Governor Stein Proclaims Arts and Education Week

Arts In Education Week

2025

By The Governor Of The State Of North Carolina

A Proclamation

Whereas, arts education, including dance, media arts, music, theatre arts, and visual arts, is an essential element of a complete and well-rounded education for all students; and

Whereas, arts education enables students to develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills, imagination and creativity, discipline and collaboration, alternative ways to communicate and express feelings and ideas, and cross-cultural understanding, all of which support personalized pathways to academic success across the curriculum; and

Whereas, arts education contributes to increased attendance and graduation rates, elevates academic achievement, and prepares students for college, career, and citizenship readiness; and

Whereas, arts education contributes to personal growth outside of the classroom, including increasing a student’s likelihood to participate in civic life, volunteerism, altruism, and community engagement; and

Whereas, to succeed in today’s economy, students must masterfully develop traits that business leaders demand in a twenty-first-century workforce, such as communicating through words, images, sounds, and movement; and

Whereas, North Carolina supports statewide partnerships and cross-sector collaboration to promote and advance comprehensive arts education for North Carolina schoolchildren, including arts education, arts integration, and arts exposure; and

Whereas, the arts are an integral part of life in our state and are essential to a complete education that contributes to the vibrancy and vitality of communities and the nation; and

Whereas, our public schools are charged with the education and development of well-rounded students;

Now, Therefore, I, Josh Stein, Governor of the State of North Carolina, do hereby proclaim September 14 – 20, 2025, as “Arts In Education Week” in North Carolina and commend its observance to all citizens.

In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of North Carolina at the Capitol in Raleigh this twenty-fifth day of August in the year of our Lord two thousand and twenty-fifth and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-ninth.