Sydney Rodriguez (center) reads a passage from “Rump, the True Story of Rumpelstiltskin” to Jordan Edwards (left) and Jacqueline De La Sancha before performing it in front of their class at Powder Springs Elementary School in Powder Springs on Thursday, January 28, 2016.
January 28, 2016 Powder Springs – Sydney Rodriguez (center) reads a passage from “Rump, the True Story of Rumpelstiltskin” to Jordan Edwards (left) and Jacqueline De La Sancha before performing it in front of their class at Powder Springs Elementary School in Powder Springs on Thursday, January 28, 2016. In recent years, school leaders used the acronym STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math) to stress the importance of those subjects. Many now use STEAM to include the arts. Schools are integrating arts into how they teach other subjects. JONATHAN PHILLIPS / SPECIAL