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(#Santa LTi ecool istrictStefanie P. Phillips, Ed.13. Superintendent of Schools April 27, 2018 Kevin Cabrera Executive Director Heritage Museum 3101 W Harvard St, Santa Ana, CA 92704 Dear Kevin, On behalf of Santa Ana Unified School District, we are happy to lend our wholehearted support to the Heritage Museum's pursuit of the City of Santa Ana —Investing in the Artist Grant Opportunity —Arts Organizations grant proposal Our mission is fostering socially conscious artist scholars with the skills to adapt and thrive in an ever-changing world. This Is accomplished when our students have the opportunity to have real-world connections and Intersections with our community, especially in the arts. The opportunity to work collaboratively with local muralists to capture the history and heritage of Santa Ana Is a significant opportunity for our students. As Santa Ana Unified School District has achieved its 1301" year and the city approaches its 1501h year, there is much rich culture and roots put down on which our current students are able to build. It's important for them to know and connect to those roots as we create civic - minded students who are engaged in their community and want to give back and stay connected. This opportunity will be rich and robust and provide multiple levels of student engagement with the community through partnership with The Heritage Museum, Santa Ana Unified has enjoyed a thriving partnership with the Heritage Museum who provides many educational and experiential learning in the context of our community. The impact of the partnership includes 1.) building students' awareness of the community, the city and its history and making it accessible to them; 2.) exposing students to the arts in real-life settings and giving them access to local artists in the community 3.) emphasizing the value of art and art education and the viability as related to the creative economy and the economic impact of the arts thereon, and 4.) cultivating engaged young artists. We recognize that our students have the opportunity to fuel the creative economy with one in to jobs being directly connected, and new jobs emerging that are not yet developed. We need to prepare our students to step into this important pipeline and can only do so through our critical partnerships with our community partners including The Heritage Museum provides our students. As an arts equity district, SAUSD Is willing to support equitable access to high quality arts education. We wholeheartedly support The Heritage Museum grant proposal and are excited to continue to work together as we build new programs, providing meaningful opportunities for our SAUSD students, VR Nair Visual and Performing Arts Specialist Santa Ana Unified School District President, California Art Education Association =-..a 1601 East Chestnut Avenue, Santa Ana, OA 92701-6322 (714) 555-5501 BOAM OF EDUCATION Valerie Amezcun, President - Rigo Rodriguez, Ph.D., Vice President Alfonso Alvarez, Ed.D., Clerk • Cecilia "Ceci" aglesias, Member. John Palaclo, Member