5 Beaufort County schools receive grants to promote arts in classroom

Five Beaufort County schools have won more than $52,000 in grants to enhance arts education in their classrooms, the South Carolina Arts Commission has announced.

The five schools were:

— Beaufort Middle School ($9,437) and Mossy Oaks Elementary ($12,883), who will work together to produce a musical performance of “The Lion King Jr.” The grants also will help support the schools’ artists-in-residence programs.

— Hilton Head Island School for the Creative Arts ($10,799), which will use its grant to purchase dance shoes, arts supplies, costumes and props for theater productions and teacher professional development in the arts.

— Lady’s Island Elementary ($11,509), which will create expanded performing arts spaces in classrooms, support its artists-in-residence program and also purchase classroom materials that support the integration of the arts into its curriculum.

— Lady’s Island Middle ($8,327), which will create a lab for arts and math teachers to use in creating collaborative student projects that involve both disciplines. The grant will also support the school’s artists-in-residence program.

Created by the General Assembly in 1967, the South Carolina Arts Commission works to increase public participation in the arts through arts education, community arts development and artist development.

This story was originally published April 26, 2016 at 10:02 AM with the headline "5 Beaufort County schools receive grants to promote arts in classroom."