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Organization <br />Description <br />Carrboro Elementary School (CES) is a community-based Pre K-5th grade <br />school that has been serving students for over 50 years. The school has <br />an English-Spanish dual-language program and uses arts programming to <br />enhance multicultural learning and to introduce students to art forms and <br />performance from around the world. <br />The arts are important to CES. All students attend art and music once a <br />week for 45 minutes each. In music, students sing, move, listen, play <br />instruments, and compose. Grade levels perform musical selections in <br />assemblies and at year-end performances. In the fall of 2023, 4th and 5th <br />graders had the opportunity to learn songs before school and participate in <br />singing at the Carrboro Town Hall Holiday Tree Lighting event. In art class, <br />students use paint, drawing materials, clay, fibers, and mixed media and <br />study both artists and types of art. In the spring of 2024, students <br />contributed 3D rainforest inspired art to a total immersion art exhibit that <br />melded science and art to demonstrate the impact of climate change and <br />deforestation on rainforests. <br />In our extra-curricular theater program, students have created and <br />produced full-length theatrical productions for the past ten years. The <br />school presented “The Lion King” this year and previous productions <br />included “The Hobbit” (2023), “Annie Junior” (2022), two virtual productions <br />during COVID-19 remote learning, “Bedtime stories” and “Law and Order” <br />(2021), and the “The Jungle Book” (2020), giving approximately 150 4th <br />and 5th grade children the opportunity to learn about theater production or <br />perform on stage. <br />The school community and PTA provide support to arts programming every <br />year. In 2023, the PTA provided $525 to the in-school theater program, <br />$270 for music equipment, and $1,850 in matching donations for the <br />Orange County Arts Commission grant received for three performances in <br />2023-2024 school year. During the pandemic years when fundraising <br />opportunities were limited and donations minimal, the PTA set aside $560 <br />in 2021 and $700 in 2022 for theater and $300 for music programming. <br />Furthermore, our art/theater teacher runs a popular musical theater camp <br />for 4 weeks during the summer. Arts programming at CES enjoys broad <br />support from the administration, staff, families, and the PTA. PTA <br />volunteers coordinate the school’s cultural arts performances and the <br />Reflections Cultural Arts Contest. <br />In the 2023-2024 school year, Carrboro Elementary received an Orange <br />County Arts Grassroots grant to fund 4 performances and the school <br />administration, faculty, and students were delighted with these <br />performances. The performances gave students and staff a chance to <br />reset during their day with learning and entertainment through musical, <br />theatrical and dance performances. The feedback on the performances <br />were overwhelmingly positive. <br />How many Orange <br />County residents <br />does the organization <br />serve? <br />522 children and their families <br />Docusign Envelope ID: A1086476-2E32-40FF-8A53-267E185E0268