Freemansburg Elementary School<\/strong><\/p>\n May 8, 2019 \u2013 9:30 am<\/strong><\/p>\n During the 2019 school year, Doug Roysdon with South Side Children\u2019s Festival Series approached Freemansburg Elementary School about starting a collaborative project with Mrs. Gilrain\u2019s fourth grade class. The original concept was \u201cHow do we use the arts to address community, and community building, in the schools\u201d. That concept soon grew into how could we incorporate a concept of international community. And so, a connection was made with Jan Brown of the \u201cBright School Network\u201d in Rwanda. Through a series of emails, Roysdon proposed a plan to create \u201cme puppets\u201d with accompanying personal scripts. Freemansburg was interested in going deeper than the usual \u201cI like\u201d statements. They wanted to facilitate the students ability to connect on a deeper, more personal, level. These scripts would then be performed, with accompanying \u201cme puppets\u201d,videotaped and shared with the sister school who would then reciprocate with their own puppets and scripts. During this process Roysdon had help from Mrs. Gilrain, Freemansburg art teacher Sue Facchiano, and technology integration coach Anthony DiCicco. Through a problem solving interchange, spanning a dozen emails, the network was able to overcome the technological challenges, one of which was the national ISP of Rwanda, rationing only 1mb of data to Bright Schools a day. The back and forth collaboration will culminate in a live video chat between the two classes of students. Freemansburg invites the community to come see Mrs. Gilrain\u2019s fourth grade class perform their puppet monologues on May 8th at 9:30 am.<\/p>\n About the Bethlehem Area School District<\/strong><\/p>\n The Bethlehem Area School District is the 6th<\/sup> largest school district in Pennsylvania serving nearly 14,000 culturally and economically diverse students in 22 community-based schools. The district serves five municipalities: City of Bethlehem, Bethlehem Township, Hanover Township, Freemansburg, and Fountain Hill. The district enjoys numerous community partnerships with universities, businesses, and arts providers that extend the schools\u2019 rich curricular and co-curricular offerings.<\/p>\n Information provided to TVL by: <\/p>\n <\/p>\n
\nBarbara Clymer
\nExecutive Assistant to the Superintendent of Schools
\nBethlehem Area School District
\n1516 Sycamore Street
\nBethlehem, Pennsylvania 18017
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