To ensure there is still art in our school, our PTA provides art supplies and lesson ideas for our classrooms through the Art Docent program. Richard Gordon even has a special art room (The Da Vinci Room) to teach the lessons, store supplies and it even has a kiln to do pottery projects.
We rely on MANY volunteers to keep the program running. Volunteering to teach art is a great way to get into the classroom and support art in our schools.
An Art Docent is a volunteer who brings art into a classroom at Richard Gordon Elementary School.
The Art Docents can be one person, two people or a team working together for each class. Historically, the Art Docents provide an art project about once a month.
The North Kitsap School District offers a training to help with ideas and there are many ideas online (i.e. Pinterest). There are plenty of other resources, including the support of a school coordinator and a myriad of experienced docents ready and willing to help.
