Curriculum offered under these programs includes all courses of study required by Colum-bus Public Schools. A simple physics lesson, which might otherwise have been taught strictly from a text-book, becomes a wider learning experience. Emma Johnson, a sixth grader from Clintonville, says her favorite thing about studying at AIMS is the diversity of projects. We get to do a lot of different things, like the mural we're working on. If we didn't go here, we wouldn't get a lot of these artistic opportunities.
Students perform shows and exhibit their artwork at various locations in the neighborhood.
One recent exhibit was held at Doctors North Hospital, located a few blocks away. In May, some of the seventh and eighth graders exhibited their artwork in some of the galleries in the Short North and participated in a Gallery Hop arts-sharing event where local artists created their own renditions of students' art. A trip to New Orleans is planned for the seventh graders as an extension of their curriculum. They are studying Mardi Gras, jazz and the history. The trip will incorporate lessons in history, language, social studies, and the arts, all centered around New Orleans.