By Falon Veccia '18 The Art Room on 3rd Avenue, Brooklyn has been a fontbonne community service site for the past few years. It serves as one of the most accessible sites to volunteer for and takes kids at time convenient for them.
The Art Room is set in a classroom environment where kids anywhere between the preschooler age and the middle schooler age can participate. The young children learn how to use a more creative side to themselves. They often copy the drawings on a screen onto paper. The two teachers who work at the Art Room make sure the kids know exactly what they are doing and have all the material they need. That’s when the fontbonne students come in. The Art Room only accepts fontbonne students to work there. What the students do varies. Freshman, Claudia Cain currently works at the site with a group of five year olds on Wednesdays after school. She says, “The kids are great to work with and the teachers truly know what they are doing. It is a great opportunity for fontbonne students to work productively during the school year” The service lasts an hour for some starting at 3:30 which is conveniently for students getting out at 2:45 p.m. The last class starts at 4:30 ending at 5:30 p.m. FHA students aid the teachers with the children. They will make sure the kids know exactly what they are drawing, provide them with the supplies they need, and connect with the kids. The class is small taking up two square tables. This allows for the fontbonne girls and children to bond. The teachers give FHA kids the ability work more independently at their own table of children. It is also a great opportunity for the girls to use skills they learned in Child Development classes. Development students are able to put theory to reality. The Art Room is a way for FHA students to apply their skills they learn everyday, such as independence and school-taught lessons on children, and bond with young children. It is an opportunity to do their community service productively.
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