2016-105-E Arts - Ephesus Elementary School PTA - Fall 2015 Arts Grant Agreement

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DocuSign Envelope ID: FBE59735-B91D-4458-ABBA-952977038A66 As noted above, each of these performances are shown twice at Ephesus Elementary. The school's largest assembly space (the Gymnasium) only fits one-half of the student population at a time. Because of this space limitation, each Cultural Arts assembly is shown two times: first to the students in pre-K through 2nd grades (235 students including pre-K) and then to students in 3rd through 5th grades (226 students). The necessity of showing each program twice adds quite a bit of cost to programming for assemblies and makes this grant particularly impactful at Ephesus. Again, as noted above, the school population is very diverse including 57% white and 43% non-white students (Hispanic, African-American, Asian, and Other). Additionally, 28% of the student population qualifies for free or reduced lunch. Further traditionally underserved populations include students using English as a second language (11%) and Exceptional Children (11%) including two self- contained classrooms of five children in each classroom. As may be expected, the children range in age between three (preK) to twelve (oldest 5th grade students) and are approximately evenly divided between boys and girls. In order to give them opportunities to create additional synergies with the curriculum, teachers are informed of the Cultural Arts Assemblies at the beginning of the school year and then again reminded of the Assembly seven to ten days in advance of the performance. When the artists provide additional materials such curriculum supplements or website links, these are provided both to Ephesus teachers through direct email and to interested parents via the PTA weekly e-newsletter.