West Point High School

West Point High School (West Point, MS) for $14,000, to refurbish the school’s auditorium with equipment that will enhance the program’s ability to educate students in the theatrical arts. These purchases – which include rolling garment racks and portable makeup stations with dust covers, an upgrade to the “vintage” Major B-156 Borderlights with LEDs, floor mics to replace the aging overhead lavaliers, and sandbags to secure stage flats – will help launch the program’s second musical, and the first since returning to post-COVID operations. Students of West Point Consolidated School District, a Title I School in rural Mississippi composed predominantly of low-income students, benefit from the arts education they receive through the theatre program. It is too early to measure the long-term impact of the program, but initial results can be seen in the growing number of students interested in and participating in the performing arts classes and activities.