Dear Key Communicators,

Thank you for a wonderful school year.  We enjoyed working with you and our members to provide access to arts and humanities experiences in the Washington, DC, region this year. Congratulations on finishing an excellent year and we look forward to working with you again in the 2015-2016 school year!

This edition of the Key Communicator Newsletter contains: 

• Return your Partnership Agreements for the 2015-2016 School Year! 
• View the School Handbook
• Civili-tea Citywide Creative Expression Contest Winners and artwork pick-up

All best,

The DC Collaborative Team

Civili-Tea Citywide Creative Expression Contest

Congrats to the winners and thank you teachers!

Congratulations to the students who participated in the Civili-tea Citywide Creative Expression Contest and the Reception on wednesday, June 17.  A huge thank you to the teachers who participated, Civili-tea and Pepco for making this contest possible! To pickup your artwork please contact James Terrell after June 24. 

CONTEST WINNERS

OVER ALL WINNER - MARY DONDALSON 7th grade - Friendship Public Charter School Woodridge Campus

Kindergarten- Grade 3

• 1st place Miracle Agbeko Friendship Public Charter School Woodridge
• 1st Place Savanna Pernell- Friendship Public Charter School
• 2nd place Genesis Sanchez- Ramierez - Truesdell Education Campus
• 3rd place Jenay Culbreth - NOYES Education Campus

Grades 4-5 

• 1st place Antonial Atkins - Friendship Public Charter School Woodridge
• 2nd place Dapria Fell- Friendship Public Charter School Woodridge
• 3rd place Myclaylia Mcneil - Hendley Elementary

Grades 6-7 

• 1st place - Mary Donaldson - Friendship Public Charter School Woodridge
• 2nd place - Storm Wright - Friendship Public Charter School Woodridge
• 3rd place - Aaryn Ward - Friendship Public Charter School Woodridge

Grade 8 

• 1st place- Demario Anderson - Center City PCS- Capitol Hill Campus
• 2nd place - Walter Santos - Truesdell Education Campus
• 3rd place - Brianna Wiggins - Friendship Public Charter School Woodridge

Grades 9-12 

• 1st place - Devonte Gooding - Ballou Senior High School
• 1st place - Dwayne Whittaker - Ballou Senior High School
• 2nd place - Odoms Lawrence - Ballou Senior High School

Honorable Mentions 

• Juelz Witherspoon - Aiton Elementary School
• Tashawna Badget - Truesdell Education Campus
• Dapria Fell- Friendship Public Charter School Woodridge

Arts for Every Student Story Bank

Please help us document your school's AFES experiences!

• Take a group picture at every trip (make sure that you are distributing the Media Consent and Release form) and email to info@dccollaborative.org or connect with us on Facebook, Twitter , Instagram and Tumblr.
• Collect student quotes, photographs and artwork about the AFES trip.
• Write a letter of support that we can use for funding requests for the AFES Program.
• Provide feedback in the Spring 2015 AFES Experience Survey after each trip.