Waukee CSD Celebrates First Fine & Performing Arts Signing Day
The Waukee Community School District premiered the first Fine and Performing Arts Signing Day on Wednesday, May 17, at 5:30 p.m. at the Prairieview Theatre Arts Center. The event honored 14 seniors graduating from Waukee High School and Northwest High School who have made a formal commitment to study visual art, music, theatre, or dance at the post-secondary level.
The District’s inaugural Fine and Performing Arts Signing Day joins a growing national movement to spotlight the arts as a viable post-secondary field of study. According to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, the arts and culture sector is a $730 billion industry — larger than transportation, tourism, and agriculture. We are proud to celebrate the drive, resilience, and talent of students who have chosen to pursue this pathway.
Photo credit: Jack Andersen, NWHS Tenth Street Times
Participating Students
- Caitlin Cecil, Northwest High School, Visual Communications
- Caitlin Como, Waukee High School, Theater Studies: emphasis in Musical Theater and Directing
- Keegan Foell, Northwest High School, Music Education
- Bre Hippler, Northwest High School, Music Education
- Cody Holcomb, Northwest High School, Theatre Education
- Adam Koch, Waukee High School, Piano Performance
- Parker Lambert, Northwest High School, Secondary Speech and Theatre Education
- Tatum Lowell, Waukee High School, Vocal Music Performance and Theatre Performance
- Elizabeth McGuire, Waukee High School, Studio Arts and Graphic Design
- Olivia Morgan, Northwest High School, Dance
- Carson Parker, Northwest High School, Jazz Piano Studies
- Kobe Patterson, Northwest High School, Theatre Performance and Fine Arts (Illustration)
- Samantha Schuster, Northwest High School, Secondary Art Education
- Trinity Thompson, Waukee High School, Fine Arts
