Rosemary Barilla, a middle-grade language arts teacher, inspired by her own dedication to the arts, describes the ways she integrates the fine arts into her classroom program that is designed to teach reading and writing. Tina Boyer Brown, a founding teacher at The Chicago High School for the Arts (ChiArts®), describes the school as a place where the academic and the artistic join to offer a comprehensive, challenging education to prepare gifted young artists from diverse backgrounds for college, conservatory, and/or career. The article includes the reflections of both teachers and students.