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DocuSign Envelope ID:5DF3D075-C96D-4876-8708-51E2CC79723E <br /> PROJECT NARRATIVE <br /> 1. Please give a brief description of your organization, including mission, board and staff <br /> composition, current arts programs and services and number and kinds of people <br /> served. Public schools and other large governmental or community agencies should <br /> provide a description of their arts program only rather than the entire organization. (250 <br /> words or less) <br /> Founded in 1958, Estes Hills Elementary School is one of the oldest schools in the <br /> Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools district. Estes Hills is a neighborhood school in the <br /> truest sense, as many students from the surrounding homes walk or bike to school every <br /> day. In the current academic year (2016-2017), Estes Hills Elementary serves 509 <br /> children from kindergarten through fifth grade. The school has 22 traditional classrooms, <br /> and offers programs in Exceptional Education, Gifted Education, and English as a Second <br /> Language. In 2012, a Head Start pre-school program was added to the campus and it <br /> currently serves 14 children. Our student body is fairly evenly divided along gender lines <br /> (278 Male / 231 Female), and has a diverse racial composition: White (54%), Hispanic <br /> (16%), Black (10%), Asian (11%), and Multi-Racial (9%). <br /> Estes Hills offers Art and Music instruction in accordance with the North Carolina <br /> Standard Course of Study for elementary school students, with a full-time professional in <br /> each "specials" discipline: Art, Music, French, and Physical Education (which incorporates <br /> Dance). <br /> The mission of the Estes Hills PTA is to serve the whole community of the school - the <br /> students, teachers, staff and families - by providing necessary resources to support the <br /> highest quality educational environment possible. The PTA is comprised of parent <br /> volunteers (Executive Board is 83% female, 100% Caucasian), and seeks to promote the <br /> cultural arts in education by bringing professional artists to perform at our school. <br /> 2. Offer a brief summary of the proposed project. <br /> We will use the grant to fund a portion of the artists' fees for 3 artists for 6 performances <br /> during the 2017-2018 school year: Donna Washington (week of January 8-12/$1400 for <br /> two performances, one for K-2nd & one for 3rd-5th); Hobey Ford's Golden Rod Puppets <br /> (February 5-9 week/$1500 for two performances, one for K-2nd & one for 3rd-5th); Ken <br /> Waldman (March 19-23 week/$1500 for two performances, one for K-2nd & one for 3rd- <br /> 5th). <br /> 3. State your project's goals. <br /> Over the past few years, income to our PTA and thus the Cultural Enrichment budget has <br /> decreased. This has been due in part to a decrease in the sustaining funds historically <br /> provided by the PTA Thrift Shops, and a decline in state funding for education (which has <br /> resulted in greater demands on the PTA's budget). Combined with rising costs, we have <br /> only been able to fund 3 performers this year (and projected for next year) as opposed to <br />