Metro School of the Arts’ to Join Alexandria’s Spring2ACTion

Metropolitan School of the Arts (MSA) performing arts school of Alexandria, Va., is joining the Alexandria, Va. Spring2ACTion campaign, set for April 28, its Annual Day of Giving. Spring2ACTion is sponsored by ACT for Alexandria, an Alexandria, Va. community foundation. MSA’s fundraising will continue through June 30 and will help support operation costs through the pandemic, and eventually initiate potential school scholarship funds. MSA is a non-profit performing arts school that relies on donations and grants to provide training and excellence in arts education. To donate, go to https://www.metropolitanarts.org/support.

Spring2ACTion offers participating nonprofits the opportunity to win prizes leading up to and throughout the giving day of April 28. On that day, MSA will share a message of gratitude on their social media channels for all of those who have supported MSA in multiple ways to get through the pandemic. For those donating between April 29 and June 30, donations can be made by mail or in person at https://www.metropolitanarts.org/support. Donations will support MSA’s Academy and after-school studio programming.

MSA has a 2021 fundraising goal of $250,000 through June 30, 2021. Of that goal, $188,000 was raised through the MSA JOY Fund. The JOY Fund is MSA’s emergency relief fund to help recover from financial losses due to COVID-19. MSA’s student registration has decreased by 25% since COVID-19.

“We’re so fortunate to have the support of our local businesses and families to help our school through this challenging time of COVID-19,” said Sara Hart, co-executive director of Metropolitan School of Arts of Alexandria, Va. “We are working to continue our pandemic survivor story, the journey of providing meaningful performing arts experiences for Alexandria’s kids,” said Hart.

The Academy at Metropolitan School of the Arts is a college preparatory performing arts program for emerging young artists, grades 7 to 12, who are dedicated to high-caliber academics and pre-professional performing arts education. Their cross-curricular approach to arts training fills each young artist’s toolbox with the dance, music and acting skills necessary to be a triple threat in the arts world. MSA’s approach to education is designed to develop independent, self-motivated, and skilled learners.

ABOUT METROPOLITAN SCHOOL OF THE ARTS (MSA) Alexandria, Va.-based, Metropolitan School of the Arts (MSA), a 501 (c) 3 organization, is the first Washington, D.C. area, private, secondary performing arts school, founded in 2013 by Melissa Dobbs. The MSA performing arts studios in Alexandria, Va. have taught dance, music and theater to more than 10,000 students since 2001. Noted for its world-class instructors, MSA is a performing arts community on a mission to change the world by inspiring and supporting students, faculty and staff to reach their fullest potential as artists, innovators and generous citizens. The organization was featured in Dance Teacher magazine, FOX 5 Morning News, WUSA9 Great Day Washington, ABC-7 Good Morning Washington, Northern Virginia Magazine, Washington Business Journal, Washington Post Weekend and Washington Families magazine. Many students from MSA studios go on to perform in prestigious arenas including Broadway, National Tours, The Julliard School, The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, The Washington Ballet, The American Academy of Ballet, Universal Ballet Academy, The Kirov Ballet, The Hartt School, Marymount University (New York), Ford’s Theater and Mark Morris Dance Company. MSA offers a performing arts academy, a performing arts studio, a youth tap ensemble, a youth ballet, a jazz company, and a theatre program, as well as adult fitness and dance. Call 703.339.0444 or visit www.metropolitanarts.org, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @metropolitanarts.