• Strengthen the K-12 arts curricula in the Dartmouth Public Schools by affording support to teachers and students
• Foster arts awareness in the community
• Educate the community, teachers, and students as to the need for 21^st Century skills and apprise them how the arts can help build these skills
• Create partnerships between artists in our community and the schools to make learning more relevant

Membership to ABC is $5.00 per calendar year.  Please contact Judy Cronin via email at jcronin@dartmouthps.org or via telephone at 508-961-2727.

Monthly meetings are held in the Level 1 Planning Area of Dartmouth High School.  Our next meeting is on Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at 6:30 p.m.

Our plans for the future include:

• Offering of scholarships to Dartmouth High School Arts students
• Fundraising for these scholarships
• K-12 Arts Exhibit with Dinner
• Visiting Artist Series