PERFORMING ARTS GRANT TO HELP TRAIN STUDENTS.Byline: Daily News Elementary school elementary school: see school. students in southeast Kern County will receive performing arts training this year thanks to an $18,000 Arts for the Community grant from Edison International Edison International (NYSE: EIX) is a public utility holding company based in Rosemead, California. Its subsidiaries include Southern California Edison, and un-regulated non-utility assets Edison Mission Energy, a power producer, and Edison Capital. . The grant will underwrite the Arts Council of Kern's ``Arts in Education'' program in elementary schools within the Mojave Unified, Southern Kern Unified and Tehachapi Unified School Districts. The Arts Council's 12-week training program was created to instruct fourth- and fifth-graders in multicultural dance art forms. Professional performers draw from their cultural heritage and training to provide students with a unique experience in the art of the dance, said Alis Clausen, a public affairs regional manager for Southern California Edison Southern California Edison (or SCE Corp), the largest subsidiary of Edison International (NYSE: EIX), is the primary electricity supply company for much of Southern California. It provides 11 million people with electricity. . According to James J. Johnson, executive director of the Arts Council of Kern The Arts Council of Kern is the official Kern County, California, USA arts council. The Arts Council of Kern runs under the California state arts council, the California Arts Council (CAC). , the agency has previously focused on providing arts education to students in the Bakersfield area, with limited services in outlying portions of the county last year. With the grant from Edison, the council will bring an expanded Arts in Education Arts in Education is an expanding field of educational research and practice informed by investigations into learning through arts experiences. It is distinguished from art education by being not so much about teaching art, but focused on: Edison International launched its Arts for the Community Program in January 1998. The goals are to provide increased accessibility and affordability of the arts for underserved communities, to improve appreciation of the arts, and to promote excellence and sustainability of local arts programs. Edison International officials plan to disburse dis·burse tr.v. dis·bursed, dis·burs·ing, dis·burs·es To pay out, as from a fund; expend. See Synonyms at spend. [Obsolete French desbourser, from Old French desborser $1 million in grants annually during a three-year period. |
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