{"id":18,"date":"2015-08-19T23:22:27","date_gmt":"2015-08-19T23:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cetoweb.org\/cst\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2023-10-25T16:10:55","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T16:10:55","slug":"mission-statement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/cetoweb.org\/cst\/mission-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-204 \" style=\"margin: 20px 30px 10px 50px;\" src=\"http:\/\/cetoweb.org\/cst\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/MissionStatement.jpg\" alt=\"MissionStatement\" width=\"340\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cetoweb.org\/cst\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/MissionStatement.jpg 414w, http:\/\/cetoweb.org\/cst\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/MissionStatement-300x236.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica;\">California State Thespians Mission Statement<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica;\">California Thespians is the state level organization for the International Thespian Society, an honor society for high school theatre students and a division of the Educational Theatre Association.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica;\">It is the mission of the California Thespians to advocate for and\u00a0celebrate excellence in theatre arts education at the school,\u00a0community, and state levels. California Thespians promotes\u00a0passion for the arts and empowerment of students through\u00a0theatrical and leadership experiences that provide creative\u00a0enrichment for students and teachers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica;\">\u00a0<\/span>CSTF would like to share their new <a href=\"http:\/\/cetoweb.org\/cst\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-California-Thespians-DEIA-Action-Plan.pdf\">DEIA action plan<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica;\"><strong>The Educational Theatre Association (EdTA)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica;\">Our Parent organization, The Educational Theatre Association (EdTA), is a national nonprofit organization with approximately 90,000 student and professional members. EdTA\u2019s mission is shaping lives through theatre education by: honoring student achievement in theatre and enriching their theatre education experience; supporting teachers by providing professional development, networking opportunities, resources, and recognition; and influencing public opinion that theatre education is essential and builds life skills. EdTA operates the International Thespian Society (ITS), an honorary organization that has inducted more than two million theatre students since its founding in 1929.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cetoweb.org\/cst\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/EdTA_mission_and_strategies.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-848 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/cetoweb.org\/cst\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/EdTA_mission_and_strategies.png\" alt=\"EdTA_mission_and_strategies\" width=\"720\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cetoweb.org\/cst\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/EdTA_mission_and_strategies.png 720w, http:\/\/cetoweb.org\/cst\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/EdTA_mission_and_strategies-300x160.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G0-Fql2dDCQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: center;\">Visit EdTA at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.schooltheatre.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.schooltheatre.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California State Thespians Mission Statement &nbsp; California Thespians is the state level organization for the International Thespian Society, an honor society for high school theatre students and a division of the Educational Theatre Association. 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