October 2001 Newsletter


SMARTS: BRING BACK THE ARTS

CALIFORNIA STATE PTA ONLINE NEWSLETTER

October 2001

The California State PTA wants to "Bring Back the Arts"!!!
The PTA message is simple:

  • Improve our schools: Bring Back the Arts
  • Help our children: Bring Back the Arts
  • Help our community: Bring Back the Arts

Help Spread the Word About the Benefits of Arts Education
Please email this newsletter to PTA district, council and unit members

Visit VIII music studio

A free resource for music, history, and information This month's program and lesson plans: Say it Loud: A Celebration of Black Music in America http://www.vh1musicstudio.com

The Arts Education Partnership provides some arts based projects to help cope with disaster

http://aep-arts.org/ArtsResources-Disaster.html

PTA and California Alliance for Arts Education Join in Efforts to Bring Back the Arts

Read about it in ALLIANCE!, the CAAE newsletter, now available on line.
http://www.artsed411.org/

A colorful arts site for kids, teachers, and parents

http://www.sanford-artedventures.com

Advocacy Tips for your newsletter

10 Things you can do to Support the Arts
http://www.capta.org/sections/programs-smarts/downloads/10_things.pdf

Resources for Teachers

http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/arts_lit.htm

Up Date on the PTA SMARTS BILL

Find out how your can help PTA efforts to fund the arts in California public schools. Click on to "What you can do"
http://www.capta.org/sections/programs-smarts/

Check out how San Francisco created a Report on the Arts for their schools

Read "The Arts for Every Child in San Francisco"
http://www.sfinsideout.org

Show Me the Money

Visit the National Endowment for the Arts on line grants resource
http://www.arts.gov/federal.html

Please let your teachers, administrators and community leaders know about SMARTS: BRING BACK THE ARTS.

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