Acacia Middle School students use art to express themselves
HEMET – Students enrolled in art teacher Rachel Blazek’s class at Acacia Middle School in Hemet Unified School District advocated for social justice issues of their choice through a recent poster art project. Students researched social issues and drew a poster with the end goal of bringing education and awareness to social justice issues that were important to the students.Some of the topics covered were bullying, inequality and the environment. Students were responsible for researching their own topics and completed several worksheets to help develop their ideas before designing their posters, Blazek said.“I decided to facilitate this project with my students because I wanted my art students to build a respectful relationship with each other and me as the teacher in the clas