The Pre-AP English 10 team is excited to announce that today we were awarded an Art Start grant for the third year in a row. Art Start grants are funded through Minnesota Legacy Funds and given to educators and organizations committed to preserving Minnesota's heritage.
Last year we used the grant to take 60 EHS students on a two-day seminar to Ft. Snelling State Park to learn the Dakota language, write poetry, create art, explore the park's ecology, and discuss the history of Minnesota. Our teachers for those two days were: Dr. Gwen Westerman, an English professor and poet from Mankato State University and author of Mni Sota Makoce and Follow the Blackbirds; Glenn Wasicuna, a first speaker of the Dakota language and teacher at Dakota Wicohan; and Julie Boada, an Anishinabe artist and puppeteer.
Read this Sun Current article to find out more about last year's amazing experience.
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