Here Are Some Articles About Our Great School Assemblies In Indiana
I have written before on occasion about a good friend and a truly magnificent school assembly performer, Toma the Mime. Toma was recently at Fisher Elementary in Speedway, Indianapolis. I just got off the phone with Kathryn Richards the principal there, and ... wow!
Fisher has had many programs from us over the years but in the past they have always favored the living history characters like Lincoln and Martin Luther King. And they have always loved them! But they had never seen Toma before. Toma does our Young Author's Day school assembly. And he is really good! Ms. Richards was so excited she could hardly finish her own sentences! She told me of veteran teachers who, prior to the show, were skeptical. What can a mime teach about writing? But after Toma had finished his school assembly program, the same teachers were beside themselves with excitement! The school uses the 6 plus 1 traits of writing plan and works very hard at it but had not found the “spark” to get kids interested in it....
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Ohio and Indiana History - School Assemblies in the Midwest
All over the midwest, in states such as Indiana, Ohio, Michigan and Illinois, part of the curriculum for intermediate grades involves teaching 3rd, 4th and 5th graders about the Native American tribes that lived in this part of the country before the Europeans arrived. There is nothing strange about this. All over the country... Read the whole article!
Indiana State Educational Standards and School Assemblies
How school assemblies meet and exceed Indiana State Standards! - Read the article!
Portable Planetarium Tours in Michigan, Ohio and Midwestern Schools
More Midwest tours means more available dates for Indiana Schools ... Read the article!
Piankeshaw Trails Native American School Assembly Rocks Ohio!
Indiana and Ohio History! ... Read the Article!