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Local systems offer classes to balance art education with academics
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McEver Arts Academy fourth-grader Christofer Martinez gets some help Friday morning from art teacher Kristi Copous as he sits at the potter’s wheel. The pottery class is part of the school’s art integration where art classes rotate into the lesson.
Eleven fifth-grade girls sit on the floor of their classroom, singing quietly as they strum brightly-colored ukuleles. The girls are in an advanced ukulele class at McEver Arts Academy in Hall County, part of the school’s Create Classes program. The arts are an integral part of students’ education at McEver, but not all schools in the state have the same emphasis.