Student Artists At James Caldwell HS To Get iPads Via Grant

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It is with great pride that James Caldwell High School announces that we are the recipient of a Caldwell- West Caldwell Education Foundation grant.

The Caldwell- West Caldwell Education Foundation presented a check to James Caldwell High School at the annual Art and Tech show on Tuesday night, June 4. The Caldwell- West Caldwell Education Foundation voted to purchase a class set of iPad Pros and drawing pencils worth over $25,000 for the James Caldwell High School Art Department.

James Caldwell High School Art teacher, Ms. Jane Romm, submitted the grant application through which she identified the iPad as being at the forefront of innovative and dynamic tools for art education.

Ms. Romm: “I applied for the grant because I've been noticing a shift in the direction art professionals and educators are working. In order to succeed in the future job market, it is important for students to learn how to create artwork digitally using 21st century technology, to become aware of art historical precedents, and to become fluent in digital concepts. This set of iPad Pros will be accessible to the entirety of the Fine Arts Department at James Caldwell High School. Students in Draw/Paint/Design, Digital Photography, Computer Graphics, Ceramics, Art History, and any future programs can implement the applications into the curriculum. While students in DPD may use them to do elaborate paintings in Procreate one day, Digital Photography students may create multi-layered photo collages in Affinity Photo the next. The possibilities are endless with this type of technology.”

These iPads will be utilized by hundreds of students who will take drawing and painting classes next year (and many years to come), as well as our Computer Graphics students.

James Caldwell High School sends out a huge THANK YOU to the Caldwell- West Caldwell Education Foundation for continuing to support our students throughout all schools, but especially those at James Caldwell High School.

For more information on the Caldwell- West Caldwell Education Foundation, please visit: https://www.cwcef.org/

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