Arts and culture play a large part in every child’s life and the Arts & Culture Committee was formed to support and provide opportunities that enrich these aspects of your child’s school experience. Although we are a new committee (we’ve only been up and running since January 2009), we have already been hard at work supporting the curriculum with enrichment events, piloting afterschool arts programming, and meeting to discuss long range goals and objectives for the 2009-2010 school year.

Our major goals for 2009-2010:

1. To support and enrich the academic curriculum with Arts & Culture inspired events and activities
2. To have two major events which highlight and showcase our school community’s unique diversity
3. To highlight, showcase and collaborate with the Durham Arts community
4. To offer our students multiple opportunities to visit museums
5. To showcase and display our student’s art work in prominent locations in and out of the school building
6. To offer enriching afterschool arts inspired programming

You may have heard of the Latin Dance program, the afterschool Art Club for 1st and 2nd graders (coming in April 2009) and the Black Poetry Theatre group (who performed at Baldwin Auditorium as part of a month long Black History Month and Poetry curriculum focus). These are some of the great activities that have come from this committee- and just imagine what we can do with more time and valuable input from YOU!  We are already getting excited about expanded afterschool enrichment programming and Latino Heritage month for the Fall. Please consider offering your ideas, time, support, and/or monetary donation to this wonderful committee.

Kisha Daniels, Committee Chair
Patti LeSeuer (teacher)
Mike Rogers (teacher)
Rachel Klem (parent)
Ayana Crawford (teacher)