunkett (TPP 2007) teaches art at Orchard Gardens, a BPS K-8 school in Roxbury, and was featured on a NBC News broadcast about the turnaround at the school.
Orchard Gardens was among the lowest performing schools in the state. The turnaround began in 2010 when the new principal, Andrew Bott, fired the security guards and used the money saved to hire arts teachers. The arts have driven the school’s turnaround. Orchard Gardens is a President’s Committee on Arts and Humanities Turnaround: Arts Awardee, one of eight in the nation.
Art Teacher / Zia Middle School, Las Cruces, NM
Our alumna Hillary Douglas will be leaving her teaching position at Zia Middle School in Las Cruces, New Mexico, in order to go to graduate school. Continue reading