Voices
MAPA�s Voices program teaches literacy skills through drama to over 7,500 elementary school students on Maui each school year. Through eight week residencies, students improve their reading comprehension skills while learning the foundations of drama. Professional teaching artists collaborate with the classroom teachers so that each drama lesson is directly linked to classroom curriculum.
Voices at a glance:
- Reading comprehension through drama
- Taught by professional teaching artists
- Lessons based on HCPS III (language arts and fine arts)
- Eight week residency (one session per week per classroom)
- Each session costs $ 45
- Artists-in-the-Schools grants available
What the teachers have to say:
- With the Voices program, the art of story-telling was taken to a whole new level.
- Comprehension scores of the stories they acted out in the Voices program are higher than the stories they do not act out.
- It brought things out of even my quiet students!
- There was a positive impact on my students� self-esteem, especially my autistic student and my English-as-a-Second-Language students who got to excel!
- Students grasped concepts being taught because it was hands-on and interactive.
- My students couldn�t wait until the teaching artist returned � they absolutely loved it!!
- The students loved acting out the stories. Even the parents were talking about it.
- Another great year�keep Voices coming!