Summary: Theater Works: Provide almost 2,000 students exposure to theater arts and classroom curriculum
Rotary clubs of Sun City and Peoria North are partnering with Theater Works to provide exposure to the arts for local schools. The schools targeted are ones that no longer have theater and arts taught within the standard curriculum.
The program covers a variety of areas: vocabulary, history discussions, literacy (reading the books), theme discussions, and access to the live production.
The District Grant funds will be used to purchase the books and curriculum for the classrooms, cover the cost of the transportation and discounted tickets for the live production.
Based on numbers from last year, We plan to target 1600 students (which is approximately 64 classrooms) in the Washington Elementary School District, in grades PreK through 2nd.
The classroom teachers who attend a field trip to The Fir Tree will receive a copy of the book The Little Fir Tree, and a study guide of lesson plans related to the story and play. The lessons can be scaffolded to meet students at their current academic levels, and were specifically designed to meet AZ Academic Standards for Earth and Space Science, Life Science, Civics, Economics, Geography, and English Language Arts.
We also plan to have an additional event A Celebration of Seuss! For the Celebration of Seuss event, we plan to target 800 students in the Peoria School District (approximately 32 classrooms) in grades PreK through 2nd. For this engagement, we will offer an "add-on" option for classrooms to receive a pre- or post-show visit from a TheaterWorks teaching artist, who will lead a drama-infused story time of a Dr. Seuss book, leaving behind a copy of the book for the classroom teacher. This option will satisfy multiple ELA Standard goals for teachers, as well as engage students in a kinesthetic learning opportunity connected directly to the Celebration of Seuss experience.
Paid
This project is "Paid". This means that the funds from the district have been issued. This project is now being ready for implementation. When this is done, a report needs to be uploaded on the project page and the "Reported" button needs to be clicked, then the status of the project will be changed to "Reported".
Project listed for the 2023-24 Rotary Year.
Proposed Financing
Existing Contributions Towards This Project
Date
Cash
DDF
Total
Sun City (5495)
31-May-23
$1,500
$2,000
$3,500
Peoria North (5495)
1-Jun-23
$2,000
$2,000
$4,000
Total
$3,500
$4,000
$7,500
Project Supporting Documents
There are no documents yet for this project. Go to the administration page to upload documents.
Project Photos
There are no photos yet for this project.
Go to the administration page to upload photos.
History Log Entries
31-May-23
by Elizabeth Mahoney
This project is in partnership with Peoria North. Peoria North is donating $2,000 to this project. Rotary Club of Sun City is donating $1,500.
The contact for the grant is Bret McKeand, (602) 478-2835, scibret@aol.com.
I apologize that I wasn't able to figure out how to add them this year. Please let me know how to adjust.
Appreciate your help!
31-May-23
System Entry
System Entry: Creation of project page.
1-Jun-23
by Rebecca Wilks
Thank you for your application. I've edited the financing section as you requested. Please edit your project description to reflect active Rotarian participation, after which we can begin the club signature process.
1-Jun-23
by Rebecca Wilks
And, Peoria North will need to identify which project is their first priority.Thanks.
1-Jun-23
by Rebecca Wilks
System Entry: Pledge of $2,000 with $2,000 DDF by Steve Matthews of the Rotary Club of Peoria North, District 5495.
4-Jun-23
by Rebecca Wilks
System Entry: Project sent for club signatures.
4-Jun-23
by Rebecca Wilks
System Entry: Project signed by Rebecca Wilks.
4-Jun-23
System Entry
System Entry: Project signed by Barb Jones.
8-Jun-23
by Elizabeth Mahoney
System Entry: Project signed by Elizabeth Mahoney.
8-Jun-23
by Elizabeth Mahoney
System Entry: Project signed by Elizabeth Mahoney.
14-Jun-23
System Entry
System Entry: Project signed by Steve Matthews.
16-Jun-23
by Rebecca Wilks
Congratulations! This project has been approved for full funding. We need to do some administrative things, so we don’t know exactly when the money will hit your account, but our best guess is a month or so. We’ll send you an update when we have one. Please also remember that you may not spend money prior to TRF approval and reimburse yourself from grant funds. If there have been changes in your bank account (information for electronic transfer), please get that to Lucinda General (District Treasurer) as soon as possible. treasurer@rotary5495.org. Your report is due April 30, 2024, and receipts are required to complete the report (not invoices, cancelled checks, UPS shipping labels, or any other documents). Thank you for making the world a better place.
16-Jun-23
by Rebecca Wilks
System Entry: Project approved by the District Approval Committee.
7-Aug-23
by Caleb Lowe
Your District Grant has been approved by The Rotary Foundation We expect electronic payments will be initiated before Friday August 11. You may begin making project expenditures now. If there have been changes in your bank account (information for electronic transfer), please get those to Lucinda General (District Treasurer) as soon as possible. treasurer@rotary5495.org. Your report is due April 30, 2024, and receipts are required to complete the report (not invoices, cancelled checks, UPS shipping labels, or any other documents). Thank you again for your good work.
8-Aug-23
by Caleb Lowe
System Entry: Check for DDF payment issued by Foundation Treasurer.
