SMARTS: BRING BACK THE ARTS

CALIFORNIA STATE PTA ONLINE NEWSLETTER

July 2002

The California State PTA wants to "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

Contents:

• Update on PTA sponsored arts legislation SB 1548
• Planning for a New School Year: Resources to support arts in our schools and communities

PTA ARTS Legislation

PTA Sponsored Arts Bill SB 1548 (Alarcon)
Referred to Committee on Appropriations

Our PTA sponsored arts bill is picking up momentum in the California Assembly. If the bill passes out of appropriations, it will be sent to the Governor who then must approve the bill. We urge everyone to be ready to send letters of support to the Governor at the beginning of August.

Click here to find out the latest status on our bill: Just type in “SB 1548”
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/bilinfo.html

Contact the governor:
http://www.governor.ca.gov/state/govsite/gov_homepage.jsp

PLANNING FOR A NEW SCHOOL YEAR:

Kick-Off the Community Arts Education Project in Your School in September

The Community Arts Education Project is a unique strategy manual to support quality arts education in public schools.
http://www.artsed411.org/ptapartnership.html

The Latest Research on Why the Arts are Critical to Learning

Find out how the arts provide critical links for students to develop the thinking skills and motivations they need to achieve at higher levels—and not be left behind.
http://aep-arts.org/CLTemphome.html

Arts Day Tool Kit 2002

A Tool Kit to Celebrate Arts Day October 4, 2002
http://cac.ca.gov/library/ArtsDay2002.pdf

Subscribe to Arts EdMail

Receive an e-mail news bulletin every two weeks with concise and timely information that will help you support the arts in your school.
http://www.teachingarts.org/ArtsEdMail/

Read the San Francisco Chronicle’s series on Arts Education featuring the PTA

Show Me the Money

FOR MORE INFORMATION
VISIT SMARTS: BRING BACK THE ARTS!!!

On the California State PTA Web site
http://www.capta.org/sections/programs-smarts/

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

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