Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Fine Arts Education

Arts Education is ABSOLUTELY CRUCIAL for the development of our children, from as early as kindergarten all the way up into higher level education.

An education in Fine Arts encourages:-more developed habits of critical and creative thinking
-more perseverance and dedication to a given task
-better psychological and physical health-self-discipline, intrapersonal and interpersonal skills

A child who participates in Fine Arts is:
-more likely to succeed academically-more likely to succeed socially
-more able to express his or herself-inclined to be more literate than his or her peers

If America's children are to be sucessful in all aspects of their life, then an education that emphasizes Fine Arts is crucial.

Thursday, February 11, 2010

FAME at The Strand

FAME!
coming to The Strand Theatre

Come see the Cobb County Center for Excellence in the Performing Arts at Pebblebrook High School students perform this musical about an inspiring group of students at New York City's High School for the Performing Arts.

Show dates / times:
March 26th, 8:00 p.m.
March 27th, 3:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
March 28th, 3:00 p.m.

Several of these students will also be performing at Ford on our early release day, Wednesday March 10th!