2023-578-E-Arts Commission-McDougle Elementary School PTA -2023-24 Arts Grants

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Organization Description The McDougle Elementary School PTA (MES PTA) provides a link between school, home, and the wider community. W e work together to organize events and raise funds to support children’s learning and to make the environment for our students the best it can be. Our mission statement is to "make every child's potential a reality by engaging and empowering families and communities to advocate for all children." The MES PTA board consists of 19 members. The executive committee includes the president, vice president, vice president 2, vice president 3, secretary, and treasurer. All parents, caregivers, teachers, and members of the MES community are invited to join the PTA. The PTA serves the entire student body which consists of 518 students, 268 who are male and 250 who are female. The demographics of the student body are as follows: 1 American Indian or Native Alaskan, 25 Asian, 82 Black or African American, 284 W hite, 88 Hispanic/Latino, 38 multi racial. The MES PTA supports the arts programs at our school in many ways, including but not limited to: 1) Sponsoring the annual 4th grade face jugs project, 2) Sponsoring (with generous support from the OCAC) the annual 5th grade poetry residence program, 3) Organizing and funding the annual PTA Reflections contest in which students are encouraged to submit art in one of the following six categories to enter a national competition: literature, visual arts, music composition, photography, dance choreography, and film production, 4) Sponsoring and funding assemblies for the student body, including this past year's assembly featuring the "Number Drummer" who combines visual arts and math through drumming, 5) Organizing our school's after school choir club, 6) Putting on a winter market featuring the sale of goods from local artists, 7) Inviting multiple performance artists, such as a Native American dance troupe, to our school for multi-cultural night, and 8) W e are currently in the planning phase of installing a mural on the exterior wall of our gymnasium. 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. Individual board members have received Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion training. In previous years, the MES PTA has sponsored DEI training and events for its members and the McDougle Elementary School Community, such as by bringing in guest speakers from https://www.weare- nc.org/, as well as coordinating with the McDougle Elementary School staff and administration to offer anti-racism training to MES parents and guardians. During the 2022-2023 school year, MES brought in speaker Dr. Brittany Murray, a professor at Davidson College, to discuss her research on school racial inequality and how parent organizations at schools can help or hinder academic progress of racial minorities. DocuSign Envelope ID: 0D7BF09D-6A98-46CC-9BF1-DD2736A194D2