SCHOOL BASED PROGRAMS
Our rigorous, in-school, multidisciplinary arts curriculum engages high school students, in their schoolwork, their communities, and in the issues that shape their lives. We specialize in working with over-aged and/or under-credited students in transfer high schools. Our programs measurably increase students’ attendance, school engagement, and interest in educational/career opportunities beyond the classroom. Program offerings in the 2024 – 2025 academic year include:
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- FILM
- VISUAL ARTS
- SPOKEN WORD/POETRY
- DRUMLINE
- SALSA + AFRICAN + HIP HOP DANCE
Customizable Programming for 1 Day up to the Whole School Year
Flexible Programming
Hook Arts Media is proud to offer programming that meets your students’ needs while delivering the academic, school culture, and mental health outcomes that our award-winning arts and media curricula has become known for:
Credit Bearing Classes
Our Common-Core aligned classes not only help students earn the credits to graduate but also engages them in their communities, schools, and futures.
Classes can be booked by the trimester/semester or for an entire year of academic programming.
Multi-Day Workshops
Bring an intensive artmaking experience to your school! Our Poetry Week programming has brought top-tier NYC poets to schools throughout the city and activated students’ minds, imaginations, and critical thinking.
Workshops can be booked for 2-7 day periods.
Assemblies
Hook Arts Media’s new assembly programming offers scaleable programming that can serve a class or an entire school. Complete with performances by top-tier artists, workshops, and student engagement, assemblies are the perfect way to bring the arts to your school for a few hours to a day.
Poetry
Bring top NYC slam poets to your school! This program can be customized to include student participation, workshops, or a traditional performance.
Assembly starting at $2000.00.
Hip Hop Dance
Excel Garner aka Dat Dancing Cat and Company offer interactive hip hop dance movement, history, and entertainment.
Starting at $2000.00.
Percussion
Cornelio Joseph and Josh Johnson connect drumming and tap dancing to create an immersive musical and visual journey.
An interactive assembly starting at $1200.00.
West African Dance
Rajonna Lewis and company take you on a journey through diasporic West African dances, their cultural significance, and the importance of keeping traditions alive.
An interactive assembly starting at $1500.00.
All assemblies can be customized to include a workshop and/or combined with weeklong programming and credit-bearing classes.
Education Programs that Impact
We all know how vital arts and media education are. In an economy increasingly dependent on creativity, collaboration, and multimedia we are uniquely situated to help young people activate their education into career opportunities.
Truancy Reduction
98% of Hook Arts Media students report that Hook Arts Media classes increase their commitment to timely attendance.
Career & College Development
Over 98% of Hook Arts Media students learn skills they plan to use to gain entry into their industry of interest.
Time Management
96% of Hook Arts Media students improve their time management- including class attendance and assignment completion.
Culturally-Informed + Trauma-Informed Educators
Our educators have been trained in cutting-edge techniques to use distance learning software and integrate culturally responsive and trauma-informed pedagogy into both online and in-person learning spaces.
An Outlet in Stressful Times
Art-making, self-expression, and multimedia can decrease the negative impact of cortisol (the “stress hormone”) while increasing serotonin and dopamine production (the hormones key to stable, happy moods). In such challenging times, our programming can give young people that vital outlet where so few others currently exist.
The Data Speaks for Itself
“… youth of low socioeconomic status with a history of high arts engagement had better grades and higher college enrollment and attainment rates than youth without such involvement. In addition, the NEA found that high school students who had in-depth arts engagement:
- Had higher GPAs than students with low levels of arts engagement;
- Enrolled at higher rates in competitive and four-year colleges than low-arts-engaged students; and
- Were three times more likely than their arts poor peers to earn a bachelor’s degree”*
Sources:
– Stringer, Scott. “State of the Arts: A Plan to Boost Arts Education in New York City Schools.” Office of the New York City Comptroller. April 2014.
– Catterall, James S. et al. “The Arts and Achievement in At-Risk Youth: Findings from Four Longitudinal Studies.” National Endowment for the Arts. March 2012.
