Sponsored each spring by the Indian Prairie Educational Foundation, the district-wide Fine Arts Festival showcases the art, music, theater and dance talents - as well as the home economics and industrial technology projects - of our District 204 students (all grade levels). In 2012, the Festival will take place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, May 19.

Created in 1988 and initially hosted by Waubonsie Valley, this popular, well-attended event has expanded in conjunction with District 204's tremendous growth. As a result, this annual festival is now held at all three high schools, including Neuqua Valley High School and Metea Valley High School - to better display/feature the talents of the students attending each school and their respective feeder schools (elementary and middle-schools).

In 2012, Waubonsie Valley's festival will include the artistic displays and performances of its own students, and those of students from Fischer and Scullen Middle Schools, six elementary schools - Fry, Georgetown, McCarty, Peterson, Steck and Welch, and students from Prairie Children Preschool. Neuqua Valley's festival will feature the art and music of its own students, as well as the works of students from Crone and Gregory Middle Schools and six elementary schools - Builta, Clow, Graham, Kendall, Patterson, and Spring Brook.

During the Festival at Metea Valley, the displays and performances will include works by its students, as well as the works of students from Still, Granger and Hill Middle Schools, nine elementary schools - Brookdale, Brooks, Cowlishaw, Gombert, Longwood, Owen, Watts, White Eagle and Young.

More than 80 musical performances by bands, choirs, orchestras, and dancers will be featured throughout the high-school sites. And the hallways will be filled with more than 12,000 pieces of visual arts, 3-D works, ceramics, fashion, computer imagery, and more.

In addition to financial support from the Indian Prairie Educational Foundation, the Fine Arts Festival has been sponsored by grants from the City of Naperville's Special Events and Cultural Amenities (SECA) Fund (2005 through 2012).

In 2011, the Festival also was supported by Harris Bank (Platinum level), Suburban Dispatch (Platinum), Dugan and Lopatka (Gold), Aramak (Gold), PMA Financial (Silver), and the BP Foundation (Silver). In previous years, other sponsors have included the Naperville Jaycees, the Sunrise Rotary and Rotary of Naperville Clubs, and Pepsi Cola.