The Mozart School's outdoor common area is more than a playground. It's a community space.

The school's common area includes two great spaces that are in urgent need of repair and attention:

• An outdoor amphitheatre and patio
• A garden space

This spring, we want to refurbish the outdoor amphitheatre as Phase One of our refurbishment effort. And we need your help!

This will benefit the entire community - not just Mozart students and staff.
Because of the complex lottery system in our urban district, only some of the young families that live in the Mozart neighborhood attend the school.   But - and here's the kicker - nearly all the local families utilize the playground and adjacent play yard.   Our outside space is utilized year-round by families, play groups, block parties, and more.   

With the funds we raise this spring, we plan to make this built-in amphitheatre more usable and create a community"commons" area that will prove itself as a third space for activities and events including:   

• Concert: the school's already robust music program would actually have a place to hold concerts and recitals (allowing it to live up to its namesake!). 
• The afterschool program at the Mozart - which is run by the YMCA, and as such is entirely separate from the school administration - would have a place to perform plays and concerts (the program director has a degree in drama and would fully utilize this space).
• Everything from pop-up play workshops to community theatre performances.

What we need now.
This project is a multi-phase effort, and the first chapter will involve the shoring up of the amphitheatre steps installation of astroturf and new soil base.