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DocuSign Envelope ID:B3B563FD-6D63-4031-A74C-538395FA5A15 <br /> • To reach students with varied learning styles, thus increasing academic achievement in <br /> the designated curriculum area(s) <br /> • To increase student engagement and motivation <br /> • To provide underserved students opportunities to engage in the arts <br /> • To provide classroom teachers with professional development opportunities on arts <br /> integration <br /> Description of Participants and Audience <br /> The following is a breakdown of demographic information per school: <br /> Central New Hope Efland-Cheeks Grady Brown Totals <br /> Elementary Elementary Global Elementary <br /> Elementag <br /> Total <br /> Number of 275 610 416 506 1,807 <br /> Students <br /> Race! Hispanic:49 Hispanic:290 Hispanic: 105 Hispanic: 141 Hispanic' 585 <br /> Ethnicity African- African-American: African-American: African- African- <br /> American:96 60 98 American:76 American: 330 <br /> White: 117 White'224 White: 168 White:262 White: 771 <br /> Multi-Racial : 13 Multi-Racial :26 Multi-Racial 23 Multi-Racial : 24 Multi-Racial: 86 <br /> Asian: 7 Asian:21 Asian: 2 Asian:30 <br /> American Indian: American Indian: American American <br /> 3 1 Indian: 1 Indian: 5 <br /> Free/ 62.86% <br /> Reduced 69.30% 64,25% 66,52% 51,37% average <br /> Lunch% <br /> Project Location <br /> The art residencies will take place at all four Title 1 schools in the Orange County Schools' <br /> district: New Hope Elementary, Central Elementary, Efland-Cheeks Global Elementary and <br /> Grady Brown Elementary. Residencies will take place in regular classroom settings (K-5). <br /> Project Activities <br /> This Artist in Residence program, through a partnership with The ArtsCenter, began in 2008 <br /> with one Title 1 elementary school - Central Elementary - and expanded to all three Title 1 <br /> schools in the district in 2013 due to the overwhelming success of the program, In 2017-2018, <br /> the program will include four Title 1 elementary schools, including Grady Brown Elementary <br /> which has been newly identified as Title 1, <br /> The goals of the program are to provide underserved students opportunities to learn curriculum <br /> through the arts (non-traditional instructional methods), to offer experiences to students who <br /> would not have opportunities to work with artists outside of school, to increase student <br /> engagement and motivation in classrooms and to provide teachers with strategies for using the <br /> arts to teach curriculum. <br />