TUSD Student Artwork and Performances
Featured During National Campaign

NEWS RELEASE

Contact: Estella Zavala or Jennea Bono Moore, 225-6437 
Posted on: October 6, 2003

Elementary student artwork and performances will be highlighted during an event to support the Lights on Afterschool! campaign, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, October 9, at Park Place Mall, 5870 E. Broadway Blvd., near the Food Court.

The community is invited to student-performed events that include a puppet show, musical theater, magicians and a poetry reading. An art gallery of student’s work will also be displayed. Invited guests include Gov. Janet Napolitano, Senators John McCain and Jon Kyl, District Attorney Barbara LaWall, State Superintendent Tom Horne, Mayor Bob Walkup, and all of the TUSD Governing Board members.

Lights on Afterschool! is a national campaign for the awareness of after school programs to keep kids safe, help working families, and improve academic achievement. The campaign draws attention to their need for support to facilitate keeping their doors open and their lights on. After school programs around the nation will join in the Oct. 9th celebration.

All participating students take part in fine arts activities through Project Shine! Funded by the U.S. Department of Education through its 21st Century Community Learning Program, Project Shine! is an arts-infused after school, Saturday, and summer program that provides a positive alternative to the negative influences of drugs, violence and poverty. Based on the principle that participation in the arts often gives children their first opportunity to be successful and feel good about themselves, the goal of the project is to help at-risk students succeed by developing skills and interest in lifelong learning.

Project Shine! is available at Corbett Elementary, 5949 E. 29th St.; Davidson Elementary, 3915 E. Ft. Lowell; Howell Elementary, 401 N. Irving Ave.; and Wright Elementary, 4311 E. Linden.

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