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Hear about progress of Seattle Public Schools K-12 arts plan, Sept. 27

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The Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, Seattle Public Schools (SPS) and local education and cultural partners will host a mid-point meeting on the progress of the Seattle K-12 Arts Learning Collaborative to create a comprehensive, district-wide K-12 arts plan. Join us for an informative, interactive evening, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 27, at City Hall’s Bertha Knight Landes Room.
 
The goal of the citywide collaborative is to ensure that students in all Seattle Public Schools have opportunities to learn through the arts, helping them to be successful in school and in life. Following a group creative activity at the start of the evening, we will focus on the role that arts learning plays in creating innovators in our community and how the arts plan will ensure that all students have access to the great arts opportunities our city offers.
 
Children are welcome. Free supervised arts activities for school-aged children will be provided. Space for the children’s arts workshop is limited; RSVP is required to Jenny Crooks, (206) 684-7084.
 
Last spring, many of you shared your vision for an arts plan in a series of community focus-group meetings. The Seattle K-12 Arts Learning Collaborative released a report with the findings from those meetings. Download the report here.
 
The arts education planning work is made possible by a grant that SPS received from national philanthropy The Wallace Foundation. The community planning process runs through January 2013.
 
The creation of the arts plan builds on the multi-year Arts Education Partnership between the Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs and Seattle Public Schools. Go here for more information on the partnership.
 
-Tamara Gill, Community Development & Outreach

Help shape K-12 arts plan at community meetings beginning March 13

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Help shape a K-12 visual and performing arts plan for Seattle Public Schools! The school district, the Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs and community arts organizations are partnering to create an arts plan focused on increasing quality arts education access for all K-12 students. To get input from the community, the city and district are hosting a series of five community meetings in March.

Families, students, teachers, artists, arts administrators and supporters of an equitable and well-rounded education for all are encouraged to attend. Join in the discussion about arts education, creative learning and student success. Provide input and help create the arts plan.

The first meeting is 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 13 at Ballard High School, 1418 N.W. 65th St.  For the complete schedule, go here.

Children are welcome. Free supervised arts activities and snacks for school-aged children will be provided at the first four meetings. Space is limited; RSVP is required.

 RSVP for a community meeting here: arts-ed.eventbright.com

We are also seeking people to help facilitate discussions and take notes at the first four meetings. If interested, please contact Irene Gomez, (206) 684-7310, by March 15.

Help shape K-12 arts plan at community meetings in March

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Seattle Public Schools is partnering with the Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs and community arts organizations to create a comprehensive arts plan focused on increasing quality arts education access for all K-12 students. To help shape the visual and performing arts plan, the city and district are hosting a series of five community meetings in March. Go here for the schedule and locations.

Families, students, teachers, artists, arts administrators and supporters of an equitable and well-rounded education for all are encouraged to attend. Join in the discussion about arts education, creative learning and student success. Provide input and help create the arts plan for Seattle Public Schools.

Translators for Spanish, Somali, Chinese, Vietnamese and Tagalog will be at two meetings. See the schedule for details. 

The work is made possible by a grant that Seattle Public Schools received from national philanthropy The Wallace Foundation. The creation of the arts plan builds on the multi-year Arts Education Partnership between the Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs and Seattle Public Schools.

Go here here for more information on the partnership. Sign up for updates here.