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Dia del Sol 2012Dia del Sol 2012A celebration to benef it the A celebration to benef it the
Cook Arts Center Cook Arts Center and the and the
Cook Library CenterCook Library CenterThursday, June 21, 5-7:30 pm
At the Cook Arts Center644 Grandville Avenue SW
644 Grandville Avenue SW
Grand Rapids MI 49503
Phone: (616) 742-0692
www.gaah.org
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Grand Rapids, MI
Permit No. 153
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BELIEVE 2 BECOMEGrandville Avenue Arts & Humanities is part of a community-wide effort known as Believe 2 Become that is mobilizing organizations and individuals to help students of Grand Rapids Public Schools achieve academic success. Our programs align with the B2B principles of recognizing the unlimited potential of our children and youth, setting high expectations, and creating opportunities for them to realize their dreams and reach their potential.
Active in the Grandville Avenue neighborhood and three other “hope zones” in the city, Believe 2 Become initiated its Summer Learning Academy in 2010 to counteract the summer learning loss phenomenon. Studies show that most children lose ground in math and reading over the summer months, but the problem is more prevalent among low-income children. As these learning losses accumulate year after
year, many low-income youth are significantly behind their more affluent peers by the time they reach high school.
This past summer more than 100 children improved their reading, writing, math, and critical thinking skills through programs at the Cook Arts Center and the Cook Library Center. At the Arts Center, Program Director Steffanie Rosalez worked with our instructors to weave reading, writing, and math into our classes. In a program titled “Exploring Our World,” Arts Center students studied Scotland, Japan, Chile, Hawaii, and India through sculpture, drumming, clay, painting, music, creative writing, dance, theater, and gardening. They read and wrote about countries, cultures, artists, and art forms, and they honed their math skills through calculations in art and clay class and by breaking down rhythms in dance and music class.
“Exploring Our World” included a local component as well. The students visited agencies in the Grandville Avenue neighborhood and went on field trips to the Grand Rapids Art Museum, the Grand Rapids Public Library, and Schuler Books & Music. They read about and visited La Grande Vitesse and created Calder-inspired sculptures. They saw the Broadway Grand Rapids production of Shrek at DeVos Hall and Robin Hood at Circle Theatre. After Robin Hood the students toured Aquinas College where they had a lively discussion about colleges and careers.
The students learned about neighborhood history with a special tour of the Grand Rapids Public Library Archives. Here they viewed photos and maps of their houses and neighborhood landmarks a century ago. “I’ve never seen kids so interested in history,”
Luis, Ronny, and 28 other children and
Luis, Ronny, and 28 other children and chaperones rode The Rapid to the GRAM.
chaperones rode The Rapid to the GRAM.
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Ten-year-old Maria was a program assistant at the
Ten-year-old Maria was a program assistant at the
Cook Library Center last summer.
Cook Library Center last summer.
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MissionMissionTransforming lives in the Grandville
Avenue neighborhood through
reading and the arts. Celebrating
the community’s cultural richness.
Board of DirectorsBoard of DirectorsAndy Angelo
Tina Bain
Marcia Borowka
Marie Brill, Secretary/Treasurer
Jim Foerster
Jorge Gonzalez, Vice President
Debb Kalmbach, President
Dick Ortega
Laura Radle, 2nd Vice President
José Rosario
Gary Stark
StaffStaffMarjorie Kuipers,
Executive Director
Steffanie Rosalez,
Arts Center Director
Sue Garza,
Library Director
Madeline Kaczmarczyk,
Pottery Studio Manager
Eva Jenson,
Outreach Coordinator
Noemi Ashley,
Receptionist
Edwin Campos,
Library Assistant
Irma Hernandez,
Housekeeping
Grandville Avenue Arts &
Humanities is a 501(c)3
organization. All contributions
are tax deductible to the full
extent of the law.
Grandville Avenue
Arts & Humanities
644 Grandville Avenue SW
Grand Rapids MI 49503
Phone: (616) 742-0692
Fax: (616) 742-5499
www.gaah.org
Steffanie said. “They were so fascinated by the library’s archives that they asked if they could visit again.”
Children at the Cook Library Center were equally busy during the summer months. Our Library was one of five programs across the country selected to pilot The Electric Company, a new PBS KIDS summer learning curriculum. Led by Outreach Coordinator Eva Jenson, 18 students ages six to nine viewed lively video segments, played educational computer games, and completed worksheets that strengthened their math and literacy skills. These children started the 2011-12 school year with over fifty new vocabulary words in English and Spanish.
Librarian Sue Garza and her team of staff and volunteers led our older students in reading, writing, science, math, and computer activities. The Summer Reading Club included a competition, and participants rose to the challenge. Thirty-two children read a total of 1,050 books over an eight-week period. The top two readers, Julio and Manuel, read an impressive 159 books each!
We appreciate community partners like Believe 2 Become, for they are helping us provide the tools our children need to succeed in school and in life. The sky’s the limit for these bright, creative youngsters.
John HuntingHuntington BankRalph HutchinsonWin and Kyle IrwinSue Ann JabinAnthony Kroes and Michelle JeffriesJaye Beeler and Richard JelierBruce and MerriBeth JelsemaErma JohnsonMadeline KaczmarczykCelia KaiserDebra and Kevin KalmbachKatherine Smith KennedyHelen KinsworthyKen KolkerMelinda and John KopecMary KretschmanSylvia KrissoffLacks Enterprises, Inc.Donna LareauAnicia LatterMarcie and Mark LewisSuzanne Butler LichLincoln Country ClubTom and Anne LoganPatrick J. LonerganElizabeth Welch and Jerry LykinsMacatawa BankMaggie’s KitchenMarco New American BistroChet and Elaine MaternowskiTim Chester and Henry MatthewsJamie and Gerilyn MayMeijer, Inc.Hank and Liesel MeijerMercantile Bank of MichiganCarl MeyeringMichigan Council for Arts and Cultural AffairsErica MillbrooksMiller Johnson, Attorneys & CounselorsThe Mines Golf CourseGretchen MinnhaarMOSS TelecomPatrick and Christine MuldoonDennis Nagelkirk Mary and Jim NelsonDiane NiehofPampered BeginningsPanopoulos SalonPapers PlusPepsi Beverages CompanyJulie Denko PetriePilgrim’s Run Golf CourseLaura and David RadleAllen and Charline RiceReb RobertsRocky Mountain Chocolate FactoryRod and Barb Rodriguez
Thank You!GAAH received cash or in-kind donations from these individuals, agencies, foundations, and businesses from November 15, 2010, to November 15, 2011. We are grateful for the generous support of each and every one.
Amway CorporationAmway Grand Plaza HotelAndres AbreauLynn AndersonJudith AndersonAnonymousArts Council of Greater Grand RapidsTina and Mark BainBaldwin FoundationBob and Juanita BaltierrezKelly BaxterJohn and Susan BerginJerry BertaEdith BlodgettCarrie BoerMarcia and Ken BorowkaEric BouwenMarie BrillBob and Kathy BrowerAnna Moore ButznerCafé AromasCalvin College/Boer-Bennink HallCameron FoundationAide CedilloCherie Inn
Marti Childs Circle TheatreJerry and Toni ClayThe ConservatoryConsumers Energy CompanyPeter C. and Emajean Cook FoundationCookies by DesignJohn CoulterJen and Scott CrowleyCurves for WomenAnne Armstrong and Tim CusackDTE Energy FoundationEric DeLongPete and Tuti DeMaagdDick and Betsy DeVos Family Fdn.Douglas and Maria DeVos FoundationRichard and Helen DeVos FoundationJeanne Elders and Ron DeWaardCinthia and Randy DewaldAndrew DeYoungBetsy and Stanley DoleDominican Sisters - Grand RapidsEileen Schwarz-Duty and Jimmy DutyEastern Floral & GiftsLouise and John EdisonAaron and Aimee EinfeldCami EstepTodd and Erin FettigNorma FickTommy FitzgeraldFerris State UniversityJim FoersterForest Hills Fine Arts CenterLinda and Tony FosterFountain Street ChurchJeff and Sheila FrankFrederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture ParkCharles and Mary FrydrychReyna GarciaLaurie and Don GardnerMarjorie GellGene and Tubie GilmoreBeth GoebelGrand Rapids Art MuseumGrand Rapids Ballet CompanyGrand Rapids Community CollegeGrand Rapids Community FoundationGrand Rapids Grifffi nsGrand Rapids Public LibraryGrand River BankGrand Valley State UniversityKimberly and James HamiltonTerri and Michael HandlinThe Highland GroupDirk and Vickie Hoffi usMeegan HollandHop Scotch Children’s StoreHopcatJ.C. Huizenga
Ande RoeserMilt and Barb RohwerRoMan ManufacturingSteffanie RosalezJosé RosarioMaureen RoslanicHelen RossanoMary Ann SaboSan Chez A Tapas BistroVernis SchadSebastian FoundationFred SebulskeSelect BankService Reproduction CompanyLarry and Elaine ShayStella ShieldsGeoff ShirleyPam and Paul SlaghSlemons FoundationEdward and Patricia SmithAnn Sullivan and David SoetSouthland Auto WashThe SparrowsEd SpicerKathleen Underwood and Gary StarkState Farm InsuranceSteelcase, Inc.Dolores SteinJulie and John StiversStudent Advancement FoundationJerome and Judy SubarSteele and Mary TaylorThomas M. Cooley Law SchoolMelissa ThompsonMarilyn TitcheTravel Gear ApparelUniversal Forest ProductsUrban Institute for Contemporary ArtsVanAndel ArenaSteve and Cindy VanAndelVandenberg JewelersKimberly and Greg VandenBergVanderWeide Family FoundationKen and ChiChi VanDykeNorma and Buzz VanKuikenVarnum LLPMary VermeerVictoria VuletichWOOD-TV8Gary and Jan WalkerWalker Ice & Fitness CenterAndrea WallaceWege FoundationWest Fulton Dairy QueenWest Michigan WhitecapsPhil WilsonSusan WoldKate & Richard Wolters FoundationRichard and Barbara Young
Honor and Memorial GiftsCarole R. Connell in memory of Tim Johnson
David & Jennifer Khorey in honor of Katherine KhoreyRuth Sklar in honor of Suzanne Remes
Kurt and Sharon Stiansen in memory of José NarezoCat & Roger Timermanis in honor of José & Lynne HernandezCat & Roger Timermanis in honor of Michael & Mary Stearns
Edwin & Joanne Weis in honor of Gary & Jan Walker
In Memory of Peter C. CookAmway Corporation
Dennis Baxter Daniel & Pamella DeVos
Dick & Betsy DeVos Douglas & Maria DeVos
Marjorie KuipersBob & Cherie VanderWeide
Peter M. Wege