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Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall

Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall

Engagement in the Arts is essential to every student, teacher, and community member. With this belief is at its core, the Van Wezel is committed to assuring each student receives a well-rounded education, each teacher has tools and resources to reach every student, and every community member has

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In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson

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Exploration Description

In 1947, the Year of the Boar, a young girl leaves China with her parents for a new beginning in America... But it's harder than she expected. Though her classmates in Brooklyn come from a variety of backgrounds, Shirley is the only one who doesn't speak English, and she worries that she will never have a friend.

But through a new love of the Brooklyn Dodgers (especially her hero Jackie

...

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Exploration Detail

Exploration type: Off-Campus Field Trip, Off-Campus Performance
Subject: Language Arts, Social Studies, Theater, World Languages
Grade Levels 3-5, 6-8
Available times:

10 and 11:45

Location(s):

Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall

777 North Tamiami Trail

Sarasota, FL

34236

Fees / Ticketing:

$7 per ticket

All schools are eligible for bus reimbursements

Title I schools are eligible for free tickets

Standards & Benchmarks

ELA.3.R.1.1ELA.4.R.1.1ELA.5.R.1.1
ELA.6.R.1.1TH.3.S.1.1TH.4.S.1.1
TH.5.S.1.1TH.68.S.1 

Transportation

Is transportation needed for this exploration?: Yes
If Yes, who arranges transportation?: School
Is financial assistance offered?: Yes

Program info

Summer or Family Programs Offered?: yes

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