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 Big Yellow School Bus, a partnership between the Bank of America Charitable Foundation and the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC), is a new grant program to help schools meet the costs of providing educational field trips to cultural institutions and events across the Commonwealth for their students.
Big Yellow School Bus meets a growing need to help schools fund organized field trips to art and science museums, historic sites, and music and theatre performances, which are often eliminated due to the pressures of dwindling budgets.
Exposure to 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 PreK-12 school in Massachusetts to apply for a $200 grant to be utilized during the 2008-2009 school year. Grants provided by the Bank of America Charitable Foundation will support schools with a high percentage of low-to-moderate income students, as well as schools focused on students with special needs.
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© Massachusetts Cultural Council 2009
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