Morse Elementary teachers attend ESCAPE Grant training

(Pictured from left to right [front]: Karen Skokan, Patricia Simmons and Briana Seward [Tynes Elementary School] [back]: Jon Gomez, Karen Ricotta, Katie Skoien and Lynette Parelli)

Morse Elementary School teachers attended their second year of Equitable Science Curriculum for integrating Arts in Public Education (ESCAPE) Grant training. ESCAPE is a partnership between University of California, Irvine, Orange County Department of Education and the Segerstrom Center for the Arts to provide innovative training to teachers in grades 3 through 5. These teachers will teach the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) through a combination of inquiry-based science with arts-based techniques to increase student performance in earth, physical and life science knowledge. During the school year, artists co-teach three lessons in the teachers’ classrooms.