Liberty School, developed by the NTC Foundation for needy and underserved students while introducing them to the arts, has taken off this year doubling its number of Liberty Station tenant teachers as its student population has mushroomed from 60 to 700.
\n“It\u2019s not a school in itself,” said Kate Rubalcava, NTC Foundation director of programs and operations. “It was an education program developed in 2007 by the NTC Foundation with two major goals in mind: to give back to the community, and to reach children who were underserved, especially in the arts education area.”
\nLiberty School serves elementary students from three area schools \u2014 Dewey Elementary in Point Loma, Perkins Elementary in Barrio Logan and Washington Elementary in Little Italy.
\nDewey Elementary Principal Tanya McMillin said Liberty School is providing essential supplementary education.\u00a0
\n“The opportunities for our students to shine in more than just academic areas is so apparent when you watch our students blossom,” McMillin said. “The students who may not be the best at reading and writing find their genius in other pathways and Liberty School allows them to do that. “Attendance to school on Liberty School days is higher. Enthusiasm for school is higher. Our students seem more joyful,” McMillin said.
\nThird-grade Dewey Elementary student Keiana agreed. “I did not know how much of an artist I was until I stepped foot in Liberty School,” she said. “I also didn\u2019t know how much art there was around me.”
\nMany Liberty School pupils are military dependents who struggle emotionally with mom or dad being deployed for long periods, creating single-parent households. Many are homeless and\/or come from below-poverty income levels and struggle with constant transition and a lack of security.\u00a0\u00a0
\nRubalcava noted Dewey has a high military population, Perkins has a large number of homeless and English as a second language students and Washington Elementary typically has students with lower test scores and a higher level of financial need.
\nThe NTC Foundation director said Liberty School sessions are typically four to six weeks with an hour to an hour and a half of class time. She noted Liberty’s curriculum includes subjects like photography, animation, dance, theater arts, and writing.
\n“It\u2019s an extension beyond what they are doing in the classroom,” Rubalcava said. “Our (Liberty Station) tenants work with their school teachers to put an arts format into what they don\u2019t get in their curriculum in the classroom.”
\nOn average, Rubalcava said students come to Liberty School to take a total of 16 individual classes in categories including dance, photography and media arts.
\n“It\u2019s to enhance their education beyond what they\u2019re currently doing in their classrooms,” she said. “It\u2019s not meant to be just a field trip. Our tenants work directly with school teachers on their core standards to meet expectations for their grade levels.”\u00a0
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