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	IMPORTANT DANCING CLASSROOMS LINKS • Download Dancing Classrooms Brochure - HERE • Download Dancing Classrooms Info/History - HERE • Link to the National Site for Dancing Classrooms - HERE



DANCING CLASSROOMS was founded in 1994 by Pierre Dulaine & the American Ballroom Theater in the public schools of New York. This program has been featured in the documentary “Mad Hot Ballroom” and the feature film “Take the Lead.” PACIFIC BALLROOM DANCE of Auburn, WA is now partnering with Dancing Classrooms to bring this program to the South Puget Sound area in the Fall term of 2010. DANCING CLASSROOMS is: • A standards-based social development program • Offered to 5th grade boys & girls • A 10 week session, taught 2 times per week - Consists of twenty 45 minute classes • 6 dances are covered in each 10 week session: - Merengue - Tango - Foxtrot - Swing - Rumba - Waltz In the 2009-2010 school year, over 45,000 children were inspired and educated through the Dancing Classrooms program in 500 schools in 19 cities. YOUR SCHOOL COULD BE NEXT!		DANCING CLASSROOMS facts: • All 5th grade classrooms at each participating school are required to participate. • Each 5th grade classroom costs $3500 - Each school/PTA/PTSA is expected to raise $1750/classroom. - Pacific Ballroom Dance will help fundraise the remaining $1750/classroom. • Pacific Ballroom Dance will provide a Teaching Artist to lead each class during the 10 week series. • A school provided teacher must be present in each session as a supervisor. • The last session of each 10 week series will be an in-class showcase for parents to see student progress. • At the end of the series your school will participate in a Colors of the Rainbow Match. - This is a chance for students to showcase their abilities through a multi-school competition. For more information about our program or to enroll your school in Dancing Classrooms - please contact CLARISSE CRISOSTOMO 253-347-4180 Community Liaison of Pacific Ballroom Dance Clarisse@PacificBallroom.org



Dancing Into The Curriculum: Dancing Classrooms can be easily integrated into Reading & Writing, Math, Social Studies, Physical Education, and Visual Arts. What Principals Have to Say: In a Principal Survey of 240 New York City principals in the 2008-2009 school year: 96% saw positive change in the way children treated each other 92% saw improvement in school climate 81% believe the program improved academic performance 80% thought the program improved behavior management problems 70% thought the program increased parental involvement What Communities Have to Say: Philliber Research Associates of St. Louis, Missouri conducted a survey with these results: Respondents agreed that Dancing Classrooms: • Helped students overcome social anxieties • Enhanced respect and increased social skills • Increased student confidence and self-esteem • Increased student awareness of other cultures • Increased student physical development, coordination and participation in physical activity What Parents & Students Have to Say: Teacher Comment: Many learned how to interact better with their peers; many learned to be more respectful of one another. Student Comment: It helped me feel more confident to dance and work with boys.