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was their favorite. Clay, clay, clay, making pots, more clay, more pots, more clay! <br /> With this feedback I knew what our school needed, a kiln! It is with much excitement <br /> that I was approved by the OCS Board of Directors to purchase a gently used kiln. 1 am <br /> determined to give these students the clay experience they want and need to have to <br /> continue their art education. For our ceramics program at Orange Charter School to <br /> come to fruition I must have the proper wiring in the workroom, clay must be purchased <br /> as well as glazes and clay tools. With the monies from the Orange County Arts <br /> Commission grant I will be able to purchase these supplies locally and wholly give the <br /> students at Orange Charter School the art experience they are longing for. Our school <br /> is moving towards a STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and <br /> Mathematics) based curriculum. This will entail project learning among all students at <br /> OCS, Kindergarten through 8th grade. I look forward to using ceramics as a tool to <br /> integrate science and math with the arts. The chemical changes that take place on clay <br /> with the addition of the glazes made of elements students find on the periodic table <br /> under high temperatures will be an amazing process for my students to not only witness <br /> but create. <br /> On the following pages you will find a photograph of the Skutt kiln that has been <br /> purchased by Orange Charter School, along with work samples of Orange Charter <br /> students engaged in arts programming taught by Keri Frank over the past three years.. <br />