Philip Simmons Middle 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.
Philip Simmons Middle’s theatre teacher, Charles Atkins, said in addition to the fall and spring ABC site visits, funding will support three week-long artists in residence to work with the students in art, band and theatre. Funds will also cover supplies and materials for those subject areas.
This is part of a larger story about grants that BCSD recently received to support the arts. To learn more, click here.