The Tanglewood Project was a three-year initiative at Tanglewood Middle School funded by a U.S. Department of Education Cultural Partnerships for At-Risk Youth grant. Launched in October, 2002 and extended for a fourth year, the project integrated the arts into all subject areas and strengthened students' exposure to and knowledge of the arts. Test and behavior data from 2002-2007 show many positive trends, including a significant increase in Tanglewood's district rating. Over the course of the grant, Tanglewood moved out of Unsatisfactory status on the state report card and had the top Improvement Rating in the county for middle schools for two years in a row on the state accountability measures.
The Tanglewood Project facts
- 202 collaborative arts-integrated units
- Over 4,200 hours of arts-integrated instruction
- Over 800 students involved in arts-integrated units
- Over 60 teachers trained
Honors & Awards
- Recipient of South Carolina Alliance for Arts in Education Creative Ticket Nomination, 2004-2005
- State Carolina School Board Association's "Champions of Public Education" Award
- Palmetto Silver Award 2005, recognizing high levels of academic achievement and high rates of student academic improvement.
- Bank of America Model Arts Education Program Award through the American Symphony Orchestra League for exemplary practice in arts education
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