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The Ringling College of Art and Design is a private four-year accredited college located in Sarasota, Florida that was founded as an art school in 1931. As a Ringling College Illustration major, students will use both traditional and digital media, along with the core principles of Illustration (color, composition, visual concepts, and style) to bring their artistic creations to life. They will develop a solid foundation of technical skills, along with a familiarity of professional tools and resources. Paired with an understanding of storytelling and conceptualization, they will emerge as effective visual communicators, bringing creative problem-solving skills to workplaces around the globe. These abilities are what make Ringling Illustration graduates so attractive to companies in so many fields.

The High School of Art and Design is a Career and Technical Education high school in Manhattan, New York City. The Illustration department combines the best of two worlds, incorporating traditional drawing and painting skills with graphic design and computer technology. The course sequence begins in tenth grade with an illustration workshop that focuses on studio skills using traditional tools and materials, while the technology segment concentrates on Adobe Creative Suite’s Photoshop program. The junior year curriculum emphasizes practical commercial assignments, including newspaper editorial illustration, spot drawings, book cover and periodical designs. Drawing and painting from life are essential to picture making; the study of traditional rendering skills is thoroughly integrated with commercial graphic design orientation. Senior year illustration students pursue independent projects, while preparing a final portfolio and digital portfolio for professional review and college admissions.

Located in Brooklyn NY, Cunningham provides education to students from grade levels 6 to 8 within the Community School District 22 with the mission to provide youngsters with a safe, nurturing and supportive environment that contributes with their academic formation. This school is aimed to empower each student to learn today with leadership in mind for tomorrow. The school academic standards are based in experience revealing that all students can learn, grow and succeeded regardless their background when their effort, effort, perseverance, and diligence take place. With this idea in mind, J.H.S. 234 Arthur W. Cunningham provides also extracurricular activities such as Multicultural Arts and Crafts, Chess, Writing Skills, Science Fiction, Community Service, Drama, Internet Research, Science Club, Homework Help, Tutoring, and Olympic Sports, beside special programs such as Project Arts, Computer Magnet, CIG Program, Johns Hopkins Math, Alternatives, and Character Education Programs.

PS 236 is a well-run, well-equipped elementary school teaching grades K-5. The school has an inviting library with big windows that overlook a reburished playground. The school sets high academic standards, and test scores are above the citywide average. Statistics also show that children with special needs perform average or above on state tests. For a few years this well-regarded school seemed to falter under a principal that never fully gained the community's trust and received low marks on school surveys, but under new leadership things seem to have stablized.

Christian Heritage Academy was a private school located in Brooklyn, NY. It was a Preschool, Elementary, Middle, and High school, serving students from grades Pre-K to 12. Christian Heritage has a strong Christian leadership and was a real Christian school when it comes to teaching the Word. Devotion was never compromised. The students are in a safe place that offers a Christ-centered educational environment where every student is a scholar, every classroom a chapel and every teacher a missionary. “All your children shall be taught by the Lord, and great shall be the peace of your children.” (Isaiah 54:13)