How Can You Help in the Arts? 
- Celebrate your student’s successes at current level of artistry, and discuss “next steps” for individual growth
- Look for ways to transfer the Arts to the world around them
- Acknowledge and support your student’s creative risk taking
- Ask your student to share their art with you – finished or not
- Discuss their inspiration and what they are trying to express
- Attend Performances and Exhibitions
- Take part in Challenge Success (https://northwoodhigh.iusd.org/students/challenge-success)
- Emphasize the NHS core values:
- Compassion
- Integrity
- Mutual Respect
- Creativity takes time – it cannot be rushed
- One cannot “cram” for Art
- Embrace the Artistic Process
- Celebrate the artistic and personal GROWTH, not just the end PRODUCT
- Help your student make a plan to break projects up into manageable pieces
- As in sports, a little practice every day is FAR more effective than a marathon practice session right before a deadline
- Encourage your child to seek help during tutorial when needed
- Advocate personal responsibility
- Promote honesty and integrity