Pre-K, Kindergarten, and 1st Grade have a customized Creative Dance Residency à la the Dance Education Laboratory’s approach to teaching and learning dance. This child-centered approach explores the elements of dance (body, space, time, energy) and provides children the tools to make their own dances. Teaching artists connect dance learning experiences to classroom curricular concepts (social studies, ELA, math, science, etc.) and collaborate with our classroom teachers.
2nd and 3rd Grade have World Stories Alive (Storytelling) with Rachael Harrington, where students participate in stories through call-and-response, rhythm, repeated phrases, prediction and adding details in real time to the story, and musical elements. By jumping into narrative action in this way, learners gain language and vocabulary development, cultural expression and learning, empathy, creative expression, and speaking and performing confidence.
4th and 5th Grade welcome back teaching artists from New Victory Theater, who offer both extraordinary performances and education resources. Our programming includes a season of live productions, digital videos, interactive performing arts workshops and unlimited access to a library of teacher guides, instructional videos and professional learning sessions.
6th and 7th Grade dive into the art forms of comedy and improv with Stacy Davidowitz of Uptown Stories. This workshop series is all about unleashing creative kinetic energy and getting it down on paper. By combining students’ natural need to move with the comedy writing project of their choice, they’ll build self-confidence and hone their writing skills.
8th Grade creates a custom Time Capsule with Jane LeCroy of Uptown Stories. Composed of personal writing and small objects that represent this period of time in history and the students’ lives, the Time Capsule is preserved for future generations of IS 187 graduates. They create personal Zines–tiny publications where each student expresses themselves–using collage, drawings, photos, portrait poems, memory poems, and dreams of the future prose. This is an epic reflection/projection creative project that’s become a Hudson Cliffs annual tradition!
Our Self-Contained Class explores visual arts techniques with Jeff Konigsberg of Hudson Heights Art Studio. His studio is a dedicated creative space where learners are encouraged in the pursuit of their self-expression while being expertly supported in the essential elements and principles of art tutelage.
2nd and 3rd Grade have World Stories Alive (Storytelling) with Rachael Harrington, where students participate in stories through call-and-response, rhythm, repeated phrases, prediction and adding details in real time to the story, and musical elements. By jumping into narrative action in this way, learners gain language and vocabulary development, cultural expression and learning, empathy, creative expression, and speaking and performing confidence.
4th and 5th Grade welcome back teaching artists from New Victory Theater, who offer both extraordinary performances and education resources. Our programming includes a season of live productions, digital videos, interactive performing arts workshops and unlimited access to a library of teacher guides, instructional videos and professional learning sessions.
6th and 7th Grade dive into the art forms of comedy and improv with Stacy Davidowitz of Uptown Stories. This workshop series is all about unleashing creative kinetic energy and getting it down on paper. By combining students’ natural need to move with the comedy writing project of their choice, they’ll build self-confidence and hone their writing skills.
8th Grade creates a custom Time Capsule with Jane LeCroy of Uptown Stories. Composed of personal writing and small objects that represent this period of time in history and the students’ lives, the Time Capsule is preserved for future generations of IS 187 graduates. They create personal Zines–tiny publications where each student expresses themselves–using collage, drawings, photos, portrait poems, memory poems, and dreams of the future prose. This is an epic reflection/projection creative project that’s become a Hudson Cliffs annual tradition!
Our Self-Contained Class explores visual arts techniques with Jeff Konigsberg of Hudson Heights Art Studio. His studio is a dedicated creative space where learners are encouraged in the pursuit of their self-expression while being expertly supported in the essential elements and principles of art tutelage.
2023 Spring Programs Funded
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CREATIVE WRITING, STORYTELLING AND DRAMA
After an incredible Fall/Winter programming session focusing on dance and movement, we are thrilled to offer creative writing, storytelling and drama workshops for all grades starting this Spring. Programming will start in mid March and run for 10-12 weeks. We will be sharing more details very soon, but here is a quick rundown by grade:
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Learning through visual arts, dance, music, drama, and creative writing inspires our children, giving them a platform to creatively express themselves and hone their critical thinking skills. This enriching programming is possible thanks to the generosity of donors to Friends of 187!
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2022-2023 Fall/Winter Programs Funded
PRE-K - 4TH GRADES
CUSTOMIZED CREATIVE DANCE RESIDENCY STARTED WEEK OF OCT. 17TH Giving children the tools to make their own dances is the focus of the Customized Creative Dance Residency for the PreK - 4th-grade students at PS/IS 187. New York State-certified dance teaching artists are collaborating with classroom teachers to connect dance learning experiences to curricular concepts like social studies, science, language arts, or math, customizing the dance residency for each grade. 5TH - 8TH GRADE AILEY ARTS IN EDUCATION–HIP HOP DANCE STARTED WEEK OF OCT. 31ST Hip-Hop dance evolved alongside Hip-Hop music and culture and has grown out of a street dance culture to be one of the most dynamic and popular dance styles for dancers of all ages. Hip-Hop is a movement representing freedom, growth, and evolution. Classes begin with a warm-up which includes stretches, isolations, and core strengthening. Students are encouraged to create their own moves, producing an individual style through improvisation and mock-battle choreography. Known for high energy, attitude, and versatility, the movements of Hip-Hop- popping, locking, breaking, spins, freezes, and more- will keep students' spirits high and their blood pumping! WHY DANCE? Dance and movement are integral to a well-rounded arts education as it encourages movement as well as sparking creativity. Learning through visual arts, dance, music, drama, and creative writing inspires our children, giving them a platform to creatively express themselves and hone their critical thinking skills. High-quality arts programming provides students with a variety of outlets for expression as well as opportunities to learn about subjects not typically covered in the classroom. Additionally, learning from an array of teaching artists provides different perspectives and views on not only the subject matter but our community as a whole. |
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2021-2022 Programs Funded
Thanks to the generosity of our entire community, Friends of 187 has been able to provide 400 arts classes over 14 weeks during the 2021-2022 school year!
- Hispanic Heritage Month showcase for the Middle School by Fausto Feliz/Fuerza Dance Studio & Group and Cultural stories and poetry reading by poet Sheila Maldonado
- AV Production equipment, textbooks, and instruments including:
- 23 band instruments for the IS music department
- A drum set for ES/IS
- Black History Month showcase for the Middle School by Jamila Wignot, director of documentary portrait AILEY and Amos Machanic, Jr., Teaching Artist for Ailey Arts In Education Community Programs and a former company member of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
- 8-Week School Day Programming–February through April:
- Pre-K: Creative Learning Puppet Show Program
- Grades K-4: Dance and Movement taught by Creative Dance Residency
- Grades 5-6: Hip Hop and Musical Theater taught by Dance Project Washington Heights
- Grades 7-8: Salsa/Bachata/Reggaeton taught by Fuerza Dance
- Creative Writing, Drama and Visual Arts–May through June:
- Pre-K: Creative Learning Puppet Show Program
- Grades K-2: Story-dramas with Treehouse Shakers
- Grades 3-4: Language Arts & Drama with YANY
- Grades 5-6: Visual Arts with Ms. Donetta
- Grade 7: Creative Writing with Uptown Stories
- Grade 9: Time Capsule Project with Uptown Stories