Friends of The Arts Supports Students Creators
What's FoTA? It's the acronym for Barstow's parent-led group that supports our faculty and students who participate in the creative arts. During the 2022-2023 school year, Friends of The Arts took on new projects that celebrated student involvement and achievement in music, fine arts, BTVN, speech and debate programs.
During the 2022-2023 school year, FoTA:
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- Supported four theatre productions for lower, middle and upper school through
- Sales of candy bouquets and flower posies for performers and crew.
- Concession sales for each show.
- Hosting cast and crew receptions after each closing night.
- Dressing main lobby for four theatre productions to create excitement throughout school.
- Creating main bulletin board design for theatre productions.
- Supported lower school spring music programs with four family receptions.
- Supported kindergarten fall concert with hand-made costumes.
- Supported Middle & Upper School Winter and Spring Concerts with rehearsal dinner and volunteers.
- Hosted Applause Night with a reception to open the Senior Art Fair.
- Supported lower school art with placement and removal of bulletin boards throughout hallways.
- Supported debate by hosting middle school and upper school team end-of-year awards receptions; provided awards and trophies for each, as well as senior departing gift.
- Supported middle school speech by organizing meals for away competitions, hosted first competition dinner to start travel season, gifted sweatshirts to all participants/teachers for successful season.
- Purchased television for BTVN control room.
- Added two new levels to the FoTA membership structure, including additional benefits for lifetime memberships.
- Worked with local theatres to secure event tickets for new members in 2022-2023 (raffle format).
