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The Storybridge Program was developed in 1993 by Stagebridge, the oldest senior theater company in the nation. The program uses storytelling as a tool for improving students’ language arts skills and bringing elders and youth together. “Language development and performing arts are essential elements to the curriculum taught at the elementary school level,” said Rose Woo, teacher, Bella Vista Elementary School in Oakland. “The programs that they offer schools are invaluable.” Stagebridge recently completed a three-year implementation grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Arts in Education Model Development & Dissemination Program. The results of a two-year independent evaluation of the program by 3D Group were released in 2007. The 3D Group evaluation concluded that “Storybridge students significantly outperformed control students in three areas of listening comprehension.” After participating in the program, students were able to recall more elements of a story when retelling it, understood the structure of a story and could recall richer details, the report stated. “It’s something that children will remember for the rest of their lives,” said Deitra Atkins, principal, Glenview Elementary School in Oakland.

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