2017-062-E Arts - New Hope Elementary School - Fall 2016 Arts Grant Agreement

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DocuSign Envelope ID:25B97CDA-7A0C-4ED5-BCD8-9873F30CBE31 Fall 2016 Arts In Education Coalition Grant Orange County Arts Commission Application Narrative SCHOOL PROFILE The following three Title 1 schools, all within the Orange County Schools' district, are participating in the Artist in Residence program: New Hope Elementary is a Title 1, preK-5, school located just north of Chapel Hill. The school has approximately 618 students, and 65% of students are on free/reduced lunch. It also has the largest ESL population in the district. Central Elementary is a Title 1, preK-5, school near downtown Hillsborough with approximately 312 students, and 69% of students receive free/reduced lunch. It is a designated Engineering Excellence school. Efland- Cheeks Global Elementary is a Title 1, preK-5, school located in Efland with approximately 442 students, and 65% of students receive free/reduced lunch. Global studies are integrated throughout the curriculum and provide students opportunities to connect with people and cultures I; from across the globe through a project-based learning environment. SCHOOL ARTS PROGRAMS New Hope Elementary, Central Elementary and Efland-Cheeks Global Elementary each have Art and Music as part of their special area classes, which students visit once per week. PROPOSED USE OF GRANT FUNDS In the 2016-2017 school year, approximately 1,400 students at New Hope Elementary, Central Elementary and Efland-Cheeks Global Elementary (grades K-5) will learn and engage in curriculum through the arts by working with professional teaching artists in their classrooms. During the residencies (16 total), students will engage in hands-on activities that include multiple curriculum concepts and span many different subject areas. The program is designed to take place over the course of several years in order to provide the most impact and ensure the sustainability of using the arts to teach curriculum over the long term, specifically among underserved students. This residency program, through a partnership with The ArtsCenter, has been implemented in all three elementary schools since 2013. The program began in 2008 with Central Elementary, and quickly expanded to the remaining Title 1 schools in the district due to its overwhelming success. The goal of the program is to provide underserved students opportunities to learn curriculum through the arts (non-traditional instructional methods), thus catering to many different learning styles and offering experiences to students who would not have opportunities to work with artists outside of school. All students in grades K-5 at New Hope Elementary, Central Elementary and Efland-Cheeks Global Elementary will participate in Arts-Based Learning Experiences (ABLE) residencies, which are five-day residencies designed around a School Show students see at The ArtsCenter. Prior to seeing the chosen show, professional teaching artists go into classrooms for four sessions, and then again for one session following the show for wrap-up and reflection. On the final day of the residencies, classroom teachers co- teach alongside the teaching artists, and parents/families are often times invited into classrooms to be a part of the experiences. This provides professional development for classroom teachers I: and incorporates home involvement, which ultimately benefits students. Before residencies begin, classroom teachers and teaching artists meet to collaborate and plan, and they meet again after the residencies are over for an evaluation session. In addition, grade levels often times incorporate the material from the residencies into parent nights, family sharing events or even district-wide events.