Title 1 — An Initiative for Fairfax County Elementary Schools

CAPs artist Mad Science of Washington.

Your school can expose students during their formative school years to culturally rich arts experiences.

The goal of the Title 1 Initiative is to increase exposure to the arts among students in Fairfax County Public Schools Title 1 elementary schools by offering professional, high quality arts education programs (art, dance, music, new media, opera, puppetry, storytelling, and theatre.) Our goal is to introduce the CAPs program to every Title 1 school in Fairfax County. In 2011-12, five title 1 schools participated and CAPs performances reached 3,500 students.

Arts Council staff will work with your school to build capacity and bring CAPs to your students.

Yesterday was simply AMAZING. Our students and staff loved it. Performers were great!!! Today I had requests for them to come back next year. Thank you SO MUCH!!

 
Maureen Marshall, Ed.D., Principal
Garfield Elementary School
Fairfax County Public Schools

Benefits of Participating

Many of the CAPs program offerings meet the Standards of Learning requirements and provide a student-friendly environment for exciting and interactive learning.

• Work with our staff to bring CAPs artists to your school for little or no cost;
• Select artists from a high quality, diverse, juried portfolio;
• View all artists’ profiles online;
• See video clips of live performances and photo¬graphs from the artists.

About CAPs

CAPs links artists with Fairfax County Public School students.  Since 1983, through live performances and interactive workshops, CAPs encourages life-long learning and self-expression.  In 2011, more than 70 professional performing, visual and literary CAPs artists provided high-quality arts educational supplement for approximately 49,000 students in 75 of 141 Fairfax County elementary schools.

The Arts Council of Fairfax County received the  Fairfax County Public Schools’ Community Partner of the Year Award in recognition for serving Fairfax County youth in 2011.  

2011-12 Title One Sponsors

This initiative is underwritten in part by the Dominion Foundation, Mary Jo Ford and Verizon.

Benefits Of Participating

Many of the CAPs program offerings meet the Standards of Learning requirements and provide a student-friendly environment for exciting and interactive learning.

1. Select artists from a high quality, diverse, juried portfolio by working closely with Arts Council staff.
2. View all artists’ profiles at our artist directory.
3. See video clips of live performances and photographs from the artists.

Get Involved

If you would like to learn more about the Title 1 Initiative and how your school can participate, please contact Erin Daga, CAPs Assistant, at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or by phone at (703) 642-0862 ext. 7.