Proclamation_ Arts Education Month 2010
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, arts education contributes powerful, educational benefits to all
elementary, middle, and secondary students; and
WHEREAS, arts education develops students’ creative problem-solving and
critical thinking abilities in addition to teaching sensitivity to beauty,
order and other expressive qualities; and
WHEREAS, collaborative skills, innovation, multi-cultural values and beliefs and
the inter-relation of all subjects are reinforced through curriculums
that include arts education; and
WHEREAS, arts education brings to life what students learn in other subjects
and assists with real-life and work readiness; and
WHEREAS, our state and national leaders have acknowledged the necessity of
including arts experiences in all students’ education for the “whole
child.”
NOW THEREFORE, I, ROY D. BUOL, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA,
ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, STAFF AND CITIZENS OF DUBUQUE, DO
HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF MARCH 2010 AS
“ARTS EDUCATION MONTH”
IN THE CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA, AND ENCOURAGE THE SUPPORT OF
QUALITY SCHOOL ARTS PROGRAMS FOR OUR CHILDREN AND YOUTH.
IN WITNESS THEREOF, I have hereunto set
my hand and caused the Great Seal of the
th
City of Dubuque to be affixed this 15 day
of March, 2010.
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Roy D. Buol, Mayor
Attest:
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Jeanne F. Schneider, CMC, City Clerk
2010: Submitted and accepted by Greg Orwoll, Iowa Alliance for Arts Educators
Board, PO Box 515, Dubuque, IA 52001, greg@colts.org , 563-582-4872