Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form<\/p>\n
Organization Name: Performing Arts Center Trust, Inc.
\nLegal Name (if Different): Performing Arts Center Trust, Inc.
\nAlso Known As: Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County
\nMailing Address: 1300 Biscayne Blvd.
\nCity: Miami
\nState: FL
\nPostal Code: 33132
\nMain Phone: 786-468-2000
\nMain Fax: 786-468-2007
\nOrganization Website: www.arshtcenter.org
\nEmployer ID Number: 65-0353695
\nOrganization Tax Status: 513(c)(3)<\/p>\n
Proposal Information<\/p>\n
Today’s Date: 03\/21\/2017
\nRequested Amount: $6,500<\/p>\n
Project Title: Story Pirates
\nProject Description:<\/p>\n
Deploying the power of drama and story-telling to boost literacy, the Center will partner with New York-based Story Pirates to pilot a new arts education program that aims to improve reading and writing skills among third-graders in Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) by bringing the imaginations of young storytellers to life. Aligned with state learning standards, the program will be piloted with 70-80 students at two Title 1 public elementary schools. The Center will create a team of teaching artists and M-DCPS teachers to spend 16-20 hours per semester with third-graders in these schools, focusing on vocabulary development, story structure, revision, persuasive writing and self-expression. Stories written by students will be acted out, improv-style, by the artists and children \u2013 bringing to life the unfiltered world of kids\u2019 imaginations. By the end of the program, each student will have written and revised his or her own original story. The culminating New Story Show at the Center will celebrate writing and feature new stories by the children. This project will occur between October and May of the 2017-18 school year. Testing conducted in 2016 show that just 46% of M-DCPS third-graders read below grade level. Third grade is a critical time for children because it\u2019s the first year they can be held back if they fail the Florida Standards Assessments reading test. Last year, almost 20% of third-graders in Florida failed the exam, 6,000 of them in Miami-Dade. Black, Hispanic and poor students are disproportionately affected, with close to 1 in 3 black students failing the reading test. The project also is timed to address writing skills a year before students take their first state writing test. Last year, only 53% of Florida fourth-graders passed the writing exam.<\/p>\n
Total Project Budget: $26,881<\/p>\n
Other Funding
\nSources For The Project (Committed & Potential): Miami-Dade County, State of Florida Department of Cultural Affairs, Miller Family Foundation<\/p>\n
Project Duration: 1 School Year (Oct. 2017- May 2018)
\nGeographical Area Served: Miami-Dade County Public Schools
\nAge Group To Be Served: Third Graders<\/p>\n
Contact Information<\/p>\n
Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.): Ms.
\nContact First Name: Elaine
\nContact Last Name: Cox
\nContact Title: Manager, Foundation Relations and Research
\nContact Phone: 786-468-2069
\nContact Email: ecox@arshtcenter.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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