WESTBOROUGH SCHOOL COMMITTEE RECEIVES ARTS ADVOCATE AWARD    

The Westborough public schools has received the Massachusetts School Committee Arts Advocate Award by the Arts/Learning Collaborative.  The award was in recognition of their outstanding support of arts education, and for providing artistic and educational leadership in the commonwealth.    

The honor was given to the school committee for being the Massachusetts nominee for the 2010 Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education Network and National School Boards Association Award.   Citations from the House of Representatives and the State Senate were presented  to David Jost, Coordinator of Fine Arts for Westborough.

In addition the Arts/Learning presented a handcrafted award "Spiritkeeper" urn by artist Judith Motzkin of Cambridge.  Each year the Arts/Learning has a Massachusetts artist  hand craft an award for all recipients to receive.  Executive Director Jonathan C. Rappaport presented the awards at a state house ceremony recently.

Arts|Learning is a member of the Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education Network--a consortium of 35 state alliances across the United States dedicated to arts advocacy and quality arts education for the nation's children.

David Jost (Ashland), Coordinator of Fine Arts Westborough receives the Massachusetts School Committee Arts Advocate Award by the Arts/Learning Collaborative Executive Director Jonathan C. Rappaport at the state house award ceremony.

Karyn Polito, Representative for Westborough, David Jost, Coordinator of Fine Arts for Westborough and Judith Wilchynski, Westborough Music Parents Association.

[Note: Thanks to J. Wilchynski of WPMA - the Westborough Music Parents Association - for bringing this to our attention!  -- webmaster]

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