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Comprehensive Arts Planning Program

  • Eight School Districts Selected for Minnesota’s 2025-2027 Comprehensive Arts Planning Program

     The 2025-2027 award recipients for CAPP: Academias La Paz, Alexandria Public Schools, Big Lake Schools, Brainerd Public Schools, International Spanish Language Academy, Inver Grove Heights Schools, Little Falls Community Schools, and Waconia Public Schools.

    May 5, 2025

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  • 2023-2025 CAPP Cohort Kicks Off Second Year of Program

    August 14, 2024

    The Comprehensive Arts Planning Program (CAPP) is starting its second year of programming with the 2023-2025 CAPP cohort. Every two years, school districts and charter schools are eligible to apply to this state-funded program. The 2023-2025 CAPP cohort (Bluffview Montessori (Winona), Central…

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  • 2023-2025 CAPP Committees Gather for Spring Conference

     Kristi Johnson, CAPP Specialist, speaks to the CAPP Co-Chairs

    February 7, 2024

    This week, Comprehensive Arts Planning Program (CAPP) committee co-chairs gathered at Perpich Center in Golden Valley for their spring conference. Topics included working with their local school boards with Kathryn…

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  • 2023-2025 CAPP Committees Engage in Strategic Planning Workshops

     CAPP Committee members from Chisholm Public Schools

    January 19, 2024

    Over the past few months, local Comprehensive Arts Planning Program (CAPP) committees have gathered to participate in full-day strategic planning workshops in their school district. Each committee consists of 8 to 15…

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  • CAPP Co-Chairs Kick Off Two-Year Program for 2023-2025

    August 15, 2023

    The Comprehensive Arts Planning Program (CAPP) launched the 2023-2025 CAPP cohort with a Kick-off Conference on Monday, August 14th. Sixteen arts specialists, classroom teachers, and administrators attended the event to commence this strategic planning program for arts education in their school community….

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  • Eight School Districts Selected for Minnesota’s 2023-2025 Comprehensive Arts Planning Program

    May 17, 2023

    Perpich Center for Arts Education is proud to announce the 2023-2025 award recipients for the Comprehensive Arts Planning Program (CAPP): Bluffview Montessori (Winona), Central Public Schools, Chisholm Public Schools, Duluth Public Schools, Hopkins Public Schools, MACCRAY Public Schools, St. Cloud Area School…

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  • CAPP Co-Chairs Kick Off Two-Year Program

    August 18, 2021

    The Comprehensive Arts Planning Program (CAPP) launched the 2021-2023 CAPP cohort with a Kick-off Conference on Monday, August 16th and Tuesday, August 17th. Twenty-seven arts specialists, classroom teachers, and administrators attended the two-day virtual event to commence this strategic planning program for…

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  • CAPP Co-Chairs Start Second Year of Program

     Co-Chairs meeting in August, 2019, pre-COVID-19.

    August 17, 2020

    The Comprehensive Arts Planning Program (CAPP) recently held its Fall 2020 Co-Chair Conference for the eight participating school districts: Bemidji Area Schools, Columbia Heights Public Schools, Minneapolis Public Schools, Pine City Public Schools,…

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  • Columbia Heights Hosts CAPP Strategic Planning Workshop

    Columbia Heights Public Schools hosted a strategic planning workshop on Tuesday, Nov 5th. Arts educators from Columbia Heights gathered to discuss the future of arts education in the district.

    The Comprehensive Arts Planning Program (CAPP) is working with eight school districts for the next two…

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