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North Carolina’s <br />“stay at home” order <br />(Executive Order <br />117) had a profound <br />impact on the arts <br />sector. Describe the <br />specific steps your <br />organization took to <br />comply with <br />Executive Order 117. <br />North Carolina’s stay at home order impacted our organization and <br />our families immensely. The latino community was one of the hardest <br />hit communities with little to no assistance, lack of access to <br />information, and even more so limited access to the needs of their <br />children to succeed in the new virtual learning environment. <br />ISLA immediately took action in asking families what their needs <br />were, what their children’s needs were and we assisted in being the <br />bridge and access to information they needed. We have reached <br />over 50,000 people through our information weekly event since <br />March. We have pivoted for all of our programs to be virtual <br />beginning with launching our youtube channel where we have <br />provided over 70 videos for children to explore culturally relevant <br />themes in their heritage language and learn through a variety of <br />artistic mediums. From March until June, we had 4 virtual family <br />events including a virtual event with the Duke Nasher museum where <br />students and families learned about art pieces from Latin America, a <br />family cultural event where over 10 families shared songs, dances, <br />history from their Latin American country, an interactive puppet show <br />for our younger students from a puppeteer in Spain, and a virtual <br />career day for our students to see how their culture and language <br />impacts different career fields and individuals. <br />In July and August administrative staff focused on adapting <br />curriculum to online platforms as well as developing teacher trainings <br />to assure that we could continue with our mission to provide top <br />quality instruction to our families and students. In August, we began <br />teacher training for over 20 teachers and assistants to teach over <br />185 students who had commited to virtual instruction with ISLA. ISLA <br />officially launched October 10th with providing 30min of virtual <br />instruction and offering weekly extracurricular activities that include a <br />variety of art mediums as well as other interests of our students <br />through this pandemic our families have continued to feel a sense of <br />isolation and defeat. Students are getting less and less social <br />interaction and ISLA is providing them an opportunity to not only be <br />immersed in their spanish Language but to also be immersed in the <br />cultures of latin america. The 30 min model was such a success that <br />our families have asked us to extend our classes on Saturdays to <br />45min for students to get more time with their teachers and their <br />peers. As our families continue to struggle through this pandemic <br />ISLA is committed to being the educational support and community <br />they need. <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 304AFFB7-BE23-4C41-880A-7079B417D58A