Some parents had vehemently protested an assignment for students to practice calligraphy by writing the shahada, or Muslim statement of faith. While such a dramatic reaction from administrators ...

Tensions mounted after a teacher at Riverheads High School in Augusta County asked her students to complete an assignment last week that involved practicing calligraphy and writing a statement in ...

For this particular assignment she had to fill out ... Although some might wonder at the need for calligraphy''s unique hand-written style in this modern age of computer fonts, Crystal Watson ...

The assignment--which was drawn from a curriculum that also includes aspects of the Judeo-Christian religious traditions--asked students to practice calligraphy and writing using a statement in ...

Some of her first assignments involved making calligraphic signs for ... quickly and society’s shift from paper to electronics is killing the art of calligraphy. Writing quickly and typing on a ...

As part of the assignment, students in a world geography class at Riverheads High School had to write down Islamic religious text in order to learn the intricacies of calligraphy. The statement ...