2017-064-E Arts - Chapel Hill-Carrboro Public School Foundation - Fall 2016 Arts Grant Agreement

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DocuSign Envelope ID:F7163211-DB22-463E-994F-9511800DB63B architecture, to the performance and entertainment arts that have grown into multibillion-dollar industries. Arts education benefits both student and society, because students of the arts disciplines gain powerful tools for many aspects of life." Proposed Uses of Grant Funds —description including location, date, artists involved. Include information concerning whether you have undertaken similar activities in the past. Include approximate number of audience per program; geography of audience; mix of race, ethnicity, age, and gender. Discuss how arts program will be integrated into the curriculum. Grant funds will be used to purchase two Skoogs for use by disabled students in the Exceptional Children's classrooms at McDougle Elementary School. A "Skoog" is a foam cube, compatible with most computers,that acts as a hands-on controller for making music in a way that brings a child's creativity to life (see www.skoogmusic.com). The Skoog music project will promote independent involvement in music activities, allowing students with significant physical differences to play music on their own—perhaps for the first time in their lives! Use of the Skoogs would give students an opportunity to use their motor skills in a practical and naturally motivating setting. The Skoogs will also serve to address the Individualized Education Plan (IEP) goals for each student that relates to active participation;fine and gross motor skills; communication; and independence. This project addresses one of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School's (CHCCS) Strategic Plan goals: The culture of schools in CHCCS will be one that encourages innovation, risk-taking, excitement for learning, and personal growth in a trusting partnership with the community. The Skoog music project addresses the above goal by encouraging student excitement for learning through music and use of innovative technology. Teachers expect to see the literary skills of these students with significant disabilities to improve as the use of the Skoogs will promote a sense of fluency and rhythm in reading. In mathematics,the Skoog will assist in attention to patterns and counting to follow a rhythm. The Skoogs will be used most often by the 12 or so students in the Exceptional Education (EC), but will also be available at times to the other 500+ McDougle students. Maggie Pearce, Teacher of Exceptional Children, is a certified special education teacher at McDougle who has extensive experiences with the use of assistive technology with her students. She will collaborate with the other EC classroom teachers,the speech-language therapist,the occupational therapist, and the physical therapist at the school, as well as the school-based music teacher,to facilitate proper training and planning with the Skoogs. The project timetable is as follows: