VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS (VAPA) at TOPANGA ELEMENTARY CHARTER SCHOOL
THE VAPA COMMITTEE
The Visual and Performing Arts Committee was established in 2017 as a sub-committee of TEP, to evaluate and suggest ways in which the arts program at Topanga Elementary Charter School can grow and improve. VAPA is looking for new committee members for 2019/20! Please sign up for more info if you’re interested!
VAPA’S MISSION...
...is to continuously develop our school’s arts programs in order to provide meaningful and inspiring content for our children. We believe that by making art accessible to everyone, we strengthen our community and foster freedom of expression, creativity and the celebration of life through the arts.
EDUCATION
Per our charter, Topanga Elementary Charter School (TECS) has invested time and resources to develop a one-of-a-kind arts education experience for our children, including the following:
CONTACT: The VAPA Committee –topangavapa@gmail.com
The Visual and Performing Arts Committee was established in 2017 as a sub-committee of TEP, to evaluate and suggest ways in which the arts program at Topanga Elementary Charter School can grow and improve. VAPA is looking for new committee members for 2019/20! Please sign up for more info if you’re interested!
VAPA’S MISSION...
...is to continuously develop our school’s arts programs in order to provide meaningful and inspiring content for our children. We believe that by making art accessible to everyone, we strengthen our community and foster freedom of expression, creativity and the celebration of life through the arts.
EDUCATION
Per our charter, Topanga Elementary Charter School (TECS) has invested time and resources to develop a one-of-a-kind arts education experience for our children, including the following:
- Visual & Performing Arts Curriculum: TECS provides a formal arts curriculum for all grades K – 5, including Art, Dance, and Music. TECS also offers after-school performance programs including Focusfish, RockStar and Orchestra. As of 2018, TECS now has dedicated Art & Music classrooms.
- Topanga Enrichment Programs (TEP) – the TECS booster club - funds many of the visual and performing arts enrichment programs at Topanga Elementary Charter School.
- Art Trek / Dedicated Art Teacher: for the 2018-2019 Calendar year, a large group of parent volunteers received Art Trek training and taught art lessons to each class. TEP/VAPA has raised funds for a dedicated art teacher starting in 2019-2020.
- Student Art Show: Parent volunteers organize an annual student art show featuring works by all students at Topanga Canyon Gallery.
- TECS Auction: Every year, each class creates a unique and meaningful art project which is sold at the auction to raise funds for TEP.
- Fall Variety Show: VAPA produces an annual variety show and art gallery featuring visual arts and performing arts by Topanga Elementary Charter School students of all ages.
- The Story Pirates: VAPA sponsors school-wide events with The Story Pirates Changemakers, who turn kids' original stories into wild sketch comedy musicals featuring professional actors.
- Art Lunch Club: Parent volunteers supervise art projects for kids during recess.
- Lunchtime Music: VAPA sponsors local musicians to play during lunch for the students.
- Field Trips: Kindergarten and first-grade students visit Theatricum Botanicum every year.
- Community Outreach: last year, students participated in Butterfly Day and helped decorate the Canyon Sage's new senior center at the Topanga Community Club.
CONTACT: The VAPA Committee –topangavapa@gmail.com
