Vision

The Cultural Experience Project was launched during the 2005-2006 school year to afford every Atlanta Public School (APS) student from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade the opportunity to experience the city's premier art and cultural venues. The City of Atlanta's vision is for every student in APS to have minimally one onsite cultural experience at a cultural venue each year that directly ties to Georgia Learning Performance Standards and curriculum goals. Teacher and student educational materials further the students understanding of arts and culture and compliment the age and grade level-appropriate experiences.

The idea is, "one grade, one venue, guaranteed". Art or cultural venues agreed to provide a cultural experience for each APS grade level. The City of Atlanta envisions the opportunity for every student to experience the wealth of Atlanta's cultural venues at no cost to the student.

The purpose and learning outcomes of the initiative are:

• Further students understanding of art and culture
  
• Increase students exposure and knowledge of art and cultural institutions
  
• Enrich student's education beyond the walls of the classroom and reinforce Georgia Performance Standards for core curriculum subjects (language arts, math, science, and social studies), visual arts, literary arts, and music.

2006-2007 Grade Level Experience

Pre-K ImagineIt! The Children's Museum

K Atlanta Botanical Garden

1st Center for Puppetry Arts

2nd Atlanta Ballet

3rd Chattahoochee Nature Center

4th High Museum

5th Atlanta Cyclorama

6th Alliance Theatre

7th Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

8th Fernbank Museum of Natural History

9th The Atlanta Opera

10th Georgia Shakespeare

11th Clark Atlanta University/Art Galleries

12th Atlanta Reads