Mission Statement: Children are able to access the empowering tools that they already have within themselves when they are encompassed about in an environment that is physically and emotionally safe, nurturing, and educationally rich. Our youth and our community are uplifted and improved when we share our talents and resources and help others develop their own.
Vision: WPAA is an organization where: • Students and staff will be able to perform to their highest capability without being required to compromise their values: avoiding profanity, avoiding immodesty, serving in the community, and celebrating what is good and uplifting in life. • All students are welcome to come and learn to Act, Dance, Sing, Create and be kind to each other. • Long lasting friendships are established and enjoyed. • Students of all ages learn to work together to provide high quality entertainment for the Community.
WPAA’s program inspires Creativity, Innovation, Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Communication, and Collaboration. Students are encouraged and taught to be creative in developing the characters they portray. They explore the “why’s and how’s” of their character (even the "no name" ensemble characters) to make them more believable.
Because we insist on an emotionally safe environment students are free to fail and try and fail and try until they have crafted the perfect character or performance.
The opportunities older students have to mentor, create sets, design costumes, and choreograph for younger students build a sense of individual worth and prepares them for future careers in working with others, problem solving, and collaborating to maximize the effectiveness of their final production.
All students are taught how to interact with each other in proactive and effective ways. They focus on problem solving and not “blaming and accusing”, being a part of the solution not a part of the problem, and only competing with one’s self to be better than yesterday instead of tearing others down.
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