2017-2018 Wolf Trap Education Report

2017–2018 EDUCATION REPORT Thank you for supporting Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts’ education programs. We are pleased to share our significant growth during the 2017–18 school year with you in this report. Your philanthropy touched the lives of nearly 100,000 children, college students, families, educators, and caregivers in our community and nationwide over the course of a year. We are truly grateful.

WOLF TRAP INSTITUTE STRATEGIC PLAN

Strategic Plan Update Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts (Wolf Trap Institute) is in the middle of a five-year strategic plan that aims to expand its national reach, elevate its leadership role in the field, and increase recognition as the nation’s model for early childhood arts integrated learning. This report provides a snapshot of the progress made on each of the following strategic plan goals: • Increase Wolf Trap Institute’s national footprint • E stablish partnerships with universities and national credentialing organizations • Position Wolf Trap Institute as a national thought leader • Increase local footprint 2 2017–2018 EDUCATION REPORT

Increase Wolf Trap Institute’s national footprint Since the start of the strategic plan in 2016, Wolf Trap Institute has increased the number of children, teachers, and parents served per year by 44% percent. More than 40,000 people participated in classroom residencies alone, a nearly 30% increase from 2016–17.

Wolf Trap Institute has welcomed three new affiliates since 2016 that are replicating the Wolf Trap model in their communities: San Antonio Wolf Trap, Greater St. Louis Wolf Trap, and Greater Richmond Wolf Trap.

Establish partnerships with universities and national credentialing organizations Wolf Trap Institute forged a new partnership with George Mason University’s Graduate School of Education that includes providing professional development for pre-service elementary teachers.

Position Wolf Trap Institute as a national thought leader This year, Wolf Trap Institute completed the two-year-long Creativity Connects: Arts in Early Learning project, hosting five day-long symposia in Seattle, Milwaukee, Charleston, Denver, and Los Angeles—made possible by a competitive National Endowment for the Arts grant. See page 4 for more information.

Wolf Trap has presented at high-profile national conferences and meetings, including the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), National Head Start, and National Title I conferences. New this year, Wolf Trap participated in the Television Critics Association Press Tour as a consultant for PBS’ Pinkalicious & Peterrific.

Increase local footprint Since 2016, Wolf Trap Institute has doubled the number of D.C., Maryland, and Virginia school districts it serves, impacting 6,000 additional children, educators, and caregivers in the region per year. Additionally, in 2018 Wolf Trap served 168 early childhood classrooms in DC Public Schools, marking its first formal contract with the DCPS central office in more than 10 years.

Wolf Trap Institute Affiliate Conference Each year, Wolf Trap Institute welcomes its network of affiliate partners to the national office in Vienna, VA for an Affiliate Conference. During the three-day convening, program directors and teaching artists from each of the 19 affiliate organizations come together to gain valuable information and best practices from the national office and keynote speakers, as well as share key insights with each other.

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WOLF TRAP ACROSS THE NATION Creativity Connects: Arts in Early Learning In 2018, Wolf Trap completed the Creativity Connects: Arts in Early Learning project. Funded by a competitive grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, Creativity Connects aimed to engage in meaningful conversations about the effectiveness of early childhood arts integration in cities around the country and create actionable plans to incorporate the arts into classrooms.

Together with its project partner, the Institute for Child Success (ICS), a nonprofit research and policy organization based in Greenville, SC, Wolf Trap traveled to Seattle, Milwaukee, Charleston, Denver, and Los Angeles, to accomplish key project initiatives in each city including: • Host free one-day symposia for community educators, artists, administrators, business and government leaders and other arts and early education professionals, to spark dialogues about the power of the arts in early childhood education.

• Conduct in-classroom residencies with Wolf Trap Teaching Artists, where community stakeholders could see the work in action.

• Develop issue briefs that take a critical look into key issues identified by each community, including STEM, inclusion, language development and literacy, and social/emotional development.

Jennifer Edelen, Director, Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts at the Milwaukee symposium

• Award an artist fellowship to a local community artist to produce an original piece focused on the arts and early learning. Artists are charged with developing a work that explores the meaning of childhood in America, how it’s changed, and our vision for the future.

In the coming years, Wolf Trap will continue fostering relationships with each of these cities, and explore new ways to impact educators, children, and families, including potential affiliations, future residencies, and other services.

Wolf Trap Goes Pink(alicious) Wolf Trap has been working closely with PBS and its Boston member station WGBH to develop episodes of its hit show Pinkalicious & Peterrific, focusing on the performing arts. Wolf Trap’s Vice President of Education Akua Kouyate-Tate provided her insights into these arts-based episodes at the annual Television Critics Association Press Tour prior to the show’s season debut.

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EXTENDING OUR IMPACT

Students from MLK Jr. Preschool Center welcome Richmond Mayor Levar M. Stoney (left)

Welcome Greater Richmond Wolf Trap This October, Wolf Trap Institute welcomed its 19th affiliate organization, Greater Richmond Wolf Trap, serving the city of Richmond, Virginia and its surrounding counties. Greater Richmond Wolf Trap will operate out of the Richmond Performing Arts Alliance (RPAA), a nonprofit whose mission is to provide diverse local and world-class performing arts, transformative arts education experiences for students of all ages, and inspirational venues—all to strengthen the cultural and economic vitality of the Greater Richmond region.

At a press conference announcing the new partnership in October, Wolf Trap was joined by key state and local government and education leaders, including Richmond Mayor Levar M. Stoney, Superintendent of Richmond Public Schools Jason Kamras, and State Superintendent of Public Instruction Dr. James Lane.

THE INSTITUTE’S IMPACT

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COMMUNITY IMPACT BEYOND THE CLASSROOM Wolf Trap Grants for High School Performing Arts Teachers 2018 – By the Numbers 13,000+ children and adults served 34 performances from 24 artists 9 debut artists

This year, Wolf Trap awarded seven $5,000 grants to high school performing arts teachers in Fairfax, Arlington, and Loudoun counties in Virginia; Prince George’s county in Maryland; and the District of Columbia.

Sponsored by Sue J. Henry and Carter G. Phillips, these grants helped teachers develop and perform creative and innovative projects with their students, many of which result in original productions and commissions.

Grant Awardees: • Tedrick Bonds, Eastern High School, DC Public Schools

4 GRAMMY nominees

•T ony Cimino-Johnson, Rock Ridge High School, Loudoun County Public Schools

Parents’ Choice Award 7 Recipients

• Justin Daniel, Tuscarora High School, Loudoun County Public Schools

Thank you to 2018 Season Underwriters Dan and Gayle D’Aniello and to the Rubenstein Next Generation Initiative for providing major support to this program.

Everything I learned this summer will impact the rest of my academic, professional, and personal life. This opportunity has been a launching pad for my future success.

– Alec Castro, Artistic Administration Apprentice, Summer 2018

•D r. Miroslav Loncar, Park View High School, Loudoun County Public Schools •M ichelle “Mimi” McDonald, Dr. Henry A. Wise, Jr. High School, Prince George’s County Public Schools •A aron Morgan, W.T. Woodson High School, Fairfax County Public Schools •B ill Podolski, HB Woodlawn Secondary Program, Arlington Public Schools

Creating a Unique Intern Experience Wolf Trap’s summer interns and apprentices are exposed to a wide variety of unique experiences that set the program apart from others in the area.

This summer Wolf Trap Foundation hosted its third annual Diversity in the Workplace discussion for interns, apprentices, and Foundation staff. Featured panelists included Michael J. Bobbitt, Artistic Director, Adventure Theatre; Ruth LaToison Ifill, Vice President of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Council on Foundations; Andy Shallal, Founder and CEO, Busboys and Poets; and Anthony Welters, Executive Chairman, BlackIvy Group, LLC, who shared insights into the state of diversity in their industries, and provided interns and apprentices with tools to position themselves as assets for their employers.

Wolf Trap interns and apprentices were also treated this summer to a Financial Security Workshop, hosted by Ric Edelman, Chairman and Cofounder of Edelman Financial Services, LLC. There, they heard about best practices for financial preparedness when entering the workforce, and information and strategies to make sound financial decisions, minimize debt, and plan for their future financial security.

Major support for the Wolf Trap Internship Program is provided by the Rubenstein Next Generation Initiative. Additional support is provided by the Anthony and Beatrice Welters Family.

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THANK YOU Wolf Trap Foundation is deeply grateful to each of the following individuals and institutions for their support of $25,000 or more through philanthropic donations, sponsorships, fundraisers, and endowment giving between July 1, 2017 and December 31, 2018.

To donate, please contact Wolf Trap Development at 703.255.1927 or visit wolftrap.org/give.

2018 SEASON UNDERWRITERS Dan and Gayle D’Aniello $250,000+ The Boeing Company* County of Fairfax, Virginia Department of the Interior, National Park Service Shashikant and Margaret Gupta* PNC* David M. Rubenstein* $100,000 TO $249,999 Anonymous Anonymous Foundation* Hillary and Tom Baltimore* Capital One Lincoln and Therese Filene Foundation* Dan and Gloria Logan | The Revada Foundation Gary D. Mather and Christina Co Mather National Endowment for the Arts* Northrop Grumman Foundation* Michael Saylor Estate of Henry J. Schalizki Karen and Fred Schaufeld $50,000 TO $99,999 Amazon Web Services Booz Allen Hamilton Cox Business Deloitte Double Wood Farm Jean and Ric Edelman*

Kenneth W. and Janice W. Freeman Family Foundation* Virginia McGehee Friend General Dynamics Grant Thornton LLP Sue J. Henry and Carter G. Phillips* Calvin and Janet Hill Hilton Robert M. and Joyce A. Johnson* John and Susie King* John C. Lee, IV and Cindy Lee* Lockheed Martin Jacqueline B. Mars* Microsoft Corporation Noblis* Northrop Grumman * Anne R. Kline and Geoffrey Pohanka Ed and Andy Smith F. Chapman and Grace Taylor* Telos Corporation* Tickets.com, LLC Robert and Lisa Van Hoecke Virginia Commission for the Arts* Estate of Ronald V. Villafranco The Volgenau Foundation* The Webber Family Deborah F. and David A. Winston WHITE64 Suzanne and Glenn Youngkin* $25,000 TO $49,999 Anonymous C.E. and Jean Andrews

American Airlines Battelle* Bentley Motors Mark and Jennie Bishof The Scott and Patrice Brickman Family Foundation The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation* Choice Hotels International Danaher Corporation* Kimberly Engel/The Dennis and Judy Engel Charitable Foundation Gil and Janice Guarino The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Hearst Foundation, Inc.* IBM Don and Angela Irwin Matt Korn and Cindy Miller* JP Morgan Chase & Co. KPMG Nancy Laben and Jon Feiger The Martore Family* Stephen and Betsy Mundt National Counseling Group Diane and Tim Naughton NBC4 Laura and Sean O’Keefe PwC LLP Norma and Russ Ramsey* SAP NS2 TTR/Sotheby’s International Realty The Anthony and Beatrice Welters Family*

*donors who designate all or a portion of their support to Wolf Trap Education 7

THANK YOU Support for Wolf Trap Foundation’s education programs is also provided by the following Endowed Funds.

Mary H. Beggs President’s Fund

The King Family Fund for Early Learning Through the Arts

Bender Foundation, Inc., The Howard and Sondra Bender Family Fund for Education

Philip C. Marcum, The Sandy “Tanta” Marcum Fund for Early Learning Through the Arts

Robert M. Coffelt, Jr. in honor of Annetta J. and Robert M. Coffelt, The Coffelt Fund for Wolf Trap Opera and Education

Suzann Wilson Matthews, The Suzann Wilson Matthews Internship Fund

Cox Communications, The Cox Communications Fund for Education Initiatives in the Performing Arts

Linda B. and Tobia G. Mercuro, The Linda and Tobia Mercuro Fund for Early Learning Through the Arts

Nancy K. Eberhardt, Howard and Dorothy Kahn Education Fund

The Mullaney Family, The Mullaney Family Fund for Education

The Freed Foundation, The Freed Fund for Early Childhood Education in the Performing Arts

National Endowment for the Arts

The William H. Geiger Family Foundation, The Lee Anne F. Geiger Fund for Early Learning Through the Arts General Dynamics, General Dynamics Fund for Early Learning Through the Arts Shashikant and Margaret Gupta, Gupta Fund for Early Learning Through the Arts Hearst Foundation, Inc. The Jacquemin Family Foundation, The Jacquemin Family Fund for Master Teaching Artists Mr. and Mrs. Stuart C. Johnson, Stuart C. and Nancy M. Johnson Fund for Wolf Trap

National Endowment for the Arts/Packard Foundation, NEA Packard Challenge Fund The Terry Noack Master Teaching Artists in Dance Fund David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Packard Fund Catherine Filene Shouse Education Fund Peter and Jennie Stathis, Peter and Jennie Stathis Fund for Early Learning Through the Arts The Trojanger Fund for Wolf Trap Robert and Lisa Van Hoecke, Van Hoecke Family Fund for Technology in Education Earle C. and June A. Williams Fund for Wolf Trap

Alan and Carol Kelly, Alan and Carol Kelly Fund for Education

Wolf Trap Foundation Arvind Manocha, President and CEO Beth Brummel, Chief Operating Officer

DEVELOPMENT SENIOR AND LEADERSHIP GIVING STAFF Sara Jaffe, Vice President Margaret Berardelli, Director, Annual Giving Annie Coppola, Director, Planned Giving Andrea Edwards, Director, Corporate and Foundation Relations Lisa Herzog, Director, Leadership Giving Kara Kurtz, Director, Special Events Sarah Goodman, Manager, Leadership Giving Katie Greer, Coordinator, Leadership Giving

WOLF TRAP EDUCATION KEY STAFF Akua Kouyate-Tate, Vice President Cate Bechtold, Director, Internships and Community Programs Jennifer Edelen, Director, Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts

To learn more about how to support Wolf Trap Foundation’s education programs, please contact Development at 703.255.1927 or give@wolftrap.org.

Wolf Trap Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

Photo credits: Angelina Namkung, Chris Smith, Scott Suchman, Tom Topinka