Fillmore Arts Center serves over 2,600 DCPS schools at two sites: Fillmore West (Key, Hearst, Ross, Stoddert and Hyde) and Fillmore East (Garrison, Raymond,Truesdell, West and Mamie D. Lee ). Students at each school travel by DCPS buses to the Fillmore site on “their day” and participate in a wide variety of arts courses. Participating school teachers accompany students on the Fillmore bus then have a private space to use for their planning. [The Takoma Education Center and Ludlow-Taylor Elementary will also be served by the Fillmore program at their schools.] There are many opportunities for exhibits, concerts, performances, and field trips. Visiting artists provide additional enrichment.

The core of Fillmore's philosophy is a belief that all children should receive a skill-based, quality arts education.

Fillmore also serves the greater metropolitan area through its after-school classes and summer camp at the Fillmore West site.

Did you know:

• Younger students take an hour of visual arts and an hour of music, dance or drama each week at Fillmore. All second graders have a hands-on experience with the violin or recorder.
• Students in grades 3 and up choose from electives like strings, winds, percussion, dance, drama, playwriting, music theater, general art and design, painting, ceramics and sculpture. Fillmore teachers will visit classrooms during the first week of school to assist students in their class choices. You should discuss with your child the types of classes he/she may want to take.
• Fillmore teachersn(all of whom are fully certified) are also practicing artists in their discipline and perform and exhibit locally and regionally.
• Last school year Fillmore student work received many awards including first prize in the DC Foto Week Contest, the Junior Duck Stamp Contest, recognition by the National Ceramics K-12 Contest, two student plays chosen for production by the Young Playwrights Theatre and performances at the Folger among others.
• Fillmore actively encourages parental participation and invites parents to be members of the Friends of Fillmore, the Six School Council and/or volunteer in classes.
• Fillmore classes will begin the week of August 31. There will be an open house week October 19 through the 23rd and Back-to-School “Be an Artist” night November 17 (Fillmore West) and November 18 (Fillmore East). We encourage you to attend these events. If you have questions, please contact Katherine Latterner, Principal (katherine.latterner@dc.gov) or 202-729-3795. We are looking forward to a wonderfully creative and exciting school year.