Revive the Living Arts! Petition: Signature List Feed http://www.gopetition.com/signatures/revive-the-living-arts.html Online petition signatures en-us Wed, 22 Apr 2026 05:33 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Ms Diane Spengel [Signature #152] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3645932?utm_medium=rss Wed, 21 May 2008 02:59:42 UTC 3645932 Anonymous [Signature #151] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3494649?utm_medium=rss Fri, 18 Apr 2008 03:16:49 UTC 3494649 Ms. Anonymous [Signature #150] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3422762?utm_medium=rss Wed, 9 Apr 2008 10:59:56 UTC 3422762 Mrs Joanne Ryder [Signature #149] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3419556?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Apr 2008 05:19:36 UTC 3419556 Mr. William Ryder [Signature #148] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3419549?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Apr 2008 05:17:39 UTC 3419549 Garrett Wilpizeski [Signature #147] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3417949?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Apr 2008 10:52:33 UTC 3417949 Jiahe Liang [Signature #146] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3414694?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 Apr 2008 07:07:07 UTC 3414694 Stephanie Layser [Signature #145] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3414560?utm_medium=rss The artists deserve just as much attention as all the other students get. Give it to them -- and stop being so uncooperative with the teachers. The administration has no idea how lucky they are to have such wonderful educators. Its time to learn how to appreciate them and what they do for their students.

]]> Mon, 7 Apr 2008 06:32:50 UTC 3414560 Laura Materi [Signature #144] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3414511?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 Apr 2008 06:20:01 UTC 3414511 Ms. Kellie Hannum [Signature #143] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3414413?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 Apr 2008 05:44:53 UTC 3414413 Kate Ritchie [Signature #142] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3408713?utm_medium=rss Sun, 6 Apr 2008 08:02:04 UTC 3408713 Ms Katherine Spengel [Signature #141] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3408654?utm_medium=rss As a Downingtown graduate (and a living arts participate), I believe that the loss of the Living Arts show would be unfortunate and reprehensible. This event is a wonderful opportunity for talented Downingtown students to showcase their work to the school and the community.

]]> Sun, 6 Apr 2008 07:49:25 UTC 3408654 Ginny Davis [Signature #140] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3405399?utm_medium=rss Sat, 5 Apr 2008 10:38:10 UTC 3405399 Amanda Hesser [Signature #139] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3403662?utm_medium=rss Sat, 5 Apr 2008 10:58:51 UTC 3403662 Ms. Kim Beyer [Signature #138] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3403616?utm_medium=rss Seniors prepare very hard for their last show. Don't take that away from them!

]]> Sat, 5 Apr 2008 10:38:51 UTC 3403616 Liz Spengel [Signature #137] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3403551?utm_medium=rss As a Downingtown graduate who was greatly involved in the art department, I understand the significance off The Living Arts show. It provides a rare opportunity for students and staff involved in all of the art programs, including studio art, sculpture, jewelry, fashion design, photography, woodworking, cad, architecture, electronics, and music, to showcase their work and abilities. It gives students a goal to work towards throughout the year and develops pride and positive self esteem.

]]> Sat, 5 Apr 2008 10:20:46 UTC 3403551 Jamie Guda [Signature #136] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3402209?utm_medium=rss This is so important to the art students. Personally, I don't think it's fair that the music department, and the sports teams get to go to Florida, and all we're asking for is the gyms so we can display everything we've worked hard on all year, and give the school and the student body something to have fun with.

]]> Sat, 5 Apr 2008 12:00:46 UTC 3402209 Mrs Chivon Keller [Signature #135] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3402059?utm_medium=rss Fri, 4 Apr 2008 11:06:17 UTC 3402059 Anonymous [Signature #134] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3401810?utm_medium=rss Fri, 4 Apr 2008 09:22:48 UTC 3401810 Sean Flanagan [Signature #133] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3401265?utm_medium=rss Fri, 4 Apr 2008 05:52:42 UTC 3401265 Alex Buller [Signature #132] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3400498?utm_medium=rss Fri, 4 Apr 2008 02:34:31 UTC 3400498 Cari Moore [Signature #131] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3399788?utm_medium=rss Fri, 4 Apr 2008 11:58:40 UTC 3399788 Ms. Claire Gregory [Signature #130] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3395067?utm_medium=rss Thu, 3 Apr 2008 03:16:45 UTC 3395067 Bryan Martin [Signature #129] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3394938?utm_medium=rss Long Live Living Arts!

]]> Thu, 3 Apr 2008 02:53:44 UTC 3394938 Kelly Hoffman [Signature #128] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3394713?utm_medium=rss Thu, 3 Apr 2008 02:00:42 UTC 3394713 Daniel Leonard [Signature #127] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3390285?utm_medium=rss Wed, 2 Apr 2008 08:19:56 UTC 3390285 Carolyn Houle [Signature #126] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3390125?utm_medium=rss Wed, 2 Apr 2008 07:41:41 UTC 3390125 ashley schwab [Signature #125] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3390058?utm_medium=rss Wed, 2 Apr 2008 07:25:28 UTC 3390058 Andrew Keser [Signature #124] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3388022?utm_medium=rss Wed, 2 Apr 2008 11:58:27 UTC 3388022 Christopher Murphy [Signature #123] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3387289?utm_medium=rss Wed, 2 Apr 2008 09:56:16 UTC 3387289 Mrs Stephanie Hoffman [Signature #122] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3387014?utm_medium=rss Wed, 2 Apr 2008 09:22:14 UTC 3387014 James Snow [Signature #121] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3386651?utm_medium=rss We need more art, not less.

]]> Wed, 2 Apr 2008 08:26:25 UTC 3386651 Shannon Hoffman [Signature #120] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3386645?utm_medium=rss The mere fact that this program is facing discontinuation should be a source of shame for the school board. The art program deserves recognition and respect as it contributes just as much to the schools as any other extra-curricular activity. Failure to recognize the incredible artistic talent in the students of the Downingtown Area School District would be an insult to those students that make the school district what it is.

]]> Wed, 2 Apr 2008 08:25:55 UTC 3386645 Chris Drumm [Signature #119] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3386465?utm_medium=rss This is the type of activity that we need our kids more involved in ....

]]> Wed, 2 Apr 2008 07:55:50 UTC 3386465 Ms Eva Paticoff [Signature #118] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3386408?utm_medium=rss Wed, 2 Apr 2008 07:48:01 UTC 3386408 Chrissy Correll [Signature #117] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3386267?utm_medium=rss Wed, 2 Apr 2008 07:29:57 UTC 3386267 DeAnne Pirri [Signature #116] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3386214?utm_medium=rss Wed, 2 Apr 2008 07:22:57 UTC 3386214 Mrs. Bobbie Steinman [Signature #115] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3386003?utm_medium=rss Wed, 2 Apr 2008 06:46:59 UTC 3386003 Mr. David Foltz [Signature #114] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3385940?utm_medium=rss This is a great event. Please allow it to continue this year.

]]> Wed, 2 Apr 2008 06:35:53 UTC 3385940 Mr John Walker [Signature #113] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3385898?utm_medium=rss Don't take away the recognition opportunity for kids who take pride in their work for cost of several teachers time to proctor the event.

]]> Wed, 2 Apr 2008 06:29:33 UTC 3385898 Dan Walker [Signature #112] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3385816?utm_medium=rss Wed, 2 Apr 2008 06:15:37 UTC 3385816 Ms Brittany Bobbin [Signature #111] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3383538?utm_medium=rss Tue, 1 Apr 2008 08:59:12 UTC 3383538 Samantha Mammen [Signature #110] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3382353?utm_medium=rss Tue, 1 Apr 2008 05:03:58 UTC 3382353 Mrs. Rebecca Cuff [Signature #109] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3381930?utm_medium=rss Tue, 1 Apr 2008 03:46:07 UTC 3381930 Meredith Mueller [Signature #108] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3381782?utm_medium=rss Tue, 1 Apr 2008 03:16:26 UTC 3381782 Ms. Lisa McGettigan [Signature #107] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3381751?utm_medium=rss The arts are a vital part of a young person's education!

]]> Tue, 1 Apr 2008 03:09:59 UTC 3381751 Jennifer Gwin [Signature #106] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3381733?utm_medium=rss Tue, 1 Apr 2008 03:07:09 UTC 3381733 Amanda Bankos [Signature #105] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3381507?utm_medium=rss Tue, 1 Apr 2008 02:21:08 UTC 3381507 Alana Messina [Signature #104] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3381300?utm_medium=rss Tue, 1 Apr 2008 01:36:14 UTC 3381300 Mrs Sallie Snow Sharer [Signature #103] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3380046?utm_medium=rss Tue, 1 Apr 2008 10:01:35 UTC 3380046 Anonymous [Signature #102] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3379539?utm_medium=rss I'm a Dtown alumni. I wasn't a good student, but thanks to programs like Living Arts, I found what I loved & could succeed in. I learned about culture, different points of view, & to think outside the box. Somehow, a 2.0 GPA student like me wound up with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree making Dean's List 6 semesters, and an amazing job working in the arts. You have to support programs like Living Arts even if only to show the kids like me that they have a chance to be somebody.

]]> Tue, 1 Apr 2008 08:49:19 UTC 3379539 MS Kimberly Jackson [Signature #101] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3376894?utm_medium=rss living arts has to go down! its important especially to the seniors going into art school. It is a must.

]]> Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:39:02 UTC 3376894 Liz Longley [Signature #100] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3376684?utm_medium=rss Mon, 31 Mar 2008 09:53:52 UTC 3376684 Kari Hess [Signature #99] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3375891?utm_medium=rss The more you take away the arts, the more it shows. It worries me as an american citizen, art educator, woman, friend, philosopher and human being that we now literally must fight for our right to the arts. Please put your priorities in order for the sake of the students!!

]]> Mon, 31 Mar 2008 07:15:13 UTC 3375891 Mollie McElroy [Signature #98] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3375791?utm_medium=rss we've gone through this before .. living arts is important to the students. Not only that, but how can you expect your already underpaid teachers to work without pay for such a large event?

]]> Mon, 31 Mar 2008 06:53:47 UTC 3375791 Mr Daniel Meyers [Signature #97] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3375597?utm_medium=rss Mon, 31 Mar 2008 06:10:05 UTC 3375597 Jessica Benner [Signature #96] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3375590?utm_medium=rss Mon, 31 Mar 2008 06:08:47 UTC 3375590 Ellen Bryer [Signature #95] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3375467?utm_medium=rss Mon, 31 Mar 2008 05:43:36 UTC 3375467 Rachel Liesau [Signature #94] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3375432?utm_medium=rss Mon, 31 Mar 2008 05:38:10 UTC 3375432 Mike LaRosa [Signature #93] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3375185?utm_medium=rss Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:46:22 UTC 3375185 Wade Bastian [Signature #92] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3374951?utm_medium=rss Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:05:00 UTC 3374951 Dr. Jennifer Forsyth [Signature #91] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3374791?utm_medium=rss Mon, 31 Mar 2008 03:41:58 UTC 3374791 Mr Chris Slocum [Signature #90] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3374570?utm_medium=rss Mon, 31 Mar 2008 03:08:31 UTC 3374570 Mark Elrod [Signature #89] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3374555?utm_medium=rss Mon, 31 Mar 2008 03:05:44 UTC 3374555 Samantha Stoveken [Signature #88] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3374199?utm_medium=rss Mon, 31 Mar 2008 02:08:27 UTC 3374199 Allison Mellen [Signature #87] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3374192?utm_medium=rss Our spring would not be the same without Living Arts!

]]> Mon, 31 Mar 2008 02:07:22 UTC 3374192 Ms. Martha Dietz [Signature #86] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3373961?utm_medium=rss Living Arts is a long standing tradition at Downingtown Area High Schools. Living Arts is just as important to Arts students as Choral and Band concerts are to the music students. Being an Alumni and having been in the Art Show every year of High School taught me a great number of things, and I enjoyed it. Getting rid of this event not only takes away from the students but from the members community that go to the art show every year. You are destorying a very beautiful tradition.

]]> Mon, 31 Mar 2008 01:33:18 UTC 3373961 Amanda Bowe [Signature #85] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3373448?utm_medium=rss I thought this was a great program and a chance for students to show all of the hard work they had done throughout the semester. I learned a lot about the talents of my fellow students this way. Living Arts is another form of academic acheivement and these students ought to be recognized.

]]> Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:26:04 UTC 3373448 Jennifer Seigle [Signature #84] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3372959?utm_medium=rss Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:12:45 UTC 3372959 Alysia Brown [Signature #83] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3372617?utm_medium=rss Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:26:53 UTC 3372617 Mr. Andrew Danielsen [Signature #82] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3372361?utm_medium=rss Living Arts is en essential part of the Downingtown Highschool experience. By removing Living Arts the school system is disempowering students who have a passion for art.
Bring Living Arts Back!!

]]> Mon, 31 Mar 2008 09:46:49 UTC 3372361 Benjamin Liddle [Signature #81] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3372293?utm_medium=rss Honestly, going to an art school and being a D-west alum, it has come to my attention how incredibly flawed the art system was (and is, given this turn of events). To do away with living arts is basically saying 'we don't care about these kids'. For their sake, bring it back.

]]> Mon, 31 Mar 2008 09:35:09 UTC 3372293 Mr. William Stevens [Signature #80] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3372158?utm_medium=rss The fact that the Downingtown Area School District is unwilling to pay their teachers for the work they do is heinous and encroaches on the criminal. I was under the impression that sweat shop work ethics were considered wrong in our society; perhaps the DASD needs a simple economic lesson in what highly skilled labor that is "paid by the hour" entails.
I would hope that the other faculty, the schoolboard, the administration, and the rest of the community would have more respect for the arts.

]]> Mon, 31 Mar 2008 09:18:23 UTC 3372158 Mr Ryan DeNardo [Signature #79] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3369925?utm_medium=rss Yeahhh, fuck anybody who doesn't want to support the arts. That shit's awesome!

]]> Mon, 31 Mar 2008 01:17:36 UTC 3369925 Mr Jason Davey [Signature #78] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3369279?utm_medium=rss Sun, 30 Mar 2008 10:49:27 UTC 3369279 Tara Stafford [Signature #77] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3368833?utm_medium=rss Sun, 30 Mar 2008 09:34:53 UTC 3368833 Ms. Elizabeth Chadwick [Signature #76] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3367172?utm_medium=rss The show was INCREDIBLE last year! Seeing it cancelled would be extremely upsetting.

]]> Sun, 30 Mar 2008 06:11:00 UTC 3367172 Brittany Hamill [Signature #75] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3367056?utm_medium=rss Sun, 30 Mar 2008 05:56:32 UTC 3367056 Ms Katherine McEvoy [Signature #74] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3366345?utm_medium=rss Sun, 30 Mar 2008 03:58:40 UTC 3366345 Courtney Spamer [Signature #73] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3366313?utm_medium=rss Sun, 30 Mar 2008 03:49:33 UTC 3366313 David Walton [Signature #72] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3366310?utm_medium=rss I was never an arts student, but i always enjoyed the living arts shows. The artwork that the students create is often breathtaking. When i did take wood shop my senior year, having my work in the show, and having it recognized were proud accomplishments.

The cost of eliminating this event would be much higher than the cost of compensating a group of hardworking teachers that, unlike you, appreciate the work of the students

]]> Sun, 30 Mar 2008 03:48:54 UTC 3366310 Mr. Zachary Kinion [Signature #71] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3366307?utm_medium=rss Sun, 30 Mar 2008 03:47:15 UTC 3366307 Jessica Kaster [Signature #70] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3365714?utm_medium=rss Sun, 30 Mar 2008 01:05:40 UTC 3365714 Shannon O'Shea [Signature #69] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3365688?utm_medium=rss I am an alumni of Shanahan, not Downingtown, but this is ridiculous.

]]> Sun, 30 Mar 2008 12:53:15 UTC 3365688 Mary Kate Quill [Signature #68] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3365516?utm_medium=rss Sun, 30 Mar 2008 12:06:03 UTC 3365516 Patricia Sabin [Signature #67] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3365235?utm_medium=rss Sun, 30 Mar 2008 11:19:12 UTC 3365235 Ms Sara Wood [Signature #66] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3364957?utm_medium=rss This simply cannot happen again.

]]> Sun, 30 Mar 2008 09:48:57 UTC 3364957 Ms Katherine Guenther [Signature #65] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3364932?utm_medium=rss Sun, 30 Mar 2008 09:38:55 UTC 3364932 Carla Durso [Signature #64] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3364841?utm_medium=rss Sun, 30 Mar 2008 09:10:41 UTC 3364841 Ms Emily Schoch [Signature #63] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3363923?utm_medium=rss The living arts program has been a Downingtown tradition and since the school has no other means of publicly acknowledging the talent of all the students enrolled in the art program, the show was an excellent way of boosting student confidence and appreciation of hard work put into the Art department. I would be seriously disappointed in the district if the hard work of it's staff and students is ignored/jeopardized because they refuse to see how much extra effort outside is put in for the show.

]]> Sun, 30 Mar 2008 01:32:31 UTC 3363923 Mr Aaron Templin [Signature #62] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3363857?utm_medium=rss Sun, 30 Mar 2008 12:41:21 UTC 3363857 Olivia Stevens [Signature #61] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3363736?utm_medium=rss Sat, 29 Mar 2008 11:29:56 UTC 3363736 Matt Burke [Signature #60] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3363630?utm_medium=rss Sat, 29 Mar 2008 10:32:26 UTC 3363630 Elizabeth Kunze [Signature #59] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3363609?utm_medium=rss Sat, 29 Mar 2008 10:24:39 UTC 3363609 Ashley David [Signature #58] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3363486?utm_medium=rss Sat, 29 Mar 2008 09:37:01 UTC 3363486 Amanda Hall [Signature #57] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3363424?utm_medium=rss Sat, 29 Mar 2008 09:08:53 UTC 3363424 Celia Hanss [Signature #56] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3363406?utm_medium=rss Sat, 29 Mar 2008 09:00:26 UTC 3363406 Lily Spurlock [Signature #55] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3363327?utm_medium=rss This truly is an amazing experience for every student both showing and just viewing. I would hate to see this event trashed due to some stupid money issues.

]]> Sat, 29 Mar 2008 08:26:12 UTC 3363327 Alexander Clark [Signature #54] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3363324?utm_medium=rss Sat, 29 Mar 2008 08:22:11 UTC 3363324 Kaitlyn Julian [Signature #53] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3363214?utm_medium=rss Sat, 29 Mar 2008 07:27:22 UTC 3363214