The ARPP is a successful program because it supplies an important and necessary educational experience for our young people. It brings art history, understanding, and appreciation to students in a simple and cost effective way by the use of volunteers and a rotation system between schools. Each set has been carefully chosen to include examples of art works by artists from prehistoric periods through the early Renaissance to modern times, including ethnic diversity as far as possible. Docent volunteers are trained in the fall. AARP sets are cleaned and repaired each spring.
New research is added at that time.
After that, the sets are rotated to new schools where they are stored in a safe place ready for use in the fall. If there are seven schools in a system, a student would never see the same reproduction in their entire K-6 experience. They will see other paintings by the same artists and in that way learn to recognize the works and styles of specific artists. Art Reach keeps the cost to the program to the schools at a minimum. A good arts program in a school improves the entire curriculum.