New Pacific Charter School in Roseville, CA offers TK- 8th grade in-person tuition-free, personalized and project-based learning in a nurturing environment dedicated to every child’s overall success. They use the Leader in Me framework to help foster life-ready leadership skills, based on Franklin Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. With these elements, NPS has created a close-knit community where students, parents, and staff work together in a unique small school setting.
New Joy Arts has partnered with NPS in Roseville for the past 2.5 years offering arts integration consulting to the administration, giving teacher support in project based learning and creating a fundamentals of art instruction program for grades through K-10.
As part of the middle/high school program this spring I worked with the students to create a collaborative mural design for the Clinton Campus! Each of the 3 classes proposed their own ideas, selected favorite elements from one another’s designs and worked to create a composite sketch for the school to vote on. Below is the winning design:
From Facebook:”The winning mural design from Class 3 is coming to life! The mural will be sketched out by New Pacific art teacher Angela Houk and painted by our talented New Pacific Clinton site scholars. This piece will transform the large blank canvas on our shipping container at the Clinton campus into something special!“
The students have worked hard to bring their vision to life! Despite some unseasonable May rain and nearing the end of this school year, we are making great progress. The school logo and some finishing details are all that remains to be done. What a wonderful way for creativity to cultivate community!
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