Philip Simmons Elementary 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.
At Philip Simmons Elementary, music teacher David Frazier said funds will support the school’s strategic plan for the arts, which includes getting artists in residence to visit the school, and setting up field trips for students (seeing the Charleston Symphony Orchestra is one of the planned trips). Funds will also support professional development.
This is part of a larger story about grants that BCSD recently received to support the arts. To learn more, click here.