Category: Funding

  • Please donate to CAPA and support the arts at WHS

    Creative Arts Parent Association Working together to help support all the arts at Wayland High School Does your child participate in music, theater, dance, or visual arts at Wayland High School? Would you like to help promote the arts and fund grants for enrichment, special opportunities, classes, field trips, Fine Arts Jackets and Fine Arts…

  • Free tickets to the Spring College A Cappella concert

    Does your child participate in music, theater, dance, or visual arts at Wayland High School? Would you like to help promote the arts and fund grants for enrichment, special opportunities, classes, field trips, Fine Arts Jackets and Fine Arts Awards Night, and supplies that aren’t covered by the school budget? Would you like free tickets…

  • Grants for WHS Fine Arts Program

    The Creative Arts Parent Association (CAPA), the only volunteer parents’ group committed solely to supporting and promoting the visual and performing arts at Wayland High School, announced its grant awards for this school year: Master classes Scholarships for music and art festivals (Senior Districts, Art and Music All-State) Fine Arts Night Fine Arts varsity-style jackets…

  • Bottle and can drive nets $630 for the arts!

    We are happy to report that the bottle and can drive netted $630 to support the fine and performing arts at WHS. Many thanks to Tom Donaldson for organizing the drive, and to all you arts supporters who donated your bottles and cans! Start saving them for the next fundraiser….

  • Jazz Project Master Class

    Joe Oneschuk sent in this photo of Berklee Guitar Professor Claudio Ragazzi teaching a master class for the Jazz Project. Master classes are just one of the ways CAPA supports the arts at WHS.

  • CAPA Announces Fall Grant Awards

    At our meeting on October 4, CAPA voted to fund the following grants for the fall: Additional tools for the metalworking class Art field trip: a docent-led tour of the Worcester Art Museum Pbone: a fun, colorful, great-sounding plastic trombone for the band There will be another round of grant funding to support the arts…

  • CAPA Announces Spring Grant Awards

    At the CAPA meeting on April 5, we unanimously approved and awarded the following fine arts grants for this spring: Band banner for use in parades, to show new band logo designed by students Theater choreography to assist with FAME production Art Metalworks class basic equipment – partial funding

  • Percussionists get new mallets

    Good news – the WHS percussionists have received their new mallets funded by CAPA. They look happy, don’t they?

  • CAPA to fund master classes

    CAPA is funding or has funded master classes with the following teachers: David Lang, studio artist from Natick (http://www.davidlangstudios.com/) will work with visual arts students. Steve Laven, Wayland cellist, teacher and composer will work with the cello choir, focusing on Steve’s arrangement of Beatles tunes for the Spring Orchestra Concert Brian O’Connell, retired music educator,…

  • CAPA announces funding grants

    CAPA is pleased to announce that we have funded the following grants to support the arts: Two art carts to help visual arts faculty transport art equipment A specially equipped laptop to manage lighting and effects for performing arts Assist with purchasing a new bassoon, percussion mallets and sticks for the band program An upgrade…