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IN A REALLY GOOD WAY! By Michele
Wellman
n a daily basis, there are so many extraordinary things happening at the Washington Pavilion, that the walls can no longer contain them. The situation is ideal, as the Pavilion’s mission is to educate, entertain, inspire, and enrich the community by making arts and science part of our lives. The Pavilion’s Community Learning Center (CLC) takes this mission to heart every week as the CLC team conducts weekly outreach via its Action Arts and Science Program (AASP). AASP enhances the work of the local after-school programs and supplements classroom learning by offering Title I students hands-on art and science activities that inspire confidence, encourage collaboration, and inspire creativity. In doing so, AASP is extending the resources of the Washington Pavilion to young people who traditionally have had fewer chances to participate in extra-curricular activities, and connecting them to all the opportunities available at the Washington Pavilion. Every week the Pavilion sends our Action Arts and Science instructors to 16 different after-school sites
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located throughout the Sioux Falls area. Washington Pavilion teachers lead engaging, hands-on art or science activities that go above and beyond what the sites are able to provide on a regular basis. With 13 experienced instructors on board, each lesson is passionately taught with endless energy. Students are invited to explore, create, and discover through project-based learning. Instructors serve as mentors who open the door of possibility to kids at the partner sites.