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Fourth grade Right Brain students at Scouters Mountain Elementary in North Clackamas worked with BodyVox Dance to explore gravity, planets, and galaxies through creative movement.

THE YEAR IS 2007. Quatama Elementary School is preparing to open as one of three new elementary schools in the Hillsboro School District. The Right Brain Initiative is identifying its first twenty school partners and Quatama Elementary is among them.

The year is now 2017. Quatama and Right Brain are entering their tenth year of partnership. Arts integration has become an essential part of the school’s identity and we are sitting down to interview four key members of the Quatama community to better understand how Right Brain has become part of the fabric of Quatama over the last 10 years.What was it like to start a new school and a new partnership with Right Brain at the same time?

Janis Hill (principal of Quatama Elementary, 2007-14): I specifically remember the initial meeting in 2007 with our assistant

superintendent and the other two new Hillsboro elementary school principals. She presented the idea of Right Brain and asked if we were interested and of course, we all were. I have always felt that the arts are an important part of learning, but I didn’t know how to get there. Right Brain seemed like a perfect fit. But it was scary for all of us at first, so I told my teachers, “We are asking our kids to be brave learners, so we’ve got to be brave learners, too. We need to put ourselves out there.”

How has Right Brain impacted your teaching and how did you make the arts part of your daily routine?

Shawna Munson (teacher at Quatama Elementary, 2008-present): Right Brain gave me a different outlook. It pushed me to learn and adapt and incorporate all these different strategies into what I was doing. And

Shawna Munson’s sixth grade class worked with Oregon Ballet Theatre to introduce movement into the study of the water cycle. “It wasn’t until we worked with Right Brain artists from Oregon Ballet Theatre that we learned how to truly integrate the arts and use them every day.” –Janis Hill, Quatama Principal, 2007-2014 (2010)

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Can you believe it? At Right Brain we are kicking off our 10th year of bringing arts integration to K-8 schools in Clackamas, Multnomah, and Washington counties! We’ve learned new ways to empower educators and ensure that every student has the opportunity to think creatively and critically, imagine new possibilities, and take ownership of their own learning.

THE 2016-17

RightBrain

PROGRESS REPORTQuatama Elementary School and The Right Brain Initiative

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The Right Brain Initiative transforms learning for all children through the arts,

creativity, innovation and whole-brain thinking.

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A Quatama first grader explores sculpture and circuitry during a Right Brain STEAM residency. (2010)

I really saw a difference in my students and my teaching practices. I became more engaged. I was more excited. I was learning new things. It was like being a first time teacher all over again! I took risks with my students. I danced with my students, I sang with my students, we did crazy things together! And it was really fun. I modeled for them stepping outside my comfort zone and then they were able to do the same for me.The biggest thing that I’ve come to realize is that the arts aren’t just one more thing on my plate. They’re going to make my job easier. It’s actually a tool that I can use to help streamline what I’m doing. There’s a lot of informal peer-to-peer sharing happening in the hallways and classrooms all the time, but we also have time set aside at staff trainings, grade level meetings, and faculty meetings. Sometimes we post pictures on Twitter of a lesson we’ve done using the arts, and other teachers will see it and come ask us about it. It encourages friendly competition between us, like “what can I do to make my class look even more creative?”

The halls of Quatama are filled with students’ work. “You can walk around the halls here and all you see are students and their work. That’s what is up on the wall. It’s them.” –Christy Walters, Quatama Principal, 2014-present

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Why is Right Brain important to students?Cassandra James (student at Quatama Elementary, 2010-17): Doing Right Brain strategies with my teachers and working with the artists helps me learn in the other subjects, because when we get to use our hands and bodies, it makes it more fun and interesting.Shawna Munson: For a lot of kids, Right Brain allows them to be successful in subjects where they may not have found success before. With Right Brain, they’re able to show their smarts differently and it provides them with that feeling of success.

How have the arts and Right Brain become part of the fabric of Quatama?

Shawna Munson: The arts are in every subject now! Even if we don’t realize that we’re integrating the arts, they’re automatically there.Christy Walters (principal of Quatama

Elementary, 2014-present): Being a Right Brain and STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, math) school has made the arts more accessible for everyone. We weave the arts into everything. Because there is so much creativity involved in science and engineering, even the teachers and students who don’t self-identify as artists feel empowered to say: “I am creative.”

Right Brain does a great job of introducing multicultural and inclusive teaching practices. You get to tap into all sorts of different mediums and different ways of forming ideas about the world. You can walk around the halls here and all you see are students and their work. That’s what is up on the wall. It’s them. It’s like that old saying about creating mirrors and windows in a school so students can see themselves and also see out into the world. Right Brain helps us do a great job of this in a safe way.

“With Right Brain, they’re

able to show their smarts

differently and it provides them with that feeling of success.”-SHAWNA MUNSON, QUATAMA TEACHER

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Evaluation Report

THE RIGHT BRAIN INITIATIVE worked with the Portland State University Center for Student Success to identify ways in which Right Brain’s arts-based strategies have impacted teachers’ instructional practices and students’ abilities to think critically and creatively.

Through surveys and interviews, teachers reported 1) the top two reasons they use Right Brain strategies in the classroom, and 2) how their students’ abilities to think critically and creatively was impacted by the use of Right Brain strategies.

“Arts integration can show all of the learning of a child—it allows

children to show and use all of their intelligences. It helps children make

meaning and sense of their learning.”–RIGHT BRAIN PRINCIPAL

“Right Brain is a bank of arts-based strategies that teachers can use to help students access content.”

–RIGHT BRAIN TEACHER

TOP REASONS TEACHERS CITE FOR USING RIGHT BRAIN STRATEGIES IN THE CLASSROOM

PERCENTAGE OF TEACHERS THAT OBSERVE THE FOLLOWING EVIDENCE OF STUDENT LEARNING

AFTER USING RIGHT BRAIN STRATEGIES

Engage students Reach a full range of learners

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Pose and respond to their own questions

Find relevant evidence and draw conclusions supported by that evidence

Intentionally engage in the process of revision

IN-KIND: Northwest Health FoundationNorth (video)

INDIVIDUAL DONORS ($50+) Mandy and

Nathaniel Allen Tarn Allen and Cory MeischBrian Aptekar Kristin Asai and Justin

MackewichIlyse Ball Todd Baran Jesse Beason and

Jeffrey GiererJennifer Belknap Williamson

and Jason WilliamsonAlan and Cari Bennett Dominic Bianchi Tim Bishop Stephen Blackstone Verlea Briggs Jim and Karen Brunke Deborah and Thom

Brzoska Patricia and Paul

Buescher Allen Burrell Rebecca Burrell and Kevin

NoonanEric and Robin Busch Christopher Cameron Ingrid Carlson and Francis

RochonMatt Carron Joan S. Childs

and Jerry ZaretFreeland Church Cary Clarke and

Meredith DunnEve Connell Rocky and Becky Dallum Helen Daltoso and James

WilcoxEloise DamroschMichael Davidson and

Patricia JohnsonNancy Deal-WhitacreLisa and Steve Decker Laura DeSimone and

Bill RouletteAutumn Dobbins

Jen and Jason Dolan Anonymous Donor James Dorenkamp Janice Duchon Shari Dunlop and

Tom HuminskiKatherine and Brad

Durham Phoebe and Grant Ebright Matthew FioritoBarbara Fishleder

and John WolfeEric and Elizabeth FoxmanRobin FriedmanElizabeth and Geiner GallardoSharon GarnerGreg Giersch Sally Godard and Ron OlisarEloy GomezAbby GoodmanMichele and Erik Graham Jenny GruenemayChad and Serra HadsellTimothy HahnDonna HammarJohn HancockDewayne and Gloria HankinsTodd and Susan Harris Jeff HawthorneDavid Helfrey and Stacy BoltJelly HelmMorton HenigJohn Henry and

Josie BourkeVicki HenschelCynda HerboldJanis and Roger Hill Phillip HillaireJessalyn HortonPat HillsingerWindy Hovey Jenny Hudson and

Duncan RotchMichelle and Ali HusainKathryn JacksonDebbie JainDavid JohnsonMarvin and Betsy KaiserRoberta KaplanCharis KennedyKathy and Andy KerrTeresa KetelsenAnne Kimberly

Sinead KimbrellTiffany KirkpatrickInger KlekaczCynthia KnappMike and Nancy

Kolosseus Carin Landgren and

George PacavskyJason and Jennifer LaPier Barbara and

Terry LawsonDeb LeeJoy Leising and

John Paul KelleyCheri and Dan LethinMeredith and Jeff LindJoanna Lipske and Joel

RotertBruce LivingstonDavid Loitz and Marta LillyMatt LongJack MacNicholPeg MalloyJodi and Mike MaasBarbara MasonJennifer Matsumura and

Jim CooperMary Mayther-Slac and

Gary SlacDwight and Karen McFaddin Cynthia McGean and

Sam MowryAnne E. McLaughlinKimberly MenigKirsten MeyerKristin MeyerMax and Lori MillerRic and Corlice MimsJohn and Diane MinerMegan MischlerLinda NelsonAngela and Robert NicholasDaniel and Kathy NortonVicky and Phil OberrechtMargaret Olney and Steve

MarshJeremy PalencharGreyson PattersonKally PelkyMaddison PfeifferRobert and Michelle PughMaria ReyesJane Ribadeneyra and

Kelly EganJennifer and Mark RiceSteven Rosenbaum and

Christine LundeenDaniel RosenbergCarlyn RosenthalRoxane Russell

and Chet HiattLesly Sacki and

Manish ChandhokCatherine SamsonValerie SasakiRyan SchenkJim and Jan SchlachterChad SeegmillerMichael and Patti SeelyGabrielle SerraKelly ShannonRandy ShortCarol and Walter SmithShauna SmithJulie Stahl and

Damian RothermelMarna Stalcup and

Timothy DrillingTiffany StingerKim and Timothy StrelchunJake SullivanDavid and Enid TraismanBeverly TroverWilliam Uicker and

Rejina InjetyLauren VanniniCathy VarnerJoy Waite-Cusic and

Joseph CusicChristy WaltersKimberly WarnerAndrew WatsonAlea WebsterEmily Weltman and

Jacob GamageSarah and

Robert WhiteSteven and

Lainie WilkerBeth WilliamsCarolyn WoodJeffrey WorkMichele Wren and

Paige Richardson

CORPORATE SUPPORTFOUNDATION SUPPORTPUBLIC SUPPORT

TOTAL FUNDS:

$1,121,436

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Rose E. Tucker Charitable TrustMadison-Waldo Fund of Oregon

Community FoundationAHS Foundation

Portland Community College OJT BNY Mellon Foundation

The Schlesinger Family Foundation

2016-17

Funders (Gifts from July 1, 2016-June 30, 2017)

The Right Brain Initiative

Funding

PRIVATE FOUNDATION: $287,423

CORPORATE: $104,510

IN-KIND, EARNED & OTHER INCOME: $18,812

INDIVIDUAL DONORS: $72,407

SCHOOL DISTRICTS: $397,574

CITY OF PORTLAND: $112,539

NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS: $30,000

CLACKAMAS, MULTNOMAH, WASHINGTON COUNTIES: $78,775

OREGON ARTS COMMISSION: $14,396

HILLSBORO ARTS & CULTURE COUNCIL: $5,000

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