Thursday and Friday both Deborah and Leah were lucky enough to attend a conference in Washington DC for recipients of the Arts Education Model Development and Dissemination (AEMDD) and Professional Development in Arts Education (PDAE) grants. There were amazing presentations; one of the most striking issues that kept coming up is how do you live, work and do business creatively when you are a school district operating under tremendous pressures and constraints. FAIR school, here in Minnesota, was featured in a video demonstrating its arts/social studies/science infusion project.

We got to have some fun while in Washington - we ate with family at the beautiful B. Smith restaurant in Central Station. Pictures to be posted soon!