Word: ruescher
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...mural project, which sought to bridge the cultural realms of storytelling and art, was led by GSE Arts in Education Program Coordinator Scott K. Ruescher, the staff member on the trip. Grandparents of students came to the schools to share stories about the history of their municipality as they saw it through their eyes—including a recollection of a train that ran through the city just before an earthquake hit and destroyed the tracks—and the children, with help from a local children’s book illustrator, translated the stories into paintings on a wall...
Though Carlson, O’Donnell, and Gittler are graduating in the spring, the mission they have sought to uphold through Learning Through Libraries will not cease once they leave campus. The trio hope that Ruescher will promote the kind of service exemplified by the project in years to come—and perhaps even turn the undertaking into an actual J-Term course in the future. Currently, the Amigos School in Cambridge has collected over 700 books, waiting to bring literacy to a new group of students abroad through Learning Through Libraries...
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