Songwriting Residency/Residencia de Composición de Canciones This year, kindergarteners will have the opportunity to participate in a songwriting residency with musicians/songwriters Eve & Mare.  The residency will kick off with […]

Native American Speaker / Hablante Nativo Americano To complement 2nd Grade’s Native American Unit, Ricardo Sánchez, who is Quechua and originally from Peru, will speak to 2nd graders.  He will […]

Igniting Excitement about Learning Through the Arts Avivando el interés por aprender a través de las artes Ms. Susan Tremblay SPARK Coordinator susan.tremblay@apsva.us Ms. Tremblay is thrilled to be at […]

Clay-based project/ Proyecto de arcilla Artist Parran Collery will work with 5thgraders to create mosaic benches that will be installed at Claremont.  The residency will kick off with a presentation […]

SPARK works in partnership with all students at Claremont, as well as with outside cultural organizations, artists, and musicians.  We aim to enhance learning through the cultural arts. Additionally, we connect the […]

Igniting Excitement about Learning Through the Arts Avivando el interés por aprender a través delas artes Purpose: Our goal is to ignite excitement about learning through unique cultural arts experiences […]

Puppet Residency/Residencia de Títeres In May, “Wit’s End Puppets” will work with 1st graders to create finger puppets around the book La Tortilla Corredora.  Students will review the story plot, […]

Author and Illustrator Residency / Residencia con una Autora e Ilustradora     3rd graders will have the opportunity to work with author and illustrator of The Eye of the Whale, […]

Dance Residency/Residencia de Baile 4th graders will have the opportunity to learn historical dances from Rebecca Cornelius of RC Dance Discovery.  After an assembly featuring these dances, each class will […]