February 2022

CETA Members Happy New Year! I hope you are doing well and that your second semester is starting to get off to a good start....despite the latest Omicron surge! This is a very extensive newsletter that covers many of the important happenings in theatre education occurring all over the state. Please take some time to look through the information below. This newsletter features the following:

Arts and Music Initiative Stand Up 4 Arts Education Day Call for Student Speakers and Performers California Arts Education Frameworks Launch Celebrating Black History Month CETA's 1st BIPOC Scholarship Recipient Advocacy Info Membership Corner Celebrations Meet a New CETA Board Member CETA Partner Info: Ludus On behalf of the CETA Board of Directors I want to remind you that CETA is here to serve you. Please do not hesitate to let us know what we can do for you. As always, thank you for your membership. If you have any thoughts or suggestions please do not hesitate to email me at mdespars@cetaweb.org.

Cheers, Michael J. Despars President, California Educational Theatre Association

Californians for Arts and Music Education in Public Schools Launch

This measure will transform Arts and Music education in California by providing nearly $1 Billion a year in dedicated funding for public schools to use for arts and music education. This is the funding we’ve been fighting for to provide more arts and music teachers, training and supplies to ensure our students receive this critical piece of their development and education.  Our first goal: collect as many signatures from your colleagues as possible by February 11. Petition packets are in the mail and heading your way with petitions, explanatory materials and postage-paid envelopes to return as many signatures as you can.   Our next goal: organize your school community to collect signatures from parents and other arts education supporters. We’ll have more information on that in the days ahead. Here’s how you can help now:   Collect 10 signatures or more from your school colleagues and friends by February 11, 2022 to be entered to win a $1,000 gift certificate for new classroom supplies from an arts or music store of your choice.  For every 10 signatures you collect, your name will be entered to win. For example, if you collect 30 signatures, you will be entered 3 times and triple your chances of winning!!! Share your story and/or volunteer to be a media spokesperson. We are looking for support in gathering stories–and your voices–so that we can share the impact that arts and music education can have with the media and the public. Please complete a quick 5-minute survey at Story.VoteArtsAndMinds.org to indicate whether you might be willing to support our media effort and/or share a story about your experience. The campaign team will then reach out directly.  Sign up for updates on the campaign website –www.VoteArtsAndMinds.org.

STAND UP FOR ARTS EDUCATION

CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY MONTH

BACKGROUND: In 1926 Dr. Carter G. Woodson instituted the first week-long celebration to raise awareness of African Americans’ contributions to history. Prior to this time, little information could be found regarding African American history. Important achievements were left out of history books, and there was a general misconception that African Americans had made little contribution to U.S. society or history. 50 years later, the week became a month, and today February is celebrated as African American History Month. (SOURCE) Join CETA as we celebrate Black History Month with some resources you can use in your classroom. Celebrating Black History Month: Broadway Milestones You Ought to Know Bringing Black History into the Theatre Classroom* BIPOC Voices and Perspectives Monologue Resource Black Playwrights You Should Know Black Playwrights Classroom Document August Wilson's "The Ground on Which I Stand" Organizations dedicated to Equity and Representation Here are Plays and Musicals by Black Authors You Should Know DO you have an additional resources you would like to share with other CETA Members? Email links and files to mdespars@cateweb.org or share it with us on social media @CaTheatreEd. *The resource is through Theatrefolk's Drama Teacher Academy

ADVOCACY

This is a critical moment in the movement for every student's right to creative expression. Arts programs provide outlets for expression, build resiliency and improve academic performance. Students in your school district should have access to these opportunities. Take action now: Learn about the role of parents, students and community members to serve as advocates and to convince decision makers about the value of arts education. You will walk away with ready-to-use tools from Create CA, CA PTA, Arts for LA and Arts Education Alliance of the Bay Area that will support you in advocating for a creative education for all students in your district. REGISTER HERE

CALIFORNIA ARTS EDUCATION FRAMEWORK LAUNCH

Please join us for the virtual launch! March 1, 2022. 3:30 – 4:45 p.m. Join the celebration! Gain a greater understanding of California’s Arts Education Framework! Learn how the Arts Education Framework supports: Developing students’ artistic literacy; Implementing the California Arts Standards for Public Schools Prekindergarten Through Grade Twelve (Arts Standards); Providing equitable arts education for each and every student.

REGISTER HERE

MEMBERSHIP CORNER

Dear Members, you should have received the CETA Membership card and Welcome Letter. Contact gaijones2013@gmail.com if you did not receive the letter and card which was mailed to your work address or if you received the letter and card, and any correction needs to be made.

CELEBRATIONS

Congratulations to all of schools who participated in the CETA High School Theatre Festival and our Scholarships program. MAINSTAGE WINNERS Area 1 Saugus High School Puffs Area 2 Lakeside High School The Zoo Story Area 3 Fullerton Union High School The Little Prince Area 4 San Juan Hills High School Metamorphoses FESTIVAL OF SCENES Area 1 John Burroughs High School Puffs Area 2 Los Osos High School Suite Surrender Area 3 Corona Del Mar Macbeth Area 4 Vista High School Almost, Maine Area 1 Beverly Hills High School The Great Gatsby Area 2 Kaiser High School Coriolanus Area 3 Mission Viejo Clue Area 4 Mt. Carmel High School Our Town ARTISTIC MERIT AWARDS Chadwick High School As You Wish Jurupa Hills High School Little Women Cerritos High School The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) San Juan Hills Pride and Prejudice RECORDED SCENEWORKS Livermore High School The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) Lakeside High School The Curious Art of Critique Portola High School Fifty Professional Scenes for Student Actors RECORDED ORIGINAL SCENEWORKS Fullerton Union High School The Boat Lakeside High School DABDA

Congratulations to all of our CETA High School Theatre Festival Participants!

MEET THE NEWEST CETA BOARD MEMBER

Will Goldyn was nominated by his students and was further honored by the Fulfillment Fund organization as one of the top educators in Los Angeles. Being a proud member of DTASC, EdTA (Go Troupe #7573!), and CETA for many years, he is very excited to join the CETA board. He is a National Board Certified Teacher and a Center Theatre Group Bravo award recipient who has directed over 48 high school productions, including the CETA’s award-winning productions of Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Steel Magnolias, and Noises Off, as well as the Jerry Herman’s Best Musical nominee In The Heights. Will's MA thesis production of The Crucible was selected to perform at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland. Besides receiving an MA in Theatre Education from the University of Northern Colorado, he was also educated in Prague and Vienna, being one of only fifteen teachers in the US to earn the National Endowment for the Humanities Scholarship that year. He currently teaches all levels of acting, directing, and speech at Grand Arts, or Ramon C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts. Will married his prom date, Nancy, (14 years later!) and they have two children, Liam (14) and Maya (12).

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