This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
My Project
The dancers of TCHS are a phenomenal group of 10th-12th graders who train daily to hone their skills. As students in a career technical education program, my students declare themselves as dance majors. These learners are physically expressive, socially conscious, and creative individuals. As a community we view education and art-making as tools for empowerment, self-reflection, and social change.
The study of anatomy and kinesiology is key to better understand how the body functions in both everyday applications and the dance class.
At our Visual & Performing Arts Academy, there is an anatomy and kinesiology unit in each dance course. The topics in these units include the planes of space, bone and muscle identification, action of the joints, common dance injuries, and preventative conditioning. From teaching this unit in the past, I am surprised by students' excitement when they are successfully identifying bony and muscular landmarks of their body. There is a shift in ownership when this material is applied and mastered by my students. As an educator, it is a rewarding transformation to see students begin to use this academic language when describing or cueing a movement exercise. I would like to move full STEAM ahead in adapting these units to be more inquiry-based.
I wish to empower my students with the resources of a life-size flexible spine skeleton. Our original skeleton served my classroom well during its' initial five years of service, however it suffered a fractured pelvis and is no longer an accurate representation of human anatomy. With this iteration of our Mr. Bones, I am seeking to use the flexible spine to demonstrate common misalignments and the impacts on their movement efficiency.With your support, I look forward to the personal discoveries my students will make as they learn how to better understand their bodies.
More than half of students from low‑income households
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