Actor Tim Robbins visits artsy school

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May 17, 2018

May 17, 2018 - Posted To: Coverage, Featured

Highland Community News… Academy Award-winning actor Tim Robbins visited students at Barton Elementary School on Thursday, May 10, to encourage and inspire them in their various arts programs brought to the school with the assistance of the Turnaround Arts program.

Barton Elementary has been part of the national program designed to support school efforts to advance arts programs since 2014. It is one of 27 Turnaround Arts schools in the state and 84 schools nationwide.

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Turnaround Arts is a national program of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. It was founded in 2011 by the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, a White House advisory committee on cultural issues, under the leadership of former First Lady Michelle Obama. The program is based on the premise that high-quality and integrated arts education can strengthen school transformation efforts, boost academic achievement, and increase student engagement in schools facing some of the toughest educational challenges in the country.

Actor Tim Robbins visits artsy school

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