Schaumburg High School Art Progam Award

Schaumburg High School named Art Education Program of the Year

The Illinois Art Education Association (IAEA) has named Schaumburg High School as the Art Education Program of the Year for 2007.  This achievement recognizes the Schaumburg High School art department’s dedication and commitment to providing quality education for students in the visual arts.

IAEA Vice President Barbara Bernard stated in her congratulatory correspondence “Your department’s own creativity and continued growth contribute in a positive way to enrich the visual art contents of what you teach your students.  Enhancing the ability of your students to communicate their ideas and feelings through their work and introducing them to the world beyond their immediate environment is clearly central to the way you teach.  Through the work of your department and the work of your students, you have demonstrated the benefits of a conscientious dedication to excellence in teaching.”

The annual award was presented at the IAEA conference in Chicago on October 26, 2007.  Schaumburg High School art department teachers are Heidi Tincknell (chair), Anita Govic, Gerry James, Kim Shade, and Jackie Settipani.

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Schaumburg High School Art Department -
Back Row (Left to Right): Kim Shade, Gerry James, Anita Govic;
Front Row (Left to Right): Heidi Tincknell (Chair), Jackie Settipani.

Note: The IAEA is an association for the art educators of Illinois.  The organization has been serving the children and art educators of Illinois for 59 years by providing professional development for educators through workshops, conferences, grants, exhibition opportunities, facilitating communication, promoting conditions for the effective teaching of art, and working to influence educational change and reform.