DC School & Community Initiatives
Program Name
DC School and Community Initiatives, established in 1992, partners with District of Columbia public and charter schools to ensure quality arts education programs are included as an integral component of a complete education for Pre-K to grade 12 students, and improves access to Kennedy Center performances and events for schools and organizations that serve under-resourced communities of the greater Washington metropolitan area.
About the Program
The DC Partnership Schools Initiative supports select public and charter schools in Washington, DC to enhance arts education. Schools engage in a strategic planning process to develop their individualized arts education goals and objectives, and participate in Kennedy Center's artists in schools programs, engage in professional learning for educators, and attend performances and events at the Kennedy Center. Select DC public and charter schools have partnered with the Kennedy Center in the 2019-2020 school year. ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵÃâ·Ñ°æapp is a managing partner of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, a nationally recognized college preparatory and pre-professional high school for students in the performing, visual and fine arts.
²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵÃâ·Ñ°æapp supports under-resourced schools and organizations to attend Kennedy Center performances and events. The programs include Get on the Bus, a program supporting Title I schools to attend Kennedy Center daytime performances and the NSO Family Concert Program, providing access to NSO Family performances to students and families who otherwise may not be able to attend due to limited financial resources.
Partnership with District of Columbia Public Schools
- DC Partnership Schools Initiative
- Duke Ellington School Partnership
- Get on the Bus
- NSO Family Concerts
Additional support is provided by Exelon, Harman Family Foundation, The Morningstar Foundation, The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, Prince Charitable Trusts, Dr. Deborah Rose and Dr. Jan A. J. Stolwijk, the U.S. Department of Education, and Capital One.
The content of these programs may have been developed under a grant from the U.S. Department of Education, but do not necessarily represent the policy of the U.S. Department of Education. You should not assume endorsement by the federal government.
Kennedy Center Education
Generous support for educational programs at the Kennedy Center is provided by the U.S. Department of Education.
Gifts and grants to educational programs at the Kennedy Center are provided by The Paul M. Angell Family Foundation; Bank of America; Capital One; The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation; Carnegie Corporation of New York; The Ednah Root Foundation; Harman Family Foundation; William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust; the Kimsey Endowment; The Kiplinger Foundation; Laird Norton Family Foundation; Lois and Richard England Family Foundation; Dr. Gary Mather and Ms. Christina Co Mather; The Markow Totevy Foundation; Dr. Gerald and Paula McNichols Foundation; The Morningstar Foundation; Myra and Leura Younker Endowment Fund; The Irene Pollin Audience Development and Community Engagement Initiatives;
Prince Charitable Trusts; Dr. Deborah Rose and Dr. Jan A. J. Stolwijk; Rosemary Kennedy Education Fund; The Embassy of the United Arab Emirates; The Victory Foundation; The Volgenau Foundation; Volkswagen Group of America; Jackie Washington; GRoW @ Annenberg and Gregory Annenberg Weingarten and Family; Wells Fargo; and generous contributors to the Abe Fortas Memorial Fund and by a major gift to the fund from the late Carolyn E. Agger, widow of Abe Fortas. Additional support is provided by the National Committee for the Performing Arts..
The content of these programs may have been developed under a grant from the U.S. Department of Education but does not necessarily represent the policy of the U.S. Department of Education. You should not assume endorsement by the federal government.