2014-364 Arts - Cedar Ridge High School for Spring 2014 Arts Grant Agreement $1,000

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P a g 3 Our grant request,therefore, is for funds to acquire four Delta or Jet 12 %" Variable Speed mid-size lathes (or equivalent). These lathes currently retail for approximately $700. With a negotiated discount, we expect to pay$600 for a total cash expense of approximately$2,400.00, plus tax. As stated above,these lathes will become the property of Cedar Ridge High School. 5. Arts Program Application Narrative School Profile: Cedar Ridge High School (CRHS) is one of five public high schools that serve the students of Orange County, NC. Its 2012-13 enrollment of 1,104 students iri four grade levels (9-12) represents an ethnic makeup that is 69.9% Caucasian, 16.594. African-American, 11% Hispanic, 2.3% Multi-racial, 0.2%Asian, and 0.1%American Indian. As stated in its school profile, "The goal of Cedar Ridge High School is that all students will graduate College and Career ready through rigorous, relevant academic curriculum that equips them with the knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary to succeed in both post-secondary education and 211t century careers as active and engaged citizens . . . ."To that end, CRHS offers an array of programs that provide "adaptive, differentiated approaches to students with specific academic needs and goals" (http://www.orange.kl2.nc.us/crhs/about/docs/crhs profile.pdf). One of the school's most measurably successful of these programs in terms of student awards and national recognition is Furniture and Cabinetmaking (FCM). Furniture and Cabinet Making Profile: FCM is housed within the CRHS Career and Technical Education Curriculum. It is noteworthy for a variety of reasons that include (1) a male and female cohort representing every level of student ability and (2) a record of student achievement that positions it at the top of similar high school and college programs in the United States.Tangible evidence of this achievement is the number of students who have gone on to enroll in design programs at two-and four-year institutions, including Rockingham Community College, East Carolina University, NC State University, Appalachian State University and Rhode Island School of Design. Ir addition, CRHS is the only school that has won top prizes in every Association of Woodworking and Furnishings Suppliers' (AWFS) biennial international student competition since 1999. (Best of Show: 1; People's Choice: 2; 111 place: 20; 2"d place 1; Honorable Mention: 7) CRHS students have also won many awards at other nationz0 competitions, such as Skills USA, taking all top spots (3) in 2014. In recognition of its remarkable accomplishments, Laguna Tools, Inc. presented the FCM program in 2005 with a prize package of machinery worth $30,000. Proposed Use of Grant Funds: CRHS would like to partner with a community group---the Chapel Hill Woodturners—to add a Creative Woodturning component to its Furniture and Cabinet Making Curriculum. To do so effectively, FCM needs to acquire four lathe- to have a critical mass of equipment to replace the antiquated ones we have now.