Criteria for this award include:
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The school should teach all the arts as specific disciplines as well as integrated into other subject areas.
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The program should use creative approaches to learning, provide imaginative and creative learning environments for teaching the arts, and recognize that the arts are critical and essential to education.
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The program should provide opportunities for parental involvement in the educational lives of their children through hands-on, creative, arts-based activities.
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The program should provide students various opportunities for learning about other cultures through the arts, enabling them to explore differences in ways that are devoid of cultural bias.
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The program should provide community connections that build value and respect for the community by offering students diverse experiences beyond the classroom. This means that students leave the school to attend artistic events in the community and that community artists and artistic venues also provide programs at the school.
