Hundreds of Educators Attend Arts Integration Conference

Shellie Williams (right), the marketing and program services director for the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County, and Gillian Knoll (left) with the University of Maryland, participate in the arts integration conference at Drew ES.

Educators from Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C. gathered for the third annual Arts Integration Conference at Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary School. The event was co-sponsored by Arts Education in Maryland Schools Alliance, MCPS and the Howard and Anne Arundel county school systems. Teaching artists and classroom teachers shared information on making connections to math, science, reading and social studies through visual art, music, dance and theater.