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As an arts partner we are not part of the school system and may not be equipped to offer the same supports your student receives during the school year. That said, we will work with you to create a summer camp participation plan that will ensure your student can:

• take breaks when needed

• receive additional support as needed for reading, writing, math, or other applied academic skills

• bring their own support tools (fidgets, comfort items, behavior reward charts, etc) from home and access them when needed.

• choose alternate options if they wish to opt out of certain activities. We will never force a student to perform, read, write, draw or otherwise create against their wishes. Instead, we will work with them to find a solution in their current comfort zone.

• Freedom of artistic choice. We guide the artistic process closely, but will never demand that a student include or exclude one of their ideas with the following exceptions:
  - we do not allow hate speech/imagery
  - we ask our students to create work for an all-ages audience.

Note that these tools and supports are available to ALL campers, regardless of their usual school year support needs. However, making us aware of your student’s specific needs in advance can make sure we help them choose their best options in moments of extreme stress.

While our Lead Teaching Artists are not licensed in special education, each one has 10-20 years of teaching inclusion classes in school residencies. We welcome students with developmental disabilities, those on the autism spectrum, and other non-neurotypical young artists. We love to work with families to understand the best way to make non-neurotypical students comfortable while still challenging them to grow as artists.

We require students to bring a nut-free lunch, and we can work with you to make sure we avoid contact allergens.

That said, we are using a shared space, and we do not have control of what happens in the space when we are not in it, so we can not guarantee all surfaces will be 100% free of contamination if your camper has a severe contact allergy.

Idea Box offers programs for students in Pre-K through High School, as well as family programming and professional development workshops.

Residency length varies by program and school support capabilities.
An average Idea Box program consists of 15 to 20 instructional hours culminating in a performance or event.

Idea Box programs require a few important supports to meet the program goals:

• Active cooperation from classroom teachers, school art educators, and administration in planning for curriculum integration (avg. 1-2 meeting hours per quarter)

• A classroom space with enough room for students to comfortably move without touching one another or objects in the room (average 3’ square per student for younger students, 4’ square per student for middle school and older).

• On-site storage for visual arts projects.

• A designated space (can be a classroom or traditional stage space) for the culminating performance/event.

• As we develop your program together, other support requirements may arise depending on the nature of your vision.

Cost varies widely based on program length, content, and materials. However, here are some tools to start with:

$160/hr: Base cost for one Lead and one Support Teaching Artist. This hourly rate is non-negotiable, but very large programs may receive some pro bono hours as part of their total program package. Our shortest residency is 15 hours including instruction and event/performance.

$60/hr: cost for each additional Support Teaching Artist. Large-scale programs may have as many as 4 total support Teaching Artists.

$100/classroom: Our baseline residency supply cost, which covers things like pencils, journals, handouts, music, wear and tear on equipment.

$500-$2,000/classroom: Supply cost for more materials-heavy projects such as Immersive Arts, Costume Puppetry, Upcycled Fashion, and Giant Pop-up Books. Many of these programs teach budgeting and student artists decide how to distribute their funds using our project supply catalogue.