2017-451-E Arts - Cedar Ridge High School - 2017-18 Arts Grant Agreement

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onnunign Envelope ID:uoFnnnro-5oEo-44Fo+7VD-2ooFAEeoocsn Description of Participants and Audience Cedar Ridge High School, located in Hillsborough, has approximately 1,100 students in grades 9-12 and 80 certified staff members, and approximately 32 percent of students receive free/reduced lunch. While Cedar Ridge High School is hosting the event, Cultural Explosion is an event for everyone in the Orange County Schools' district. Attendance at the event is expected to be representative of the population of students in the district. Orange County Schools is comprised of 13 schools, includes seven elementary schools, three middle schools, three high schools and an alternative school all located in Hillsborough and Efland. Approximately 43% of students within Orange County Schools receive free/reduced lunch. There are 7.430 students in the o|ementary, middle and high schools of Orange County Schools. Of the student body, 52% are male and 48% are female. Students in elementary school are between 5 and 11 years old, middle 11 and 14 years old and high school 14 and 18 years old. The following is a breakdown of race/ethnicity for Orange County Schools as a whole, and it is expected those in attendance will closely resemble this same demographic. American Asian Hispanic African- Pacific White Multi- Indian American Islander Racial Orange County 024% 1.31% 22.38% 1468% 0.04% 57.12% 4.23% Schools Project Location Cultural Explosion will take place at Cedar Ridge High School in Hillsborough. Students and families in [)range County 8choo|o, coming from both Hillsborough and EOand, will attend. Project Activities Cultural Explosion is a district-wide event comprised of student performancee, interactive culturally-themed booths and dernonetroduno, community organizations and international food vendors. Approximately 1.200 students and their families are expected to attend, and they will have multiple opportunities for learning about a variety of cultures across the globe in one venue. In oddihun, the event has a theme each year that is connected to Earth Day, so it is a true celebration of the world in its entirety. To ensure all schools across the district are invo|veU, each school will be assigned a different continent and/or geographic area to study and will then host a booth with an interactive activity as a way to share the information they learned. Examples of past booths include aboriginal dream painting from Auatro|ia. African and Middle Eastern drumming, and Scottish storytelling. In addition to bootho, students and student groups will volunteer to perform on stage at Cultural Exp\oeion, and attendees can flow in and out of the auditorium throughout the duration of the event. Past performances include a violinist playing Irish music, an African dance by kindergarten students and a Flamenco Spanish dance by fourth and fifth graders. Furthernnore, there is also a poster contest for students, a multicultural mask-making activity and continental beading activity. In an effort to provide attendees with an even deeper experience, the district hopes to bring in two additional outside vendors — a Mexican folkloric band and The Scrap Exchange. Flor y Canto hopes to spread the beautiful sounds of Mexican folk music and the joyful colors of Mexican traditions. Although most of the band is from the Guerrero region, they look to other parts of the country for inmpiraUon, and their performances also feature a variety of instruments