Monday, December 11, 2017

Tri-District Arts Summer Program

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2018 Tri-District Arts Consortium Summer Program.  Middle school students who attend the public schools of Lexington One, Lexington/Richland Five and Richland Two are eligible to participate. This year marks the 33rd year Tri-District has provided students with an outstanding and concentrated study of the arts through this summer program.

Richland Two faculty and staff will only be able to nominate students through the Tri-Distirct's online nomination website. Parents may nominate their sons and daughters  by completing the nomination form from the Tri-District Arts website at http://www.tridac.org/. Nomination forms for all art areas, along with general information about the Tri-District Arts Consortium are also available on the website.

The program is designed for artistically gifted and talented students who are rising sixth through ninth graders in the summer before the 2018-2019 school year. Students may audition in creative writing, dance, music (strings, vocal and wind/percussion), theatre or visual art.

The Summer Program will be held on Richland Northeast High School's campus July 2 - 21, 2018. Classes are Monday through Friday 9 AM to 3 PM. Wednesday, July 4th will be observed as a holiday.  Tuition for the three weeks will be $400.00.

All  nominations must be received by January 16, 2018.  Applications will be sent to each nominated student and parent/guardian.  Spaces for qualified students from each district are limited.

Auditions for  Theatre, Visual Art, and Wind/Percussion will be held on Saturday, March 3, 2018 at Richland Northeast High School. Auditions for the areas of Creative Writing, Dance, Strings,  Visual Art and Vocal students will be held Saturday, March 10, 2018 at Richland Northeast High School.  There will be no make-up auditions.