Art
The Live Oak Education Foundation strives to create ample hands-on artistic opportunities for our elementary and middle school students, so that all can explore their self-expression and creativity. As part of this effort, the Foundation has supported teachers gaining vital professional development experience in the arts for many years. This includes paying for teachers to take part in week-long Summer Arts Institutes offered through Arts Council Santa Cruz County and the Santa Cruz County Office of Education. Thanks to efforts by the Ed Foundation (in partnership with the Arts Council and the Live Oak School District’s Parcel Tax Committee), hands-on visual arts programming was expanded to TK-3rd graders at our three local elementary schools during the 2019-20 school year. The Foundation also provides funding for the art teachers serving the elementary schools and Shoreline Middle School to buy supplies and materials. We have also helped fund Family Arts Nights (through Arts Council) to engage families together in visual and performing arts experiences. In the future, we hope to provide an after-school theater arts program for Shoreline Middle School students.
Music
The Live Oak School District provides an elementary music teacher that is shared among the three schools. Shoreline Middle School’s music program offers Piano, Beginning Band, and Advanced Band classes. We provide an annual instrument budget for both music programs. In the future, we hope to support trips to the Santa Cruz Symphony for all 4th and 5th graders at Del Mar, Green Acres, and Live Oak elementary schools.
In order to sustain our investments in the programming described above, we set an annual fundraising goal of $15,000.
Want to help us reach this goal? Please use the Donate button below and write “VAPA” in the memo.