...Because there is no bigger stage
than life itself!
Now starting our fourth year as a school, we are beginning to enjoy many fruits of our labor in the form
of wonderful growth and confidence demonstrated by our students. We have seen firsthand and heard
secondhand how the Arts are enhancing-and in some cases, changing the lives of the students we have
passing through our doors. The Arts are an extremely powerful educational tool and we are delighted with
reports of children improving in their comprehension, achievement, and joy of learning in their day to day
classrooms. We are also excited in seeing students who "aren't supposed to achieve", do just the
opposite and progress in ways their teachers and parents hadn't believed possible. However, the biggest
satisfaction comes in watching all our students grow inconfidence in themselves and in their creative
and analytical reasoning skills. The Arts are a discipline, but a discipline with tangible rewards.
The frustrations along the way end up being a small sacrifice when the progress is so evident. Who
thrives in an Arts rich environment? Students with learning challenges through students who desperately
need Something Challenging in their educational life blossom in such an Arts setting. Everyone can
benefit from an educational environment steeped in the Arts. For those not familiar with The LAMB
School, our philosophy is process-not product based Arts education. Various stages of product will,
of course, be apparent along the way; however, by learning the process the student will then be
challenged to adapt that process to new situations. We are not into teaching "survival" which is the
result of a product based Arts experience. In a product based Arts experience, a bag of tricks--not
skills--are learned through necessity. These "tricks" are difficult, if not impossible, to unlearn and
inhibits true artistic growth. We want our students to learn Arts skills that will continue to grow
and flourish throughout their life. We thank all of you who have made The LAMB School so successful and
we look forward to meeting new friends.