The elementary schools this week were awarded grant money by the Kentucky Arts Council for travel to and from arts-related field trips for students.
The Arts Council awarded close to $5,000 to schools across the state through the popular TranspARTation Grant. Awarded on a quarterly basis, the grant program is in its third year.
Schools that received grants and the arts organizations they will visit are:
- East Calloway Elementary, Calloway County, to the Carson Center in Paducah, $816
- W. D. Osborne Elementary, Floyd County, to Lexington Children’s Theatre, $800
- Sedalia Elementary, Graves County, to the Carson Center in Paducah, $144
- Helmwood Heights Elementary, Hardin County, to Stage One Family Theatre in Louisville, $1,224
- Our Lady of the Mountains Elementary, Johnson County, to Lexington Children’s Theatre and the Explorium, $460
- Mount Sterling Elementary, Montgomery County, to Lexington Children’s Theatre, $468
- Centerfield Elementary, Oldham County, to Stage One Family Theatre, $264
- Southside Elementary, Pike County, to Jenny Wiley Theatre at the University of Pikeville, $400
- Bowen Elementary, Powell County, to Lexington Children’s Theatre, $196
- Southern Elementary, Scott County, to Lexington Philharmonic, $132
Any Kentucky public or private school that supports grades pre-K through 12 is eligible to apply for a TranspARTation Grant. Officials said applications for the next round of funding are due Dec. 1, for field trips that take place between Jan. 1 to June 30, 2014.
Schools that receive TranspARTation grants must attend arts events presented by one of many pre-approved TranspARTation organizations.
