| Janet Joyce Wednesday, May 15, 2013 |
A partnership with the Long Island Community Foundation and the Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts has resulted in a new “micro grant” program to help Brentwood High School students with music study. Usdan is the largest day summer school for the arts in the country and this support is going to ensure that they will be able to have the supplies needed, as well as be able to select students for scholarships to the school and cover some transportation costs.
The micro grants will be $100 to $400 each and, hopefully, will support approximately fifteen Brentwood students. Usdan Center’s Executive Director said of the grants, “This funding is intended to recognize and support the student musicians at BHS, and to pay tribute to their dedicated and talented music teachers. The success of Brentwood’s music program is a big story being played out in small increments by Long Island school and studio music teachers, one good deed at a time.”
To receive a grant, a student must be recommended by a Brentwood teacher and the district supervisor must approve the grant. Once this process is completed, the approved purchases are made. These purchases include reeds and mouthpieces for wind and brass students, strings for cello and violin students, transportation for enrichment programming, and private lessons.
The Executive Director of the LI Community Foundation stands behind the program and the impact that it has on children. He says, “Research shows us that young people who have access to the arts not only perform better in school, but in life. This program reaches out to low-income students faced with economic obstacles that keep them from fully developing their talents. It’s a winning opportunity and we are pleased to be a part of it.”
The Elizabeth Pritzker Endowment Fund, which is a field of interest fund at the LI Community Foundation, made the grant possible.
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