MIDDLE SCHOOL OF THE ARTS FOUNDATION INC
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Mission Statement
The Middle School of the Arts Foundation’s is a 501c3 organization whose mission is to raise the funding needed to provide Bak Middle School of the Arts with the resources, opportunities, and experiences required for the highest quality arts enriched education.
About This Cause
The Middle School of the Arts Foundation’s mission is to raise the funding needed to provide Bak Middle School of the Arts with the resources, opportunities, and experiences required for the highest quality arts enriched education, maximizing opportunities for each student to reach their fullest artistic and academic potential. Bak is a nationally recognized public middle school serving an average of 1,300 students per year in sixth through eighth grades. It is part of the District of Palm Beach County Choice Program. Students apply to audition for one of eight art areas including Band, Communications, Dance, Piano, Strings, Theatre, Visual Arts, and Vocal. Demographically, the school serves students geographically from throughout all of Palm Beach County, is 70% female, 30% male, 55% minority, and 42% of the school’s population qualifies for free or reduced lunch. This number has grown from 24% in recent years. Academically, Bak has been ranked as the highest achieving middle school in the county for over twenty years, and top five in the State of Florida for the last ten years. It has been named a Florida Department of Education Middle School of Excellence, ranking top three for the last seven years, and has received the National Blue-Ribbon Award as an Exemplary High Performing School. A notable component of Bak’s arts curriculum is the opportunity for students to work with local and national arts professionals who provide one-time master classes, week-long residencies, and year-long individual and small group instruction throughout all art areas. To aid in funding this essential element, the MSOA Foundation created our Wish List Program which provides approximately 75% of the funding necessary for these professionals and also funds art area specific supplies, instruments, and needs. This program is vital to Bak’s artistic success and has led to the students receiving countless awards and accolades, and invitations to perform in renowned venues throughout the nation. This program is vital to Bak’s artistic success and has led to the students receiving countless awards and accolades, and invitations to perform in renowned venues throughout the nation. This past school year, students performed at Carnegie Hall, the Chicago Symphony, Steinway in New York City, the American Choral Director’s Regional Conference, and the State Junior International Thespian Competition. Students also traveled to the Festival of the Arts at Epcot, engaging with national and international artists, exposing them to a multitude of mediums and varying techniques. Without the support of the MSOA Foundation, Bak would not cease to exist. The school, however, would not have the financial support needed for the resources, opportunities, and experiences that have contributed to creating and maintaining a public arts middle school recognized at the state and national levels for their excellence in the arts and academics. More importantly, the full potential of the thousands of arts scholars over the last twenty-five years would not have been fully achieved – the window for full realization of talents and aspirations lost forever.