FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, April 26, 2010

CONTACT: John Schuster
Miami-Dade County Public Schools
305-995-1126

WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN ELEMENTARY MUSEUMS MAGNET SCHOOL
EXHIBITION NIGHT 

MIAMI – On Wednesday, April 28, 2010, W.J. Bryan Elementary Museums Magnet School will host an Exhibition Night to showcase the work created by students in Pre-K to 5th grade.  Student “docents” will be on hand to discuss multimedia projects they created as a result of learning expeditions made to their local museums.  The school is located at 1201 NE 125 Street, North Miami.  The event will be held from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. 

Museums Magnet Schools forge strong partnerships with local area museums and cultural institutions in Miami-Dade County.  Museum educators work side by side with classroom teachers, interfacing the standards-driven curriculum with the objects and artifacts in their respective museums as well as visiting historic buildings and sites throughout the county.  This integrated curriculum, focusing primarily on object- and project-based learning, emphasizes problem-solving, communication, exploration, invention, and inquiry through on-going visits to their museum and cultural institutions. 

W. J. Bryan Elementary School’smuseum partners are Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Haitian Heritage Museum, Historical Museum of Southern Florida, and Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA).

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