Realizing the need for additional
Visual and Performing Arts programming for the children of the
Encinitas Union School District,
EEF was able to provide
every third grade student (over 550 children!) the
opportunity to
receive Music and American History instruction in an
exciting and interactive waythrough the
Native American Flute Program.
Funding for this
program was realized through our generous Family Partners,
Legoland Community Day and the
Fall Carnival. The 3rd
Grade students pictured here were invited to showcase this program at
the EUSD Board of Supervisors meeting.
The Native American
Flute Program, a standard's based program enables children to explore the culture, customs,
folklore, legends and storytelling of the Native American people with
a focus on how the flute was used in the American Indian
civilization. Each child receives a flute and learns how and why they
were made, and the history of their use. They decorate their flute
with traditional Native American designs, and learn to produce sounds
that are in the tradition of the American Indian. Children keep their
decorated flutes to take home at the end of the course.
Pictured below (left
to right) is EEF's
2005-2006 Community Partner, Trennis Wright (Kinsell,
Newcomb & De Dios), Lisa Nava (EEF Programs Director), Niels
Lund (Class-A.C.T.), Julie Kokonakis (Flute Instructor), Julie Hindle
(EEF 2005-2006 President) and Leslie Harden (Ocean Knoll Principal).
Realizing the need for additional
Visual and Performing Arts programming for the children of the
Encinitas Union School District,
