New Rochelle club teaches art, compassion
I recently wrote about the Good HeART Club at New Rochelle High School. Art teacher Anne Marie Funigiello and students Chrissy Conroy, Nicole Freeman, Katy Stillwagon, and Josh Ackerman started the club in 2007 to offer art lessons to special education students at the school, who did not have it in their curriculum. The students give up two lunch periods a week, one for lesson planning and the other for teaching the students. The club has imparted lessons in art, compassion and friendship, say those involved. The founding students are now graduating seniors. One of them, Conroy, said this about the experience: “When we walked out of that first class, we felt so empowered and good about ourselves. That feeling was so much better than having a lunch period.” Get the full story here: At New Rochelle High School, students teach art and compassion
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