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Schools of Distinction in Arts Education – nominations due

Know a New York School that Goes Above and Beyond in Arts Education? Nominate them for the Schools of Distinction in Arts Education Award!

Deadline: Friday, March 27, 2009.

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Schools of Distinction in Arts Education awards program provides an important outlet for expanding recognition of the role individual schools play in providing a creative learning environment for outstanding student achievement.

This award provides a great opportunity for the New York State Alliance for Arts Education to highlight a New York school that has developed exemplary arts education programs. State winners are submitted for consideration at the national level, where they receive an honorarium, a plaque for display, and the opportunity to perform at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C.

To be considered for the State level of this award, your school’s arts education program should have most of the following characteristics:

  • Your school should teach all the arts (music, dance, visual arts, and theatre) as specific disciplines as well as integrated into other subject areas.
  • Your program should use creative approaches to learning, provide appropriate learning environments for teaching the arts, and recognize that the arts are critical and essential to education.
  • Your program should provide opportunities for parental involvement in the educational lives of their children.
  • Your program should provide students various opportunities for learning about other cultures through the arts, enabling them to explore differences in ways that are devoid of cultural bias.
  • Your program should provide community connections that build value and respect for the community by offering students diverse experiences beyond the classroom.

To learn more about this award, and to download an application, please go to the NYSAAE projects website.