GPFAA East Coast Tour
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Approximately 80 students across three of the seven fine arts strands offered at the Grand Prairie Fine Arts Academy (GPFAA) will travel to Memphis, Nashville, Washington, D.C. and New York City during Spring Break as part of an East Coast Tour. Mariachi, Orchestra and Vocal Music students will have the opportunity to perform for local inner city schools, tour colleges, compete in festivals and explore many of the educational offerings in each of these historic and culturally rich cities.
GPFAA is raising money to cover the costs of this unique opportunity for our students. The donations raised will cover:
-Travel and Accommodation Expenses (buses and hotels)
-Meals
-Educational Sight Seeing and Strand Specific Concerts (ex: Mariachi Conservatory, New York Philharmonic, Statue of Liberty, NYC Opera, and more!)
Our students, predominately minority and low socio-economic, look to the school for opportunities that they may not otherwise have the chance to experience. The East Coast Tour will provide our students, many of them for the first time, an experience outside of Grand Prairie and outside of Texas. The tour also looks to offer GPFAA students an exceptional learning experience that will expand their ambitions beyond the classroom and into an academic university, an arts conservatory or to pursue a professional artistic endeavor. “Our students dedicate their academic, artistic, and free time to pursing their passion within the fine arts; any experience we can provide them within this realm will only enhance their intrinsic motivation to continue their education post-high school” says Ms. Schell, Principal at GPFAA.
About the school: GPFAA is an open enrollment, public school for grades 6-12 with a focus on advanced academics and advanced fine arts. It is one of the many schools of choice within the education portfolio offered by the Grand Prairie Independent School District, located in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. The school uses an application and formal audition process to select students for one of the seven fine arts strands of study: Art, Band, Dance, Mariachi, Orchestra, Theatre and Vocal Music. GPFAA provides students with a rigorous academic environment, encourages artistic excellence and provides professional enrichment activities along with multiple opportunities to showcase their talents. For more information, please visit www.gpisd.org/gpfineartsacademy.
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GPFAA is raising money to cover the costs of this unique opportunity for our students. The donations raised will cover:
-Travel and Accommodation Expenses (buses and hotels)
-Meals
-Educational Sight Seeing and Strand Specific Concerts (ex: Mariachi Conservatory, New York Philharmonic, Statue of Liberty, NYC Opera, and more!)
Our students, predominately minority and low socio-economic, look to the school for opportunities that they may not otherwise have the chance to experience. The East Coast Tour will provide our students, many of them for the first time, an experience outside of Grand Prairie and outside of Texas. The tour also looks to offer GPFAA students an exceptional learning experience that will expand their ambitions beyond the classroom and into an academic university, an arts conservatory or to pursue a professional artistic endeavor. “Our students dedicate their academic, artistic, and free time to pursing their passion within the fine arts; any experience we can provide them within this realm will only enhance their intrinsic motivation to continue their education post-high school” says Ms. Schell, Principal at GPFAA.
About the school: GPFAA is an open enrollment, public school for grades 6-12 with a focus on advanced academics and advanced fine arts. It is one of the many schools of choice within the education portfolio offered by the Grand Prairie Independent School District, located in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. The school uses an application and formal audition process to select students for one of the seven fine arts strands of study: Art, Band, Dance, Mariachi, Orchestra, Theatre and Vocal Music. GPFAA provides students with a rigorous academic environment, encourages artistic excellence and provides professional enrichment activities along with multiple opportunities to showcase their talents. For more information, please visit www.gpisd.org/gpfineartsacademy.
#SupportTheTour
Organizer
Keitha Spears
Organizer
Grand Prairie, TX
