Arts Integration Gallery
This is a partnership between classroom teachers and specialist teachers to showcase work through an art form. Both the students and teachers are intentionally utilizing art techniques to promote a classroom standard. More than anything, it is a humanities-based approach to teaching and learning, focused on sparking creativity and innovation within the students and teachers.
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Kennedy Center Partnership
The Partners in Education program is a national partnership with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and has a primary purpose of creating school/community partnerships to develop/expand arts programs in local schools, as well as promote the professional learning of teachers. Through this partnership, professional artists from around the country come to Kansas City to promote critical thinking strategies by combining an art form with a classroom standard. Research indicates that the arts integration process results in higher test scores; comprehensive research conducted in Liberty Schools reflects those results.
![A vibrant and colorful painting depicting a picturesque canal scene in a quaint Italian town, with colorful buildings, blooming flowers, and a serene waterway reflecting the surrounding architecture.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1756312409/libertyk12mous/fd0ufswosgv1edwpqv3o/ArtsEducation800x557px35.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1756312409/libertyk12mous/fd0ufswosgv1edwpqv3o/ArtsEducation800x557px35.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1756312409/libertyk12mous/fd0ufswosgv1edwpqv3o/ArtsEducation800x557px35.png","width":800}])
What If Puppets
Through a partnership with What If Puppets, elementary schools and the Early Childhood Center will participate in a year-long Kindergarten Readiness Residency that will use the theater and puppetry arts to equip all LPS Kindergarteners, Kindergarten-ready Preschoolers, and their educators with a common set of language, skills, and strategies that reinforce behaviors as identified by the Missouri Kindergarten Readiness Checklist.
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Shadow Stories: Exploring Story Elements Through Shadow Puppetry
Grade 3
In-person assembly September 28, 2026 at Liberty North High School
Plus 2-day Virtual Residency
In this workshop, participants first learn about shadow puppetry as an art form, including performance and puppet-making techniques. They then explore story elements by creating original stories from a “Story Challenge Game.” Finally, they combine art form and content area by learning to facilitate the creation of hands-on shadow puppetry presentations that bring these original stories to life behind the shadow screen
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Nelson Atkins
Liberty Public Schools is partnering with the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and elementary schools to bring Thinking Through Art to classrooms. This year-long program uses Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) to support visual literacy, critical thinking, and language development through engaging, discussion-based art lessons.
Museum educators lead ten sessions per classroom with no extra planning required from teachers. Each school also participates in a Museum Night, offering students, families, and staff a shared experience at the museum—complete with free busing to ensure accessibility.
![An oil painting featuring yellow and red flowers overlooking a body of water, framed in gold]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1781285167/libertyk12mous/uiizv3cxbhvdu63yztpd/Arts_Integration_Gallery.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1781285167/libertyk12mous/uiizv3cxbhvdu63yztpd/Arts_Integration_Gallery.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1781285167/libertyk12mous/uiizv3cxbhvdu63yztpd/Arts_Integration_Gallery.png","width":800}])
Story Pirates Podcast
The Story Pirates believe that kids are creative geniuses. All of them.
Story Pirates is an award-winning media company that provides hilarious and inspiring entertainment for audiences of all ages. With more than 85 million downloads, the Story Pirates Podcast takes stories submitted by kids and turns them into sketch comedy and songs with help from celebrity guests like Kristen Bell, John Oliver, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Sara Bareilles, Seth Meyers, Bowen Yang, and more.