Partners in Arts Participation

We were able to serve children from the whole 850 square school district at four different locations spread out throughout the district. 75% of participants’ parents or guardians stated that their child would not have been able to attend if it had not been for these camps being held close to their homes. We had a 98% attendance rate for all four camps. We evaluated this by a parent survey and daily attendance. 2: The Northland Area Family Center was able to create a working relationship with Screen Porch Productions to put on a very successful Summer Art Camp for the youth in District 118. We not only built a relationship with each other but with the local artists in our community. We evaluated this by talking with staff of both agencies to see how they felt about the art camp and the partnerships formed. Both program coordinators talked with each other to see how they felt the partnership worked. We were able to provide educational opportunity for area youth to learn more about the arts. 90% of our campers said that they would return if the camp was offered again. 95% of parents shared that they would send their campers if this camp was held again. By having this camp we were able to offer family support assistance to families during the summer months. We were also able to outreach to families during the camp to offer assistance with other basic needs they may have during the summer months when school is not in session and campers are home. 90% of participants were able to achieve an art goal that they set out to achieve the first day of camp. 2) We had participants and parents both fill out a survey at the end of camp. We also had campers set goals the first day of camp and we checked in on this goal throughout the week and had them share on the last day if they were able to achieve the goal they set.