Arts & College Preparatory Academy receives $69,000 from State Farm Grant for Equality Project

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Posted on March 24, 2010

On Monday, February 22, State Farm's Youth Advisory Board witnessed a performance of The Equality Project by ACPA students, and awarded the school a grant of $69,000 for their anti-bullying campaign. The Equality Project teaches a message of acceptance, tolerance, and cultural diversity to middle school students in the greater Columbus area.  Working collaboratively with outside partners, community members, students, parents and current staff including theater, creative writing, language arts and social studies teachers, ACPA students createe single act, minimalist stage productions of plays titled 'Discrimination', 'Diversity and Acceptance,' 'Bully!' 'Grow' and 'Change.' The ultimate objective is to perform these plays as a series to student audiences in elementary, middle and high school. Accompanying each presentation will be age-appropriate unit and lesson plans specifically researched and written by ACPA students that will promote meaningful reflective thinking on issues pertaining to each play. Add-on lesson plans will include directions for teachers in participating schools to enable students to create their own plays and performances. State standards for language arts, social studies and theater/drama will be incorporated into accompanying unit and lesson plans. Ultimately, ACPA intends to professionally produce, market and sell The Equality Project as an education program to sustain the program beyond this grant.
 
Check out the news footage at http://www.artcollegeprep.org/ACPA_in_the_news.  
Congratulations to Arts & College Preparatory Academy!