Supporting Arts Education in South Brunswick
Brunswick Acres Elementary School needs help from the public to win a $5,000 grant for the art program.
Staff and students at Brunswick Acres Elementary School are getting creative with a contest to secure a $5,000 grant for the art program by urging the public to "Vote B.A. Daily." Last week about 550 students and staff members filmed a music video parody of the hit song "Call Me Maybe" titled "Vote B.A. Daily," in hopes of spurring support for the school's effort to win a grant from Kris Wine and Americans for the Arts. "The cost of art materials goes up each year, while the budget for it gets lower each year," said Brunswick Acres art teacher Suzanne Tiedemann. "In other districts the art program is the first to get cut, so we're lucky to be in a district that supports the arts, but we're always looking for a way to subsidize the cost. …
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8:39 am on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Brunswick Acres is doing great and used innovative ideas to get the community to vote for them and they deserve to win the $5,000 grant. Please note that Greenbrook Elementary School which is in 5th place right now also needs your vote. They are in the hopes of receiving a $2,000 grant from Kris Wine but needs all the votes they can get....support your schools by voting daily until the October … more ›