Dear Key Family:

I just came back from Fillmore Night at Key. Fantastic! This was the third and final year end event celebrating our students as artists. We started with the Visual Arts Show on April 29th at our Fillmore campus, then our Music Concert at UDC in May, and tonight our Performing Arts Night at Key. All of these shows were incredible and let our students shine and show off their individual talents.

In addition to the great work of the students and teachers, these shows have something else in common. They were all supported by the Friends of Fillmore. These shows have brought some wonderful surprises to our families! Our 3rd-5th graders are lucky enough to choose their Fillmore classes and participate in evening performances to show off their hard work. When we asked for your support last fall you might not have known much about Fillmore, but by now *every* child grades K-5 has had their work highlighted at one or more of these shows.

Please show your support for your child(ren)'s self expression, talent and hard work by donating to our new secure online donation site. All the supplies for Fillmore are supplied by Friends of Fillmore (aka Fillmore's PTA). The paper, glue, paints, clay, ink cartridges, instruments, tap shoes, props, dance and drama costumes- are paid for by Friends of Fillmore. DCPS matches us dollar for dollar in paying the salaries of our Fillmore teachers (did you know our favorite PE teacher, Jonathon Colton, is a Fillmore employee, too?) Yet all supplies have to be covered by donations from parents, community members and foundations. Even the bus for the drama students' astounding performance at the Folger Shakespeare Theatre was paid for by Friends of Fillmore.

Please click

https://www.donate.net/donationSelector/basket.asp?dept_id=1104

to donate to Friends.

Visit our website at http://www.fillmoreartscenter.org to learn more about the program.

Thanks for all your support, monetary and otherwise!

Lisa Lindstrom,

proud Key parent and Chair of Friends of Fillmore

lisalgl@verizon.net

PS- as of Thursday night, the donate.net site was having a glitch with processing the "family" and "honorary artist" levels of membership. You can always click on the top row labeled "supporting donation" and fill in a specific amount. Or click on "give" next to a level you feel comfortable with and enter "1" for one membership of that level. You will receive an email confirmation if you like, but don't worry, your email won't be shared with anyone else. Thanks again!