Adopt-A-School Program Approved for $10k Grant from the NEA The Hanover Theatre As we seek innovative & Conservatory for ways to fulfill our the Performing Arts mission to ignite and has been approved nurture a passion for for a $10,000 Grants the performing arts in for Arts Projects audiences and artists of award to support today and tomorrow, the Adopt-A-School Summer presents the program. This project perfect opportunity for will help us to fulfill us to collaborate with our mission to ignite school administrators and nurture a passion and teachers on for the performing this arts enhanced arts in audiences curriculum-based and artists of today program. “We are and tomorrow. At its thrilled that our Adoptcore, Adopt-A-School A-School program aims to enhance the Students pose before the On Your Feet has been selected for Adopt-A-School performance in 2019. funding by the NEA for learning experience Photo: Andrea Seward. by tying every day a second time. After a curriculum to a live year without field trips Broadway performance that an entire school body and live performances, we are eager to bring the can experience together. The Hanover Theatre’s students of South and Burncoat high schools back to project is among the more than 1,100 projects our building next spring to witness this inspiring story,” across America totaling nearly $27 million that were said Meghan Montaner, president of the theatre’s selected during this second round of Grants for Arts conservatory and education division.” Projects fiscal year 2021 funding. Over a period of three weeks, all 2,400 Burncoat “As the country and the arts sector begin to imagine High School and South High School students will returning to a post-pandemic world, the National participate in lessons within every subject that Endowment for the Arts is proud to announce incorporate Summer’s themes, historical and funding that will help arts organizations such as sociological elements, artistic aspects and musical The Hanover Theatre and Conservatory for the score. Cast members will visit the school to interact Performing Arts reengage fully with partners and with students prior to the show. At the culmination audiences,” said NEA Acting Chairman Ann Eilers. of the program, both schools will see the show for “Although the arts have sustained many during the free and witness their lessons come to life on stage. pandemic, the chance to gather with one another Student projects will be displayed in the theatre’s and share arts experiences is its own necessity and lobby throughout the run of the show so that the pleasure.” community can witness the incredible work of our public schools. Some students will even rehearse The Adopt-A-School program was created in a piece from the show and perform alongside the 2013 to provide a school-wide arts experience for cast in the finale. Following the performance, the Worcester’s South High School. Eight years later, the student body will participate in a talk-back with the program now introduces youth from both Burncoat actors before returning to school. High School and South High School to Broadway theatre and ties arts into core curriculum concepts In the Worcester Public Schools, many students are to enhance learning. The theatre’s education staff economically disadvantaged and have limited works collaboratively with teachers to incorporate access to the arts in our community. The Adopt-Athe themes, history and social impacts from a School program aims to provide students in the city Broadway show into lessons across every subject with the opportunity to experience and interact with (ELA, history, chemistry, physics, biology, algebra, live theatre on an annual basis. Over the last eight geometry and more). For the 2022 Adopt-A-School years, thousands of students have experienced their program, the theatre is excited to partner with first Broadway show through this program. the national tour of Summer: The Donna Summer Musical. For information on the projects included in the grant announcement, visit arts.gov/news. page 22
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