SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP
Purpose:
Arts Every Day’s School Partnership program provides a cohort of Baltimore City Public Schools with customized wrap-around support in creating and sustaining school-wide cultures of the arts where students, educators, and the broader community are able to experience the many benefits of arts-rich schools.
Goals:
Through partnership during SY26/27 with Arts Every Day, participating schools will:
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- Identify areas of strength and areas of growth towards creating an intentional culture of the arts within their school community by completing an Arts Rich Schools Self Assessment.
- Create an Arts Action Plan for how they will use existing resources and partnership from Arts Every Day to support identified areas of growth.
- Gather a combination of qualitative and quantitative data to reflect on the efficacy of efforts carried out through their action plan.
Through ongoing partnership, participating schools will:
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- Examine ways that their school supports and promotes the arts among students, staff, and families.
- Think critically about additional structures and supports that would better support and sustain the arts within their specific school community.
- Implement sustainable structures/supports to better support teaching and learning through arts.
- Reflect on the impact of the arts on students, staff, and families by examining data.
SY26/27 PARTNER SCHOOLS
Bay-Brook Elementary Middle School
Belmont Elementary School
City Neighbors Charter School
City Neighbors High School
Clay Hill Public Charter School
Curtis Bay Elementary School
Elmer A. Henderson: A Johns Hopkins Partner School
Franklin Square Elementary Middle School
Hamilton Elementary Middle School
Roland Park Elementary Middle School
Western High School
SY25/26 School Partnership In Review
During SY25/26, Arts Every Day partnered with a cohort of 11 schools:
- Bay Brook Elementary Middle School
- Belmont Elementary School
- City Neighbors Charter School
- City Neighbors High School
- Clay Hill Public Charter School
- Curtis Bay Elementary School
- Elmer A. Henderson: A Johns Hopkins Partner School
- Fallstaff Elementary School
- Hamilton Elementary Middle School
- Roland Park Elementary Middle School
- Western High School
This cohort includes 10 schools returning to partnership after SY24/25 and one new school, Fallstaff Elementary. All schools in the cohort applied for partnership and demonstrated capacity to take on the responsibilities of partnership during application interviews between staff, administrators, and AED.
Through partnership, schools worked towards achieving a wide range of arts goals, including:
- 6 schools setting a goal for educators to implement a certain number of arts-integrated lessons over the course of the school year
- 5 schools setting a goal for educators to attend a certain number of arts/arts integrated professional development throughout the school year
- 4 schools setting a goal focused on using the arts to support student achievement in a specific content area, such as ELA/writing, math, and science
- 2 schools setting a goal focused on using the arts to support student achievement among a specific student population, such as Gifted and Advanced Learners and Multilingual Learners
- Additional goals included: student exposure to new art forms, increased student participation in district- and state- wide exhibitions and adjudications, and implementation of authentic and relevant arts integration for high school students.
During SY25/26, Partner Schools used funding for 71 programs serving 5,226 students, including:
- 17 workshops
- 16 performances
- 12 residencies
- 9 arts or cultural institution tours
- 8 bus transportation bookings
- 5 teacher professional developments
- 3 supply kits
- 1 family/community engagement event
