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2022-23 Visual & Performing Arts Students of the Year
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The VAPA (Visual & Performing Arts) Annual Arts Recognition & Scholarship Program honors exemplary students in all creative arts disciplines on a monthly basis and culminating with a Scholarship Awards Ceremony in the spring.
The launch year of the VAPA Student of the Month program was a major success, leading to:
To nominate a student, please CLICK HERE to fill out the form.
FULL VAPA STUDENT OF THE MONTH NOMINATION GUIDELINES HERE.
Press releases for every month’s VAPA SOM winners are listed below:
2023-2024 School Year
September 2023 – October 2023
2022-2023 School Year
October 2022 – November 2022 – December 2022 + January 2023 – February 2023 – March 2023 – April 2023 – May + June 2023 – SOY 2022-23
2021-2022 School Year
October 2021 – November 2021 – December 2021 + January 2022 – February 2022 – March 2022 – April 2022 – May 2022 – SOY 2021-22
2020-2021 School Year
November 2020 – December 2020 – January 2021 – February 2021 – March 2021 – April + May 2021 – SOY 2020-21
2019-2020 School Year
November 2019 – December 2019 – January 2020 – February 2020 – March 2020 – April 2020 – SOY 2019-20
2022-2023 Poetry Out Loud (POL) – Napa County Poetry Recitation Competition participants
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Press releases for every schoolyear’s countywide POL competition winners are listed below:
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In 2013, Arts Council Napa Valley (ACNV) founded the ACNV Education Alliance, ACNVEA, to support, sustain, and advocate for arts education in Napa County. This public-private alliance made up of educators, students, community volunteers, and district arts administrators began with a comprehensive assessment of the local arts education landscape. In 2015, with the assessment complete and major support from Festival Napa Valley, the Education Alliance partners and the Napa Valley Unified School District (NVUSD) we commissioned and drafted the NVUSD Arts Master Plan. This plan was a starting place for the work of the Education Alliance and presents a comprehensive framework for the development of TK-12 sequential, standards-based arts education curriculum. Since then, the NVUSD Board of Education unanimously adopted the Arts Master Plan.
With changes to the seven-period day at the middle & high school levels, ACNV’s Ed Alliance is currently working to fill the gaps in and out of the curriculum, aiming to adapt the existing Master Plan with the current climate. Working with district administrators and program directors, the Ed Alliance aims to keep our students involved and recognized for their excellence in the Visual & Performing Arts. One of the main programs that recognizes Napa County students for their accomplishments in the arts is the VAPA Student of the Month program.