Kids Excel El Paso

We’re grateful to announce that we are recipients of the Find Your Light Foundation's 2026 grant! Their support allows us to impart excellence through dance and music ensuring that local children have access to quality arts education. Find Your Light is dedicated to supporting exceptional arts programs where the need is greatest, recognizing arts education as an essential part of a young person’s development. Thank you, Find Your Light, for championing the power of the arts and helping us make a lasting impact! Find Your Light Foundation National Dance Institute

We are thrilled to partner with the Nusenda Foundation as part of their Community Rewards program. Thank you for believing in our mission! The arts make a difference for children.

Creativity and community are necessary! Great information from National Dance Institute - take a look 👀 📰 ‼️

Today we dance with gratitude 🧡 Happy Thanksgiving to all! 🍁🦃 🍽️

This past weekend was all about culture and celebration for Kids Excel! We had the wonderful opportunity to participate in the annual Día de los Mu***os parade in downtown El Paso. There was plenty of walking—and even more dancing!

A heartfelt thank-you goes out to the KEEP staff and our fantastic parent volunteers who made our first parade experience such a resounding success! 🙌🏻☺️💀

Photo credit: Noah Sarabia 📸

Museums and Cultural Affairs Department - City of El Paso National Dance Institute Texas Commission on the Arts

Early giving is still in full effect today and tomorrow! Support the arts for El Paso children by making a safe and secure donation to Kids Excel through El Paso Giving Day. Your gift will be matched 1:1 by The Melinda & Meyer Marcus Family Foundation - double the impact! We thank you in advance for your consideration 🤗

Here is our direct donation page:
https://elpasogivingday.org/organizations/kids-excel-el-paso-inc

Early giving starts today! KEEP the arts in school for El Paso children. Donations will be matched by The Melinda & Meyer Marcus Family Foundation - doubt the impact for Kids Excel. Thank you for supporting the arts!

https://elpasogivingday.org/organizations/kids-excel-el-paso-inc

It’s almost game time for El Paso Giving Day! Early giving begins today (October 9–15), and the big day is October 16! Support arts education for children in El Paso by making a safe and secure donation to Kids Excel El Paso. Your gift will be matched by The Melinda & Meyer Marcus Family Foundation—double your impact today!

Kids Excel El Paso, Inc. - El Paso Giving Day | October 16, 2025 El Paso Giving Day is an online charitable giving campaign designed to shine a light on the essential work of nonprofit organizations and ignite the spirit of giving in our community.

The arts create innovators!

🏆 Nobel Prize–winning scientists are 17x more likely to be actively engaged in the arts than other scientists.

This week is National Arts in Education Week—a reminder that the arts don’t just create artists. They create innovators.

And employers agree:
▶️ 72% of business leaders say creativity is “highly important” when hiring
▶️ 61% of workers say creativity makes them more successful
▶️ 53% say their jobs require innovative thinking

But here’s the challenge: students in underserved schools—the very students who could benefit most—are often the least likely to have access to these innovation-building arts programs.

That’s why federal support matters.

✅ Well-Rounded Education programs—including Title IV-A Student Support & Academic Enrichment Grants and Title II-A Supporting Effective Instruction Grants—help schools deliver the creativity, collaboration, and critical thinking skills our economy demands.

✅ And the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the largest national funder of arts education, plays a crucial role in expanding these opportunities nationwide.

These investments are at risk as Congress approaches the September 30 budget deadline.

👉 Take action this : Tell Congress we're stronger together for arts in education. 🔗 https://bit.ly/3IecR0I

We agree!

This week is National Arts in Education Week—and a critical moment for advocacy.

As Congress nears the September 30 budget deadline, lawmakers will consider key funding decisions that directly impact arts education nationwide.

The numbers tell a powerful story:
▶️ 92% of Americans agree arts education is vital for students grades pre-k-12
▶️ Yet more than 2 million students still lack access
▶️ 72% of business leaders say creativity is “highly important” when hiring
▶️ Arts education improves academic outcomes and reduces dropout rates

🎯 And right now, the largest national funder of arts education—the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)—is at risk of being cut.

At Americans for the Arts, we’re advocating for real solutions:
✅ Pass the Arts Education for All Act (H.R. 2485)—the first federal legislation to expand equitable access to arts learning across a lifetime.

Arts education isn’t a luxury—it’s essential for workforce readiness, student success, and a thriving creative economy. Every student deserves the opportunity to create, innovate, and thrive through the arts.

We are stronger together this , and invite business leaders, educators, and advocates to take action.

👉 Tell Congress we're stronger together for arts in education.
🔗 https://bit.ly/3IecR0I