An invisible expanding keyboard in space. It sounds more like something you’re more likely to find in an episode of Star Trek than in a school music room, but the Soundbeam keyboard is quite a fixture at Alexander Ferguson Elementary School. Soundbeam is a technology that was developed in the UK and is primarily used  Continue Reading »

When Anne Tucker said “all art requires courage,” she described the students in the art therapy program at Hull School.  All too frequently the children that come to Hull feel helpless and believe their futures are hopeless, but you would never know this walking through the doors at Hull, surrounded by the hope in colourful  Continue Reading »

Be honest: how much did you really know about government when you were in grade six? One student at Rundle elementary school asked her fellow classmates about the same thing. But what started as one student challenging the worldliness of her fellow classmates has blossomed into a student project that the whole community wants in  Continue Reading »