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Executive Director - Morris McCorvey
Executive Director’s Report Second Quarter – April-July 2009
Bartlesville Regional United Way Programs The After School Zone Ended the school year with etiquette and personal hygiene workshops on Tuesdays and Thursdays. On May 1, Sally Jenkins visited for our fourth annual wrappings of the Maypole. Ms. Jenkins is a member of the local folk dance society. After School Zone students visited the Price Tower for its Worlds Fair exhibit for the year’s final field trip. All . . . Zone enrollees were awarded 50% scholarships to Summer Fine Arts ’09.
On-Cue Wrapped up the school year with an increased enrollment of about 50% dues to its outreach into North Tulsa. On the group’s annual field trip, eight students with 100% attendance for the year, and two chaperones, went to San Antonio, Texas. Under the direction of Mrs. Jackson, the program started back up for the fall semester on Sept. 11.
Center for Fine Arts April and May were dedicated to planning for Summer Fine Arts 2009. SFA activities began June 1. Our initial SFA enrollment (16) increased approximately 25% each week of June, peaking at 32 students. The Center partnered with the Price Tower Arts Center on June 20 for our Juneteenth Celebration.
Work Ethics Pro$per The Apprentice Class of 2009 held its graduation luncheon May 9 at 66 FCU. Twenty-four apprentices were placed this year, starting June 1. on June 26, apprentices were treated to miniature golf and a cookout at Sooner Park, with the SFA kids as their guests (thanks to Cindy and Mike Dronyk). Applications for the Class of 2010, available at the Center office and on our website, were accepted through Sept. 11.
Community Outreach Director McCorvey met with Wilson School Principal Sandra Kent and Counselor Karen Salge about the Peaceful Warriors program at Wilson. -- The Douglassaires, alumni of the old separate-but-equal school, held their tri-annual reunion here at the Center on July 21-25. -- We are initiating a partnership with Tjuana Boulanger, a resident of Brookhaven Apts, who is working with kids there.
Fundraising All That Jazz 2010 will feature Grady Nicols at Hillcrest Country Club, Feb. 27 at 6 p.m. – We received a $10,000 Venture Grant from the United Way for the Peaceful Warriors program and $1,000 from the Bartlesville Community Foundation for the same program. Conoco-Phillips employees donated $200 for SFA scholarships. -- Our fourth annual Bedlam Raffle of OU-OSU football tickets began Aug. 1. The raffle will end in early October in compliance with the United Way blackout period. – In coming months, we will be submitting requests for assistance to Bartlesville Allied Arts & Humanities Council, Oklahoma Arts Council, Wal-Mart MDC, M.C. Price and the Lyons Foundation. We will also be seeking assistance from Doenges Ford for repair on our Ford van.
Plans Dir. McCorvey has agreed to work with COP’s Cory Phillips and Erin Tullos on establishing a science program for youth called Science Café. The first Science Café took place at the Center on Sept. 19. |
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