Miscoe Hill Art with Mr. Hansen

08/19/2026

Throwing it back to my 5th grade class, 1987. See if you can spot me. Comment below with your guess ⬇️

#1987

08/10/2026

Fully funded! Wow, that was incredibly fast. Thank you so much. https://www.donorschoose.org/project/bambulab-mini-printer/10457990/

08/07/2026

Asking for help purchasing something outside of my normal budget for my upcoming students this year. My classes enjoy designing in 3D and I would love to be able to 3D print their work again. Thanks in advance!

Help me give my students the ability to print their 3D CAD designs that they make this year! I need to replace a 5 year old 3D printer that I could not fix. My 7/8th grade students have been design...

06/09/2026

Lots of work for us in the last 2 weeks of the school year. New floors installed over the summer. Wiring above the ceiling tiles. Add in finalizing grading and comments, checking work, handing back artwork, packing up everything in our rooms has been madness. It’s going to be a very slow start to the new year next year. ⁉️

06/06/2026

As we wrap up the year, here are 10 reminders of why arts integration is so important in our public schools:

1. Working in the arts helps learners to develop creative problem-solving skills.

2. Teaching through the arts can present difficult concepts visually, making them more easy to understand.

3. Art instruction helps children with the development of motor skills, language skills, social skills, decision-making, risk-taking, and inventiveness.

4. Visual arts teach learners about color, layout, perspective, and balance: all techniques that are necessary in presentations (visual, digital) of academic work.

5. Integrating art with other disciplines reaches students who might not otherwise be engaged in classwork.

6. Arts experiences boost critical thinking, teaching students to take the time to be more careful and thorough in how they observe the world.

7. The arts provide challenges for learners at all levels.

8. Art education connects students with their own culture as well as with the wider world.

9. A report by Americans for the Arts states that young people who participate regularly in the arts (three hours a day on three days each week through one full year) are four times more likely to be recognized for academic achievement, to participate in a math and science fair, or to win an award for writing an essay or poem than children who do not participate.

10. A study of Missouri public schools in 2010 found that greater arts education led to fewer disciplinary infractions and higher attendance, graduation rates, and test scores

06/04/2026

Semester 2 Art Show in the books! Thanks to all who attended, artwork will be taken down and you can bring it home next week. 9 1/2 days to go!

05/21/2026

Semester 2 art show in a few weeks to wrap up a very stressful, rewarding, nail-biting, fun, anxious, enjoyable school year.

05/14/2026

I have a bit more room to add a few more commonplace books 📚 to the display. What a fun and engaging project with complete voice and choice for my 7th graders.