Neshaminy Art Program Recognized for Fifth Consecutive Year

For the fifth year in a row, Neshaminy has been rec­og­nized as an Outstanding Visual Arts Community by the Pennsylvania Art Education Association (PAEA). According to the PAEA, dis­tricts receiv­ing this endorse­ment demon­strate the impor­tance of their visu­al arts pro­grams with:

  • Rigorous and Inclusive Programs: Arts pro­grams demon­strate rig­or using standards-based cur­ric­u­la taught at every lev­el by high­ly qual­i­fied and cer­ti­fied art educators.
  • Highly Accessible Programs: Art pro­grams are offered to all stu­dents at every lev­el of edu­ca­tion with a sus­tain­able bud­get for the visu­al arts.
  • Highly Visible Programs: Schools and dis­tricts iden­ti­fy their pro­gram­mat­ic accom­plish­ments, cur­ricu­lum for all lev­els, art staff, mis­sion state­ments, and arts events using their school web­sites and social media.
Students working on potters whells

Neshaminy High School stu­dents work­ing on a ceram­ics project.

We are delight­ed to receive this award as part of the Neshaminy com­mu­ni­ty,” said Dr. Stacy Potter, Instructional Coach and Lead Art Teacher K‑12. “The dis­trict is very for­tu­nate and thank­ful for our K‑12 Art Department to fos­ter such tal­ent­ed young artists. The bonds that are formed between the art instruc­tors and their stu­dents cel­e­brates the impor­tance of build­ing trust to reach poten­tials that may not have seemed achiev­able. We are def­i­nite­ly Neshaminy proud!”

In the announce­ment, the PAEA not­ed that Neshaminy School District cel­e­brates the impor­tance of a well-rounded edu­ca­tion with oppor­tu­ni­ties to engage in arts edu­ca­tion cours­es at all grade lev­els, K‑12. “The term ‘well-rounded edu­ca­tion’ means cours­es, activ­i­ties, and pro­gram­ming in sub­jects such as English, read­ing or lan­guage arts, writ­ing, sci­ence, tech­nol­o­gy, engi­neer­ing, math­e­mat­ics, for­eign lan­guages, civics and gov­ern­ment, eco­nom­ics, arts, his­to­ry, geog­ra­phy, com­put­er sci­ence, music, career and tech­ni­cal edu­ca­tion, health, phys­i­cal edu­ca­tion, and any oth­er sub­ject, as deter­mined by the State or local edu­ca­tion­al agency, with the pur­pose of pro­vid­ing all stu­dents access to an enriched cur­ricu­lum and edu­ca­tion­al experience.”

Group photo of art teachers

Some of the Neshaminy art teach­ers gath­er for a pho­to at the District Art Show in May, 2024.