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Recently Irene Lantz, one of the teachers participating in the Hexagon Project, wrote to us about her experience dealing with the global COVID-19 pandemic. Her message follows: When we were last in school my NAHS students were working on their Hexagons. We were to have a meeting the last day we were in school but […]

During these days of disruption and disconnection, it has been a pleasure to connect with some of our teachers who have participated in the past and find how they are coping.  We begin with the Katagiri sisters. Meet Our Japanese Twin Sister Teachers The Hexagon Project has been fortunate to have two teachers, Aya Katagiri,

Can you help provide a CREATIVE stream of CONNECTION and COMMUNICATION in these DIS-connected times? The Interdependence Hexagon Project is reaching out to anyone who believes that we must stay connected. That human connection can blossom in diverse ways in times like these. That, through our Art, we can tell an expressive, progressive story of

Eileen Healey, art teacher at Abington Heights High School in Clarks Summit, PA, recently presented a local Hexagon Project exhibit featuring hexagon-shaped artworks created by her students. Any school or community is invited to do the same. Samples shown include two-dimensional work from Ms. Healey’s Creative Expressions class and three-dimensional sculptured pieces from her Ceramics

Are You Biased? Here are some deep research-based practices for every-day consideration PLUS, at bottom, some links to articles on big ideas and global issues which may lead to action in the world. What are the implications of this new way of thinking and conceptualizing brain function for our understanding of prejudice—and how can we

Beth Burkhauser remembers fondly the 26 years she spent teaching art at McNichols Plaza Elementary School in Scranton Pennsylvania. She was thrilled to be invited back to help celebrate the school’s 40th birthday. Founding principal Marty Kuhn joined current principal Mina Ardestani, teachers old and new, and a wonderfully diverse group of parents and children.

The Hexagon Project’s Beth Burkhauser was pleased to introduce the keynote speaker at the 57th Annual Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Sondra Myers, the speaker, has a connection to the beginning of the Hexagon Project. The theme of the breakfast was “Framing the Future.” Over 400 community members gathered at the historic Radisson Lackawanna

An example of the Hexagon Project in action is a community partnership project between the Wyoming Seminary Upper School and the Eastern Pennsylvania Coalition on Acid Mine Reclamation (EPCAMR). Facilitated by science teacher Andrea Nerozzi and EPCAMR director Bobby Hughes, students studied the environmental devastation resulting from mining. Nine students from the United States, China,

Almost 11,000 Hexagons have been displayed from across the US and the world since 2007. The Interdependence Hexagon Exhibit features visual art by students and communities created inside a hexagonal template. The September 6th opening of the exhibit marked the 13th year of the project with over 300 regional hexagons gracing the walls of Stories’