“Ms. Ross engaged my students in a meaningful way through dance, song and musical instruments. She taught them to stretch their imaginations to become part of stories we read in order to develop authentic character empathy and comprehend the sequence and meaning of the text at a higher level.”

“Hi Ms. Dianne I hope you remember me from Caldwell Middle. I was one of the authors of Roachpunzel. I just wanted to say thank you for helping me with writing. I think it’s because of you that I have made no lower than a B on any of my writing assignments. Also I’m in The Junior Beta Club at my school, so thank you for helping me in writing.”

“Thank you so much for putting on such an amazing presentation for our students today. As we returned to the classroom, we discussed how you told such a wonderful story that we could see in our minds, yet you didn’t use any pictures. It became a perfect curriculum alignment to the importance of adjectives in writing! You tended to each learning style and engaged each member of your audience. On behalf of the staff and students at Harmony Hills, thank you so much for helping us use our imaginations to explore literature and arts in an exciting way! It was absolutely phenomenal!”

“We have worked with Story Tapestries on multiple projects over the past several years, providing arts education and arts integration programming to underserved schools and communities here in the Washington, DC area and across the country. We have seen the powerful impact that the rigorous application of arts integration strategies can have in promoting learning. We have seen first hand the transformative power of the arts in the classroom.”