2013-364 Carrboro Elementary School Spring 2013 Art Grant Agreement $1,000

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Carrboro Elementary School Arts in Education Application 5/21/13 Subgroup Number % of school population Total 608 100% White 344 57% Black 61 10% Hispanic 153 25% Asian 31 5% Multi Racial 19 3% ESL 164 27% Male 322 53% Female 286 47% Free/Reduced lunch 36% II. Carrboro Elementary School's Arts Programs Arts programming is an integral part of learning at Carrboro Elementary and we try to provide diverse ways for students to be exposed to art, music,theater and dance. Our arts programs are also an important way that students learn about other cultures. Students attend Art and Music classes for 45 minutes each week. In Music they study different types of music and the music of a variety of cultures. In Art they use paint, drawing, clay, fibers and mixed medium and study and learn about artists, cultures and types of art. Carrboro Elementary's dance teacher teaches dance to students as a way of learning about other cultures and increasing levels of physical activity. Dances this year have been from a wide range of countries including several Spanish speaking countries, Africa, Ireland, and a traditional maypole dance. Students attend dance twice a week for 30 minutes at a time. In our extra-curricular theater program, students have created and produced full-length theatrical productions for the past three years including"Suessical Jr.," "The Jungle Book" and"School House Rock." This year, 116 students created and produced"School House Rock," after school, over a three- month period. Please see attached photo of the "School House Rock"cast on stage. The school community provided impressive support of close to $3,000 in donations and services. The school has received support to put on a production of"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"in 2013/2014. Carrboro Elementary also has art programming during the summer. In 2012,an "Art in Literature" camp was run through the Ackland Art Museum and focused on art found in literature. Campers learned to recognize artists, analyze art techniques, and create their own art. Campers also spent a day at the Ackland Art Museum. In the 2013 camp series, we will run the"Art in Literature"camp again as well as adding a Photography camp that teaches about art through abstract photography of the school and community. III. Proposed Use of Grant Funds Performance artists who visit our school bring their unique perspectives on multicultural education through music, dance and storytelling. We are requesting the assistance of the Orange County Arts Commission in bringing two performance groups to Carrboro Elementary. We believe that the two groups we have chosen will have an enormous impact on our students who are already prepared by the global world view they have been exposed to and the variety of art experiences they have received at our school. Felix Pitre is a Latin American storyteller and musician. His"Stories& Songs of Latin America" show will be a wonderful fit for our school with our large Latino community and our extensive study of the Spanish language and Latin American culture. We plan to host Mr. Pitre for two shows for$1,500.