Howe Hall AIMS is one of four Berkeley County School District schools to score an ABC Advancement Grant worth $13,000 this year to support the arts.
ABC Advancement Grants are funded by the South Carolina Arts Commission (or SCAC) and support schools committed to implementing standards-based arts curricula and to making the arts an integral part of the basic curriculum and daily classroom instruction.
Howe Hall AIMS plans to use its earnings for professional development for teachers. It will also help bring the North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble Performance to visit the school, as well as percussion master James Cannon to come and work with the fourth graders. Wood sculptor Roger Day is slated to work with the first graders as well. The grant will further cover travel expenses for events like the Palmetto State Arts Education annual conference, the ABC fall and spring site visit.
This is part of a larger story about grants that BCSD recently received to support the arts. To learn more, click here.