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Project UP is Merrimack Hall's new performance group for teens with developmental disabilities.
We believe there is a severe lack of extracurricular activities for teens with special needs in our community, so we created Project UP to fill that void. This program offers quality performing arts education in music, theatre and dance to teens with developmental disabilities. We believe every child should have the opportunity to participate in the performing arts, regardless of their personal challenges. Our goal is to provide that opportunity to the largest number of children we posibly can. Project UP is a performing company, and those selected for company membership must be able and willing to commit to a weekly class schedule, rehearsals (scheduled as needed) and multiple performances.
We are currently accepting applications for the 2010-11 Project UP performance group. Students are recruited through referral and interview, and we can accept up to 10 students in this new program.
Eligibility requirements: Students must be able to exhibit basic communication skills, appropriate social behavior, and the general level of self-control that would be expected for a teenager with developmental disabilities. We are not trained in special education and are not equipped to work with students who have certain limitations, including discipline problems, physical disabilites or those who require attendant care. We can accept 10 students, ages 13-17, and hope for an even mix of males and females.
Students must be able to attend summer camp July 6-9, 2010, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. every day.
Regular weekly classes will begin for the 10 company members in August 2010.
If you are interested in enrolling a teen in Project UP, please contact Hayley Henderson, outreach director.
If you would like to sponsor a teen's Project UP tuition, please click here to donate online. To date, Merrimack Hall has given back more than $250,000 to the community through our outreach programs.
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