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DocuSign Envelope ID: E006B9E0-6B06-40B4-8F37-243B8FA8D07E <br /> The ArtsCenter <br /> Arts In Education Focus School Program <br /> Stage features newer works, while its second-stage series includes improvisation and <br /> storytelling, musicals and operas, stand-up comedy and film screenings, new works in <br /> development and theatre for younger and older audiences. ArtsCenter Stage is <br /> community-oriented theatre with a commitment to developing new artists and <br /> audiences. <br /> Concerts. The ArtsCenter presents approximately 60 concerts for adults each year, <br /> representing the spectrum of musical genres by touring artists including folk, blues, <br /> Celtic, rock, singer-songwriter, old-time, and bluegrass. <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 and the alternative high <br /> school will participate in curriculum integrated Artist Residencies in the 2015-2016 school <br /> year.Through this program, more than 1,400 underserved children will get to work with <br /> professional teaching artists in their classrooms. In addition, classroom teachers in these <br /> schools have the opportunity to take part in professional development workshops, <br /> empowering them to integrate the arts in to their classrooms. The Focus School program <br /> began in 2008 and was designed to provide arts experiences to underserved youth in <br /> area Title 1 schools.Through a partnership with Orange County Schools,The ArtsCenter <br /> worked with Central Elementary from 2008--2009 to 2012-2W 3. Due to the success of the <br /> program, Orange County Schools asked that the program be expanded to include all <br /> three Title 1 elementary schools in the district (New Hope Elementary, Efland-Cheeks <br /> Elementary and Central Elementary in the 2013-2014 school year, and this expansion <br /> has continued into the 2015-2016 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 February of 2016, <br /> teaching artist Amy Keenan Amago will conduct an Artist Residency with the five 41h <br /> grade classes at New Hope Elementary School. <br /> The following is a demographic breakdown of New Hope Elementary School: <br /> School American Asian Latin Black White Multi- Mal Female Total <br /> Indian o racial e <br /> New <br /> Hope 2 3 269 50 283 16 321 302 623 <br /> Elem. <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 <br /> like addressed during their Artist Residency. All School Shows connect to specific <br /> elements of the curriculum, and The ArtsCenter's Artist Residency Program allows <br /> students to study this related curriculum, which is correlated directly with the North <br /> Carolina Common Core and Essential Standards, with professional teaching artists in <br /> their classrooms.The Teaching Artist is paired with the grade level based on classroom <br /> 2 <br />