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Yellow School Bus, a partnership between the Bank of America Charitable
Foundation and the Massachusetts Cultural Council, provides $200
grants to help schools meet the transportation costs of educational
field trips to cultural institutions and activities in Massachusetts.
Big Yellow School Bus meets a growing need to help schools fund
student field trips to art and science museums, historic sites,
and music, dance, and theater performances, which are often eliminated
due to the pressures of dwindling budgets.
Creative learning at cultural institutions is critical to a child's
academic development. These visits help foster creativity and innovation,
which Governor Deval Patrick's 21st Century Skills Task Force identifies
as among the most important skills for students to develop today.
Big Yellow School Bus is designed to foster partnerships between
schools and cultural institutions so students across the state can
explore their creativity and experience all that Massachusetts'
cultural life has to offer.
Funded by Bank of America and the MCC, the program invites any
K-12 school in Massachusetts to apply for a $200 grant to be used
during the 2010-2011 school year. Grants provided by the Bank of
America Charitable Foundation will support schools with 51% or more
low income.
Now in its third year, Big Yellow School Bus has helped thousands
of Massachusetts students take field trips to nonprofit cultural
organizations across the Commonwealth. Students have visited more
than 185 destinations, from large Boston-based venues such as the
Museum of Science and New England Aquarium, to regional sites such
as Nuestras Raíces in Holyoke, Harwich Junior Theatre, and
Lowell's Tsongas Industrial History Center.
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