Mar'ce Merrell

It was terrific seeing so many familiar faces at the Teacher’s Convention on Thursday and Friday. The organization I was assisting with, Learning Through the Arts, had great response although it is virtually unknown in Northern Alberta. I think over the next five years that will change as schools experience the value in integrating artists [...]

I’m off to the Greater Edmonton Teacher’s Convention tomorrow and Friday, Feb. 25 and 26. I’ll be representing Learning Through The Arts in the trade show. If you’d like to sign-up for a free in-class demonstration of integrating the arts and core curriculum with one of our fine artists, see me or my compadre Greg [...]

Tomorrow is my last day at Jackson Heights Elementary, a school I will remember for its enthusiastic students and my struggle to pronounce their names correctly. It has been great fun for the students to hear my Indiana-born phonetics and cadence butchering the Indian names of Napinder and Saan.
We’ve worked to encourage voice in [...]