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Lee Emmert’s Immune System Project won the College Board’s 2011 Award for Excellence and Innovation in the Arts!
“The selection committee was very impressed with how the program connects students with their community and with professional artists, ” said College Board Coordinator Erica Selah. “The Immune System is a testament to the kind of positive impact that high expectations for all students can have on their learning.” The College Board has issued Heritage High School a $3,000 monetary award to support the continuation of the program, and Mr. Emmert [was] honored at the College Board’s Western Forum in San Francisco on February 25-26, 2011.
In 2009, Lee Emmert introduced the IMMUNE SYSTEM to encourage the community to recognize the importance of arts education as an integral component of an interdisciplinary education. By encouraging community engagement and through the use of multimedia, students from Heritage High engage in conversations with college students and professional artists about their experiences.
The IMMUNE SYSTEM has also coupled its emphasis on arts education with an emphasis on community service. For the past two years, photography students have submitted work for the Spontaneous Smiley charity and raised hundreds of dollars towards cleft palate surgeries for children in need. Students completing mandatory senior projects in community service have the opportunity to do photojournalism projects on socially significant topics and to donate works of art that promote local nonprofits.
The IMMUNE SYSTEM at Heritage High School connects students to an artistic community that supports them, challenges them, and pushes them to excel.
See the Evergreen School District announcement HERE
and the College Board announcement HERE
See the conversation in action:
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CREUTZMANN
UO STUDENT
EMMERT
HHS PHOTO 1 CLASS
HHS PORTRAITS
HHS SERIES (SLICE)
SPONTANEOUS SMILEY
ADOBE
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