Author: Janel Stahr

We greatly appreciate everything Woodlawn has done to help our daughter improve and enhance her development and balance issues due to her hearing loss. She is going to strongly rely on services/programs thru Woodlawn this year due to her health issues and COVID. We do not want her to feel isolated being she will be homeschooled for 3 rd grade. And with the programs offered and a chance to qualify for financial assistance this will help her be able to engage with kids her age and enjoy other art/music/dance classes offered.

Amber H.

2020

My daughter loves enjoying programs at Woodlawn such as her dance classes, art and theatre camps and more! We would not be able to do so many fun things with Woodlawn if not for the gracious scholarship we receive. Thank you so much!

Jordann L.

2020

Olivia’s recommendation into the Woodlawn A.R.T.S. program her 8th grade year gave her the foundation to explore and grow her artistic skills. Now a high school senior, Olivia was awarded a $30,000 scholarship from Ringling College of Art and Design where she will major in illustration and minor in business art. She will have the opportunity to work with Disney’s Animation Studio, DreamWorks, Pixar, Sony Production and ESPN. Olivia was able to find herself with the help of the A.R.T.S. program and has an amazing career ahead of her, thanks to Woodlawn Arts Academy!

Gracie M.

2015

The financial assistance program has helped our family tremendously. It has allowed our family extracurricular programs that we wouldn’t be able to afford. Being a single mother and only being able to work part-time puts a hinder on income and the financial assistance program definitely help us enroll my son into all of the classes that he loves.

My son has ADHD and sensory issues, and going to Woodlawn programs has greatly helped reduce his anxiety. All of the staff and other children are so kind and welcoming to him. He has become so much more social and outgoing since starting classes at Woodlawn.

He loves the arts like music, acting, dance and art. All of these areas he is able to explore at Woodlawn. He loves coming here and has loved all of the classes he has taken. His love of music and theatre has grown so much. I truly appreciate all of the assistance. Thank you for everything.

Sincerely,

Kristina B.

2021

I wanted to share with Woodlawn about some classes Ava took and used those projects as 4-H fair projects in the Lee County 4-H Fair.  

Ava has taken a variety of clay classes at Woodlawn and enjoys them. She entered 2 clay pieces in the fair, won blue ribbons on both and won a red ribbon for Junior Show.  

She has taken theatre, voice lessons and a theatre makeup class and entered a project summarizing her theatre experience for the 4-H year (fall 2020 to summer 2021). She created a poster with photos and details of her year in theatre. She won a blue ribbon and got a state fair nomination. Not to mention talked the judge’s ear off about theatre for 10 minutes.  

Ava recently took a digital animation class through Woodlawn that was offered at WACC. She created a small animated 10-second clip and entered it in the video category at the fair. She won a blue ribbon, State Fair nomination, and Best of Show in that category.  

Thanks for offering these excellent classes and opportunities for kids. Ava loves all these classes and always looks forwarding to learning something new and creating.  

Thanks

Sara L.

2021

My name is Emma Watts, a student in the WACC CEO West Campus. CEO is an entrepreneurial class, and at the end of the year we host a trade show at Northland Mall to showcase our businesses. I will be attending with my jewelry business, Drøm. Drøm stands for Dream in Norwegian, and I would like to donate to a certain percentage of my proceeds to an organization that assists in making dreams come true, and Woodlawn was my first choice! I took an acting camp years ago through Woodlawn and because of that camp, I’m majoring in theatre in college and strive to pursue acting in my future. … Thank you! 

Emma Watts

2021