Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, November 8, 2017
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Riverstars performing Arts receives multiyear grant award
RiverStars Performing Arts is
pleased to announce it has received
a three-year grant award from The
Oregon Community Foundation in
partnership with the Ford Family
Foundation. The grant initiative is
called the K-12 Student Success: Out
of School Program and it focuses on
“bolstering student attendance and
academic success among Oregon’s
middle school students of color, rural
and low-income students.” It appeals
to existing programs of any discipline
that are using best practices and
offering summer engagement options.
“This award allows us to expand
our programming to include an
advanced dance class and weekly
summer classes. We are also looking
at ways to include academic support,”
said project leader, Lindsey Gillette.
Over the course of the grant, evaluation
efforts will help track the effects of the
programming. Hard data, like grade
point averages and attendance records
are of interest, but reflective data
about the participant’s self-esteem and
resilience will also be sought.
The awarding foundations have
identified middle school as “a key
transition point and an opportunity to
combat socioeconomic, geographic and
racial inequities in student success.”
Founding lead educator for RiverStars,
Gina Angelique explained, “We hope to
prove that our program leads to better
academic success including better
graduation rates and show positive
impacts on the social development
of our participants too. The arts
are not a luxury, they are critical
to a well rounded education that
empowers youth to be agents of social
improvement, and we are thrilled this
grant will help us continue with our
work.”
The grant amount for the first
year is $35,694. While this and other
grants provide much of our funding,
we are always accepting donations
from our local community. Donations
are tax deductible and can be mailed
or delivered to 201 Caves Hwy, Cave
Junction, OR 97523.
This grant is a part of a concerted
effort between the Illinois Valley
Community Development Organization
and dancefarm to bring substantial
monies to the Illinois Valley for theater
and dance education. This latest award
brings the total to more than $350,000
since the effort began over three years
ago. These monies not only mean that
Illinois Valley youth have opportunities
in the arts, but that quality arts
education jobs are available here.
More than 10 arts jobs have already
been made available to the Valley.
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SLEEP
How much sleep do you need?
That depends. Infants and toddlers need the most sleep-
9 to 10 hours at night, plus naps during the day.
School age children and teens do best with 9 to 11 hours
a night. Most adults require 7 to 8 hours each night.
While older adults need about the same amount of sleep
as younger adults, older adults tend to sleep more lightly
and for shorter periods than do younger adults.
Do some people just need fewer hours of sleep a night?
Yes, it’s estimated that somewhere between 1 and 5 percent
of the population sleep six hours or less without ill effects.
The need for less sleep tends to run in families, as does
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sleep duration.
Sleeping less than 6 hours or more than 9 hours has
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The most important factor in determining how much
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