December 1999 ArtsOhio Page 2

State Representative Gregory V. Jolivette (R)

Office
Ohio House of Representatives, 59th District

Legislative Committees
Economic Development and Small Business; Energyand Environment; Ethics and Standards; Insurance; Ways and Means; chair, Subcommittee on Homestead Exemption

Years In Office 2

Personal
Hometown, Hamilton; married; three children

Arts Support
Contributor, Fulton Arts Center; member, Pyramid Sculpture Park

Favorite Cultural Pastime
Reading

Favorite Artist
George Wendt (a brother-in-law)

Last Good Book Read
The Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw

Proudest Creative Achievement
Recently found a way to fund a 3-mile riverbank bike path

OHIO SCHOOL HONORED FOR ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAM

Mills Lawn Elementary School in Yellow Springs was one of only two schools in the country recently recognized nationally for arts programming. The staff, students and community of Mills Lawn received an arts education award from the National Blue Ribbon Schools Excellence in Education Committee. "We gained this distinction because of our deep belief in the arts as a basic part of any child's education," said Dan Mecoli, Mills Lawn principal. "Our curriculum provides children with a rich array of opportunities in the arts." At Mills Lawn the arts are taught in conjunction with other core disciplines. Mecoli stressed the importance of the school's partnership with the Ohio Arts Council and its Arts in Education Program.

"The OAC's artist in residence program has enabled us to expand our curriculum by offering children and teachers high quality, authentic arts experiences," Mecoli said. "The opportunity to explore the arts in depth with talented, professional artists has served as a springboard to our success." The school was honored October 29 at the Washington Hilton in the District of Columbia, where President Clinton spoke on the importance of arts programming in schools.

Mills Lawn Elementary School staff pose in the office of U.S. Senator Mike DeWine. From left: teacher Connie Jensen, administrative assistant Susan Griffith, DeWine, teacher Jackie Marshall Arnold and principal Dan Mecoli.

Teaching Writing from a Writer's Point of View presents practical and exciting ways for teachers to reinvigorate their classrooms and their attitudes toward creative writing. Based on a series of summer writing institutes sponsored by the Ohio Arts Council and Wright State University, the book, edited by Terry Hermsen and Bob Fox, is a resource for English language arts teachers at all levels. Call the National Council of Teachers of English at 1-800-369-6283 or order from their web site at www.ncte.org.

Arts Marketing Online, www.artsmarketing.org, is dedicated to the needs of nonprofit arts marketing professionals. The site is part of the National Arts Marketing Project, a three-year effort to help arts organizations understand the marketplace and provide tools to strengthen their marketing efforts.