Amplifier mural in progress! Students learned to use different brushing techniques to make sure the posters laid flat and smooth on the wall. What a great project!
AIM Partner spotlight! @Amplifierart – thank you for collaborating with our students to create a mural in our entrance. Art in Motion received the full wheat-paste treatment as part of the Amplifier REFRAME series!
Amplifier is a nonprofit design lab that builds art and media experiments to amplify the most important movements of our time. Our students participated in a wheat pasting workshop and helped to create this one of a kind piece of art. #REFRAMEAmerica #AmplifierArt
This transformative theater space will give students a space to really showcase their talent! We can’t wait to see the community come together here to support our young artists.
Inspiring, GREEN, beautiful studio space – our young artists are going to LOVE our new art studios! We’re bringing something no one else can to the South Side of Chicago – be part of the AIM family and help us to build, create, grow!
Have you seen this? We’re building something incredible – transforming what was once a loading dock into an artfully landscaped entry plaza, to serve as a recreation space for our students! Will you be part of the AIM family this fall? Learn more at www.aimchicago.org/
Happy #SELday everyone! SEL or Social Emotional Learning is extremely important to our mission at Distinctive Schools. When students understand their emotional health, they grow as individuals both in their academics and daily life. Shout out to our partners @Move_ThisWorld for their amazing SEL curriculum and thank you to caresolace24_7 for making the first steps in getting support even easier!
This week is National School Social Work Week and we are celebrating our amazing Social Workers! Thank you for partnering with students, families, and staff to ensure our communities are safe, warm, welcoming environments for all! We appreciate you!
We’re excited to launch the Test to Stay program this March! In partnership with the Chicago Department of Public Health, Test to Stay will provide an alternative to quarantine to keep more students learning safely in-person. Read more here: https://bit.ly/DS_COVID19
Celebrate – Honor – REFLECT
Today is the final day of Black History Month. We close with a quote from the always inspiring author, novelist, playwright, poet, activist, and brilliant mind of James Baldwin, “History, as nearly no one seems to know, is not merely something to be read. And it does not refer merely, or even principally, to the past. On the contrary…” Let his words serve as a reminder that history is being written now, as we carry it in our hearts, we celebrate, honor, reflect. Black history is everyday.
The CDC lifted the mask requirement for schools – we are excited about the progress this means we have made in fighting COVID-19! At this time, Distinctive Schools Chicago will continue to require masks for the week of February 28 as we update mitigation measures and quarantine protocols. We will provide an update on masks beyond this week by Thursday, March 3.
Dr. Gholdy Muhammad is an educator, curriculum designer & author of Cultivating Genius: An Equity Framework for Culturally and Historically Responsive Literacy. As we reflect on how we as educators can strive to #CultivateGenius, Dr. Muhammad’s texts have been so inspiring! Her work has provided an incredible framework for how we REFLECT on curriculum and analyze texts.
Celebrate – HONOR – Reflect
Marva Collins, famous Educator, Chicago native, and education pioneer, is someone whose life and work are held in high HONOR. Marva Collins worked to serve students with a focus on teaching and reaching the whole child. As an educator, including in developing a whole-child model and philosophy, Collins ensured that strong teaching and learning take place every single day – she is an amazing example of passion and dedication; she is a testament to the impact a teacher can have.
AIM middle school basketball team out on the court!
Congratulations to AIM's Middle School Basketball team on their first win! Great job athletes, and way to BE YOU!
We're excited to see you soon! School is back in session on Tuesday, January 4, 2022. Happy New Year!
The feeling of Family at AIM is something we deeply value and celebrate every day with staff and students!
Our students having a great time in dance class!
Our Groundbreaking Ceremony was complete with inspiring words from Pastor John F. Hannah , Director Kara May, AIM Board Chair Matthew Williams, and Distinctive Schools CEO Scott Frauenheim as well as an amazing performance from our 8th grade voice class! What a special day!
We broke ground on our high school expansion project! We’re excited to see this come to life, and cannot wait to unveil the building next year! In addition to traditional classroom space, Art in Motion will be adding performance space, a recording studio, broadcast studio, dance lab, visual arts lab, as well as interior and exterior courtyards – we’re so excited! #ALLin #AIM #ArtInMotion
Our first performance of the evening at Community Connections— an incredibly gifted voice, Kristin thank you for sharing your gifts with us!
