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Action Item
DATE: Tuesday, March 5, 2013
TO: School Board Members
FROM: MaryEllen Elia, Superintendent
SUBJECT / RECOMMENDATIONS
Adoption of Proclamation Youth Art Month, March 2013 (Elementary, Middle, and Secondary Education-Curriculum and Instruction Division)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Council for Art Education has designated March 2013 as Youth Art MonthYouth Art Month serves to emphasize the value of art education for all children and to encourage support for quality art programs.  It also provides a forum for acknowledging skills fostered through experience in the visual arts that are not possible in other subjects offered in the curriculum. 

Attached is a proclamation. Art education programs develop creativity, critical thinking skills, communication, and collaboration to assure our students success in the 21st century.

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
• Increase promotion rates at all grade levels and the percentage of high school graduates
FINANCIAL IMPACT (Budgeted:  No)
This agenda is for a proclamation and has no financial impact to the district.
EVALUATION
N/A
SUBMITTED BY:  Dana Warner, Supervisor, K-12 Art
Denny B. Oest   Wynne A. Tye
General Director, Secondary Education
(813) 272-4451
  Assistant Superintendent, Curriculum and Instruction
(813) 272-4221
    C 15
Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida) * Mtg.#20130305_556 (Board Recognition Meeting) * Section C Item# 15