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Often overlooked and underfunded, art remains a very important component to education. Studies have shown how art can not only help connect dots, but improve academic performance, keep kids engaged, and even keep students from dropping out. In addition, its integration into STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) programs helps to develop well-rounded individuals. Incorporating the arts with STEM to spark creativity and fuel ingenuity and invention is what is needed to leap technology forward in hopes of finding sustainable solutions to problems now and in the future. 

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Service learning is so much more than philanthropy or fund-raising. It can be a powerful platform to engage learners in real-world, meaningful applications to solve actual problems. When the projects are chosen by the students, and when the kids can see the results in their own community it has the power to transform and empower them into leaders and to provide the realization that their efforts can make tangible differences. Service projects can benefit humanity, animals, our environment, or a combination of all three. This article will highlight just a few examples of remarkable projects.