“Parents were pleasantly surprised at how attentive the young children were during the performance and, in fact, everyone is still talking about it.  This would not have been possible without the generosity of Young Audiences of Houston.  We thank you from the bottom of our hearts!''
-Jennifer Skopal and Sherry Howard, University of Houston Early Childhood Center

“Young Audiences has been instrumental in helping us create our vision of a fine arts middle school. Our students and teachers have truly been enriched by this collaboration.”
-Chong-Hao Fu, School Leader for KIPP Sharpstown College Prep

“Anderson values the contributions of YAH guest artists in our learning community. They continually support our campus wide arts integration efforts. The programs that we have been able to bring to our students in the past years have greatly affected the student’s learning and increased academic successes. The programs are also training our teachers how to integrate the fine arts into their own classroom and curricular demands without it creating additional work or another subject to teach. The artists that we have been able to bring to our campus not only benefit students and student achievement but also instruction and approaches to learning by our staff. Thank you for providing such wonderful artists and school support!”
-Sonia Pacé, Assistant Principal at Kujawa Elementary

“On behalf of all of us here at Shriners Hospital for Children, we want to thank you for your very special performances for our kids and families. When people like you reach out to our patients, it communicates love and support to our families, which in turn helps them through their hospitalization process.”
-LaKeisha Holmes, Shriners Hospital for Children

“The Young Audiences residency with storyteller Dan Gordon helped my 4th grade students better grasp the structure of a story, especially rising tension. We applied this to the both the stories they read and the personal narratives they wrote. It also helped them notice the emotional detail in a story, particularly in the dialogue."
-George Chambers, Pine Shadows Elementary

“Young Audiences was wonderful in the development of a one-year program to expose our 7th graders to opera.  We approached them with this need and they worked with the University of Houston to provide on-campus performances throughout our district.  This was not a norm, but rather a creation to help us find a solution.  Thank you YAH."
-Rusty Hess, Director of Fine Arts, Spring Branch ISD

“Thank you for bringing such wonderful programming to the children at each of our schools during the 2007-2008 academic year. Your services enabled KIPP students to experience theater, music, visual arts, and art history in a number of truly creative and interactive ways."
-Katy Gill, Assistant Superintendent of Institutional Advancement

“They always offer great ideas on how to incorporate the arts into the classroom.''
-3rd Grade teacher, Robert's Elementary

“Continue the arts integration- it's so important.  The arts synthesize all learning.  Wonderful presentation, Thank you!''
-5th Grade Science/ Social Studies teacher, Helms CLC

“My students made historical events come to life through student made scripts and increased the class percentage passing chapter assissments from 73% to 86%.  The quiet students began to participate more comfortably in front of their peers and became verbally active and involved in group descisions.  I highly recommend this truly enlightening experience to all educators no matter what subject area or grade level they teach.''
-5th Grade teacher, Pine Shadows Elementary

“We have absolutely adored every moment that Ms. Donatto has been in the building.  The kids fight over who gets to go to the class."
-Founder & School Director of KIPP: Polaris College Prep Academy for Boys

“We had Becky Valls at the school this morning for Dance of the Insects and enjoyed it SO much! The kids were totally engaged in the program and when I picked the kids up today, all the talk was about the program.  AND...when we got home and got out of the car, they were actually doing their own insect dances on the sidewalk!”
-Anna Anderson, Silvercrest Elementary

“We wanted Young Audiences to know just how much we enjoyed Mrs. Valle's performance.  The children loved it and so did the Teachers.“ “Mrs. Valle's personality and spirit came through her dance and brought the various birds to life.  Her narration of the birds was very informative and at our students level.  We like her introduction of “bird“ vocabulary.  She reinforced the common characteristics of birds with her dance, the poetry and the music."
-Pre-Kindergarten Teachers, Robert E. Lee Elementary

“On behalf of the Sixth Grade teachers and students at Quail Valley Middle School, THANK YOU (John Keahey) for your time and for bringing a bit of Ancient Greece into our lives today with your presentation.  I believe our students benefit from hearing the “spoken word“ (stories) about history and culture that cannot be duplicated in the pages of a textbook- and to have it come alive in front of them with a character from that time period is especially worthwhile."
-Social Studies Department, Quail Valley Middle School

“I wanted to say a big THANK YOU for all of your help this year with scheduling Jean Kuecher, Interactive Theater and Soul Street! Jean Kuecher is always wonderful and the Interactive Theater actors were absolutely awesome!!  Our 4th Graders truly loved them!!  Just this afternoon the Soul Street dancers performed for our 2nd and 3rd Graders and they were spectacular!!!  All of the kids wanted their autographs and "Rock" was almost trampled by the 3rd Graders after the show!!!”
-Birkes Elementary PTO