LAUSD and the Arts

The Los Angeles Unified School District recognizes that education in the arts make a unique and vital contribution to a child*s cognitive development. Therefore the District is committed to providing all students with opportunities to attain a substantive education in the visual and performing arts at all grade levels, an education that will prepare them to create, collaborate, problem solve, perform, and appreciate works of art.

On July 22, 1999, the Los Angeles Unified School District*s Board of Education unanimously passed a resolution to commence a 10-year effort to establish arts for all students, at all grade levels, in all schools, in all four art forms. To accomplish this goal, LAUSD*s Arts Education Branch began Arts Program Schools (APS) at the elementary level. In the first eight years of the program the number of schools participating has grown from 54 to 392 and it is projected that by 2010 all elementary schools in the District will have the opportunity to participate in the APS project.

In the 2007 - 2008 school year the Arts Education Branch launched a new project at the middle school level to meet the needs of middle and high school arts teachers. The Arts Bridging Teacher Project assigns various visual and performing arts teachers to feeder schools in order to build enrollment and experience in individual art forms .

In addition to the four arts content areas mentioned above, Dance, Music, Theatre and Visual Art, the Los Angeles Unified School District, Arts Education Branch (AEB) seeks to establish and support Media Arts as a fifth standards-based Arts Content discipline. Media Arts are an art form comprising of a range of creative and expressive uses of media and communications technologies, including, but not limited to , digital imaging, graphic and web design, video/film production, television, digital music, video gaming, mobile devices and interactive media.

Work has begun on the next 10-year District Arts Education Plan. The second 10-year plan must extend the critical and necessary components of a well-rounded, dynamic and rich arts education and will focus on a K - 12 continuous and articulated curriculum. The Los Angeles Unified School District recognize that the Arts programs benefit students from the entire spectrum of educational programs and demographics, including special education, at-risk, GATE, and English Learners. LAUSD further understands that the Arts, (all five) increase student engagement, empower students' creative voices, and promote active participation in an increasingly networked world.

Monday, November 30, 2009

West Adams - "The Dark Side of the Moon"

West Adams Preparatory High School Presents:

The Dark of the Moon
By
Howard Richardson & William Berney

Afternoon Performance: Wed. Dec. 2nd @ 4:00pm
(Adult School Students Welcome)

Evening Performances: Thurs. and Fri., Dec. 3rd & 4th, @ 7:00pm

“What would happen if a witch-boy fell in love with a human-girl? Come find out in West Adams’ newest production…”

Starring:
Sara Diaz, Christian Vergara, Maira Padilla, Jasmine Hoffman, Jazmyne Holly, Nathaly Canas, Johnny Darnell, Carlos Huezo, Priscilla Ramos,
Julian Mereno, Diego Rivera, Jonathan Cuevas, and Jesse Cruz

All Performances take place at the
West Adams Preparatory High School Theater
1500 W. Washington Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90007

TICKETS:
Students - $5 in advance/$7 @ door
Adults - $10 in advance/$12 @ door
All ticket sales go to the WA Theatre Dept.

Tickets on sale starting Mon. Nov. 15th in Rm. W-145 after school or at the door.

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