Save the Dance Program at St. Andrew's Episcopal School

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This is a petition dedicated to the preservation and continued inclusion of dance as curriculum within the larger curriculum structure at St. Andrew's Episcopal School in Potomac, MD. Please sign if you are a current student, parent, friend, teacher, former student, former parent, former teacher or are connected to St. Andrew's in any way and feel that it would be a huge mistake for the school to cut dance from the arts program.

Please contact the following people via email to express your concern for this decision:
Robert Kosasky, Headmaster: Rkosasky@saes.org
John Holden, Asst. Headmaster: jholden@saes.org
Mark Sega, Head of the Middle School : Msegal@saes.org
Amanda Macomber, Middle School Dean of Students: Amacomber@saes.org

93 Signatures

  • Nick Nadel
    • Comments
    • Dance was an important part of my time at St. A's.
  • Anne Lessy
  • Jared Saltman
    • Comments
    • I currently run a theatre in Columbus Ohio, and it was my arts education at SAES that ignited the spark that led to my current career. Please do not remove this vital ingredient from my unique alma mater.
  • Alex George
  • Anne Linder
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    • The dance program benefts students of all types, and it is hard for me to see how truly effective cost-savings is achieved by eliminating this program as opposed to others. Please reconsider this decision.
  • Amanda Moodie
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  • J. Lindsay Brown
  • Eleanor Brown
  • Aaron Klaus
  • April Sizemore-Barber
    • Comments
    • Don't take away from St. Andrew's arts programs! I've been very impressed with the direction of the school these past few years. Don't disappoint us!
  • Issie Resti
  • Emily Swinehart
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  • Brooke Stanley Kenny '96
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    • I am speechless at the idea of St. Andrew's getting rid of dance.
  • Lindsay Mayhood Liwanag
  • John Pennington
  • Ronnie Brosterman
    • Comments
    • Your dance program has been at the forefront of performing arts education. Now more than ever, young people need the non-competitive, physical training and awareness that dance provides.
  • Sarah A.O. Rosner
  • Margaret Sclafani
    • Comments
    • Great program, enriched my life!
  • Kate Nesmith
    • Comments
    • Dance is an essential part of St. Andrew's! Save the program!
  • Cara Borrelli
    • Comments
    • Save the Dance Program because it helped me to build confidence within myself when it comes to dance. As a freshman at Franklin and Marshall College I am a member of STEP and African Dance Troupe
  • Gail Abrams
    • Comments
    • Professor of Dance, Scripps College, Claremont, CA
  • Thomas Harrington
  • Helen Hayes
  • Paulina Sanchez
    • Comments
    • Dance should be available at all schools. It is a way to express oneself and build character and creativity. I love dance and support the Dance Program at St. Andrew's Episcopal School.
  • Will Brown
  • Suchi Branfman
  • Chelsea Esterline
  • Kate Guerin-Calvert
    • Comments
    • please don't cut the dance program for middle schoolers! It was my only dance class during my time at SAES, but it still had a lasting impact.
  • Dana Lokitis
  • Tracey Bachman
  • Merrill Fortier
  • Hallie Sherard
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  • Rebecca Cobbs
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  • Saskia Everts
  • Emma Elizabeth James
  • Catherine Schilling Saunders
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    • Class of 1997
  • Eugenia Leone Gold
  • Sarah Taylor
  • Jacqueline Westley
    • Comments
    • As a St. Andrews alumna, I find it deplorable that the school, which prides itself on its extensive visual and performing arts curriculum, would even consider cutting its dance program.
  • Marisa Rheem
    • Comments
    • don't be stupid st. andrew's, people need to dance.
  • Jill Collier
  • Lindsay Scherr
    • Comments
    • This is an important program that I enjoyed while studying at St. A's.
  • Frances Johnson
  • Deborah D'Orazi
  • Bekah Reiter
  • Liz Crawford
  • Alex Schwall
  • Chanele Smith Clark
  • Edward Apple
    • Comments
    • Dance and the Arts are essential to student development
  • William J. Brown
    • Comments
    • Another Skeeter Lee episode -- certainly not fitting for any professional organisation, much less a Christian one.