Thank You!
The Arts Impacting Achievement staff would like to thank all project partners:
- Beacon Street Gallery
- Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) and NEIU’s Chicago Teachers’Center
- Illinois School District U-46 and Coleman, Garfield and Sheridan Elementary Schools in Elgin
- Chase, Chopin and Von Humboldt Elementary Schools in Chicago
- Zephyr Dance
- Hamilton Wings
- Lakeview Education and Arts Partnership (LEAP) including Audubon, Blaine and Ravenswood Elementary Schools
- Cynthia P. Gehrie, Ph. D.
- RiséD. Jones, Ph. D.,
We would also like to thank our cadre of artists for the time and dedication they bring to this work.
Visual Artists:
- Michelle Alba
- Fernando Garcia
- Eduardo Angulo Salas
- Margy Stover
- Kitt Miller
- Aleks Slota
Dancers:
- Rosemary Doolas
- Michelle Kranicke
- Erica Lizotte
- Alycia Scott
- Emily Stein
Musicians:
- Amy Lowe
- Jeni Swerdlow
- Jamie Topper
Theatre Artists:
- Tanera Marshall
- Erica Mott
- Jacqueline Samuel
- Kate Thomas
- William Watt
Web Design:
Perhaps most importantly, a special thanks to all the students, whose drawings help illustrate this publication and the AIA website.
- Thalia Reinoso
- Eric Salas
- Rufina Cervantes
- Patricia Lopez
- Destinee Davis
- Patricia Duncan
- and Mark Sharks
We also must thank all the teachers involved in the project, especially those teachers who were able to commit to the project with such dedication:
- Beverly Allebach
- Annie Dickerson
- Kim Edwards
- Nancy Farrell
- Eric Runyan
- Katie Smiljanich
- Natalie Todd
- Suzana Ustabecir
- Stacey Catavu
- Yolisma Hernandez
- Sandra Klein
- Constance Krajecki
- Ani Smith
- Cynthia Wendt
- Alice White
Lastly, we would like to thank David Flatley and Jacqueline Murphy for making all of this work possible. We hope we have done justice in representing the work you began.
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