2022-497-E-Arts Commission-Carrboro Elementary School-2022-23 arts grant

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Organization Description Carrboro Elementary School (CES) is a community-based Pre K-5th grade school that has been serv ing students for ov er 50 years. The school has an English-Spanish dual-language program and uses arts programming to enhance multicultural learning and to introduce students to art forms and performance from around the world. The arts are important to CES. All students attend art and music once a week for 45 minutes each. In music, students sing, mov e, listen, play instruments, and compose. Grade lev els perform musical selections in assemblies and at year-end performances. This year, 4th and 5th graders had the opportunity to learn songs before school and participate in singing at the Carrboro Town Hall Holiday Tree Lighting ev ent. In the spring, the school held a special assembly called “Being Bilingual is my Superpower!” where students performed tongue twisters in Spanish and held a talent show. In art class, students use paint, drawing materials, clay, fibers, and mixed media and study both artists and types of art. In our extra-curricular theater program, students hav e created and produced full-length theatrical productions for the past nine years, including “The Jungle Book” in 2020, two v irtual productions, “Bedtime stories” and “Law and Order”, in 2021, and most recently "Annie, Jr.” in 2022, giv ing approximately 150 4th and 5th grade children the opportunity to learn about theater production or perform on stage. The school community and PTA prov ide impressiv e support to arts programming ev ery year. In 2019, the PTA prov ided close to $2,400 in donations and serv ices toward the theater production. During the pandemic years when fundraising opportunities were limited and donations minimal, the PTA set aside $560 in 2021 and $700 in 2022 for theater and $300 for music programming. Furthermore, our art/theater teacher runs a popular musical theater camp for 4 weeks during the summer. Arts programming at CES enjoys broad support from the administration, staff, families, and the PTA. PTA v olunteers coordinate the school’s cultural arts performances and the Reflections Cultural Arts Contest. Has your organization undergone any Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) training? If so, please explain. If not, please explain any barriers that have prevented you from receiving this training. The CHCCS school district offers DEI training ev ery school year. Carrboro Elementary did not offer specific training to staff, howev er DEI strategies and best practices are purposefully integrated into all of our work. DocuSign Envelope ID: 0920C198-B59A-48AE-B90B-1B8776823BDF