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Cirruculum and <br />Enrichment <br />W e hav e 3 programs we are hoping to bring in. Mike W iley's "Tired <br />Souls: The Montgomery Bus Boycott" explores the boycott <br />surrounding Rosa Parks not giv ing up her seat on the bus in <br />Montgomery in 1955. This is a 50-minute performance that introduces <br />audiences to fellow heroes and heroines including Jo Ann Robinson, <br />Claudette Colv in and others instrumental in the Civ il Rights <br />Mov ement who changed the course of U.S. history. There is a study <br />guide for teachers to continue in the classroom along with a <br />question/answer session after the performance for grades 3-5. Our <br />second program, Number Drummer, is an interactiv e performance <br />that utilizes math skills and has been recognized by Yale Univ ersity <br />as an innov ativ e approach to teaching and brings math curriculum <br />for grades K-5. Our third program, "A Sick Day for Amos McGee" is <br />focused on kindness and empathy and is a story that enriches the <br />perspectiv es of younger audiences (K-2nd) in hopes of grounding <br />them in kind choices. <br />Audience Description The demographics of the school population are as follows. <br />• Approximately 12% of students self-identify as African American. <br />• Approximately 14% of students self-identify as Hispanic. <br />• Approximately 19% of students self-identify as Asian and Other <br />Race. <br />• Approximately 55% of students self-identify as W hite. <br />• 29% of the student population qualifies for free or reduced lunch. <br />• 18% of students use English as a second language. <br />• 19% of school population is identified as Exceptional Children <br />including two self-contained classrooms of four children in each <br />classroom, 54 students with Indiv idual Education Plans, and 26 <br />students with Section 504 Accommodation Plans. <br />Location Description All Cultural Arts Performances are held in the school’s Gymnasium. <br />The Gymnasium is accessible through multiple doors and has a <br />raised stage at one end and flat open floor space in the other. For <br />"Tired Souls: The Montgomery Bus Boycott" the stage can be utilized <br />for performance and the students (3rd-5th graders) can be <br />comfortably seated and spaced on the floor. For Number Drummer, <br />we can use the entire gymnasium space to set up any percussion <br />instruments or interactiv e components and hav e the performance in <br />the round which will accommodate two separate performances on the <br />same day (K-2nd graders and 3rd-5th graders). For "A Sick Day for <br />Amos McGee", the stage can be used for the theatre performance <br />and the audience (K-2nd graders) can comfortably be seated and <br />spaced on the main floor area. <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: E7F30E51-08F8-4483-84D9-D991CC281E6E