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DocuSign Envelope ID: ECE511A0-1745-4353-8DDA-483D182AA9FD <br /> The ArtsCenter <br /> Arts In Education Focus School Program <br /> 2014-2015 Arts Program Grant— Fall <br /> Orange County Arts Commission <br /> Application Narrative (#5) <br /> Proposed Uses of Grant Funds <br /> As part of The ArtsCenter's Arts in Education focus school program, all students in <br /> Orange County Schools' three Title 1 elementary schools will participate in curriculum <br /> integrated Artist Residencies in the 2014-2015 school year, and teachers will take part <br /> in professional development workshops at their schools. Through this program, more <br /> than 1,400 underserved children will get to work with professional teaching artists in <br /> their classrooms. The focus school program began in 2008 and was designed to <br /> provide arts experiences to underserved youth in area Title 1 schools. Through a <br /> partnership with Orange County Schools, The ArtsCenter worked with Central <br /> Elementary from 2008-2009 to 2012-2013. Due to the success of the program, Orange <br /> County Schools asked that the program be expanded to include all three Title 1 <br /> elementary schools in the district (New Hope Elementary, Efland-Cheeks Elementary <br /> and Central Elementary in the 2013-2014 school year, and this expansion has <br /> continued into the 2014-2015 school year. <br /> New Hope Elementary, located in Hillsborough, has 58% free/reduced lunch and the <br /> highest English Language Learner population in the district. In January of 2015, <br /> teaching artist Virginia Danford will conduct an Artist Residency with the 5t" grade <br /> classes at New Hope Elementary School. <br /> The following is a demographic breakdown of New Hope Elementary School: <br /> School Americ Asi Hispa Blac Whit Multi Male Femal Tot <br /> an an nic k e - e al <br /> Indian racia <br /> I <br /> New <br /> Hope 2 3 269 50 283 16 321 302 623 <br /> Element <br /> ary <br /> The ArtsCenter's Artist Residency consists of five days of workshops. Every grade level <br /> from the Title 1 schools is invited to register for a field trip to a School Show at The <br /> ArtsCenter, at which time they indicate the art form and curriculum focus they would like <br /> addressed during their Artist Residency. All School Shows connect to specific elements <br /> of the curriculum, and The ArtsCenter's Artist Residency Program allows students to <br /> study this related curriculum, which is correlated directly with the North Carolina <br /> Common Core and Essential Standards, with professional teaching artists in their <br /> classrooms. The Teaching Artist is paired with the grade level based on classroom <br /> teachers' choice of art form, and plans a residency that will weave together elements of <br /> the School Show, curriculum and art form, while preparing students to see the School <br />