The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts names Hand Middle School

Ashley Wilson rehearses for MacBeth

MacBeth .

By Tammie Maddock

The award

The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts recently named Hand Middle School winner of the 2003–04 Creative Ticket National School of Distinction Award.

The award is given each year to honor schools that have done an outstanding job making the arts an essential part of education for their students. Of the five national award winners, Hand was the only public school not designated as a charter or magnet facility to be honored. Each school selected receives a cash award to support their arts– in–education program and is invited to perform at the Kennedy Center in March, 2005

McKenzie Brewer works on an art project using the Leonardo DaVinci system of proportions and grids Hand has a long–standing tradition of integrating arts into its curriculum. Faculty, students, staff, and parents are dedicated to the program and its ideals. Each participant adheres to the concept that educating the whole person is key to learning and long–term retention. They also firmly believe the greatest art is the art of life, and being a good communicator and citizen who is responsible and respectful of our culture and others is essential.

Lajada King works on the community project for the Animal Mission.

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Students use the arts to learn Hand wins national award

Rebecca Teuber makes clay Christmas ornaments to benefit Children’s Hospital. Michelle Lucas (l) and Clair Yaghjian make clay Christmas ornaments to benefit Palmetto Children’s Hospital. Dillon Ingram, playing the part of the king, and Jasmine Dennis, playing the part of Lady MacBeth, rehearse for