HCPS FL Logo Curriculum and Instruction
Action Item
DATE: Tuesday, March 29, 2016
TO: School Board Members
FROM: Jeff Eakins, Superintendent
SUBJECT / RECOMMENDATIONS
Adoption of Proclamation - Youth Art Month, March 2016 (Curriculum and Instruction Division)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Council for Art Education and the National Art Education Association has designated March 2016 as Youth Art Month.  Youth 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.

Art education programs develop creativity, critical thinking skills, communication, and collaboration to assure our students' success in the twenty-first century. 

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
• Motivate students to become responsible learners
FINANCIAL IMPACT (Budgeted:  No)
This agenda item has no financial impact to the district.
EVALUATION
N/A
SUBMITTED BY:  Dana Warner, Supervisor, K-12 Art
Leslie S. Granich   Denny B. Oest
Instructional Leadership Director, Secondary
(813) 272-4451
  Assistant Superintendent, Curriculum and Instruction
(813) 272-4221
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Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida) * Mtg.#20160329_757 (Board Meeting) Item# 02