An art-meets-English-meets-social studies midterm assessment for some 11th grade American Studies students at the Shipley School involves a close examination of selected works of art and historic documents.

Working with circles and cylinders and circumferences, Ms Wilkin's students soon find that math is a frequent partner to art.

Stephanie Kasten, a language teacher at The Springside School, uses technology in her classroom because she feels that using computers makes students persevere to create quality work. She notes, "Technology really makes language come alive in so many more ways as audiences become much larger than the classroom."