“Art is the vessel to create thinkers.”
- Principal Christy Cuddy -
This Revolutionary Leader plays the trumpet! Christy Cuddy, principal of Highland Arts Elementary shares how playing the trumpet led her to become the leader of a school that is centered around the arts. Cuddy shares how teachers incorporate the arts into the curriculum through inquiry which fosters creative thinkers, empathy, collaboration, and innovation with students.
Show Notes
The Kennedy Center (http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/educators)
Arts in the 21st Century Classroom - Article from The Kennedy Center (http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/educators/how-to/take-five/arts-in-the-21st-century)
Why Empathy Holds the Key to Transforming 21st Century Learning (https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/46980/why-empathy-holds-the-key-to-transforming-21st-century-learning)
MPS Portrait of a Graduate (http://www.mpsaz.org/mission/portrait/)