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by: Ted Hamm
Mike Mangione & the Union Tiny Desk Submission
This year NPR featured a competition for bands to win a spot on their Tiny Desk concerts. Tiny Desk Concerts are intimate video performances, recorded live at the desk of All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen. These concerts have recently featured Cat Stevens and Lucinda Williams.
Below is Mike Mangione & the Unions submission for the Tiny Desk Concert content featuring a son from their upcoming album. Mike Mangione & the Union will be performing at the next Étude Sessions on Saturday, February 28th at Paradigm Coffee + Music. Doors open at 7:00, Sheboygan's own The Belle Weather will be opening up.
by: Michael Q Hanlon and Kimberly Johnson
"The Curious Collection of Albert Montwhistle," Ep. 1
The IDEAS Acting Seminar is back with another radio drama podcast. This time it is an original script written by our very own drama teacher, Mike Hanlon[/about-us/staff/michael-q-hanlon/], "The Curious Collection of Albert Montwhistle." This is episode 1, but students will serialize the work through multiple episodes in February.
by: Kimberly Johnson
IDEAS Project Feature | Psychology's Influence on Culture
Hannah Staats is a sophomore at IDEAS Academy. For her IDEAS Project this fall semester, she followed her curiosity about self-enhancement bias through a course of research in order to uncover and interpret the following question:
by: Kimberly Johnson
Mosaic hosts 4th annual The Étude Group Chess Tournament
Rows of tables lined with black and white squares, strategizing eyes create a productive kind of quiet on a Saturday afternoon at The Mosaic School. The fourth annual Étude Group Chess Tournament was held on February 14th, 2015 as part of the Wisconsin Scholastic Chess Federation.
by: Erica Brown & Kimberly Johnson
Camp Étude cooks collaborate with Chef Rob Hurrie of Black Pig
The kitchen at IDEAS Academy might be small, but the conversation, laughter, aromas, and possibilities are large. The Cooking Club meets weekly as part of our after school program, Camp Étude, and they prepare a dish from scratch: lasagna, guacamole, and soups for example.
by: Molly King
6th Street Dance, a creative outlet after school
6th Street Dance started from a vision Molly King had to create space for adult community members to collaboratively make dance. 6th Street Dance has performed at various Sheboygan events, such as Earth Fest and Youth Art Month at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center. Now, 6th Street Dance is continuing to meet, but this time, the mission is for young adolescents to be creative.
by: Tad Phippen Wente, College Readiness Coordinator
Visit to LTC Discovery Day extends beyond the fieldtrip
Nineteen IDEAS Academy juniors attended LTC Discovery Day this morning to focus on specific career areas and learn what Lakeshore Area Technical College offers. Three seniors and one sophomore also participated.
by: Libby Schmitz
ESAA students excited about the world
ESAA Kindergarten students have been immersed in the exploration of the natural habitats of polar animals this wintery season. In the beginning, students easily began to recognize traits and characteristics of animals such as polar bears, penguins, and sea lions, however as they dove deeper, students were asked the essential question, “What Do Animals Need?” This question allowed for a range of topics such as animal habitats, the Arctic and Antarctic regions, land formations, maps, globes, life cycles of mammals, pollution, and global warming. In asking what animals need, we are in extension creating the context for broader topic that can then implement reading, writing, critical thinking, and the arts.
by: Kimberly Johnson
Mosaic students to collaborate with artists at John Michael Kohler Arts Center
Mosaic students have the unique opportunity to collaborate with renown artists Lily Cai and Sebura & Gartelmann. In the upcoming workshops, students will respond to works...
by: Kimberly Johnson
IDEAS Project Feature | Relationships with Alzheimer's
Starting with this project, our website will feature a gallery of student work. If you are interested in learning more about the thinking and writing that lead to the project below, please visit the Relationships with Alzheimer's Gallery Page[/highschool/community/ideas-gallery/relationships-alzheimers-2015/].
