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).

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 2011, Waubonsie Valley's festival included the artistic displays and performances of its own students, along with those of students from Fischer and Still Middle Schools, and six elementary schools -- Georgetown, Gombert, McCarty, Owen, Steck and White Eagle.

Neuqua Valley's festival featured the art and music of its own students, as well as the works of students from Crone, Gregory and Scullen Middle Schools and nine elementary schools -- Builta, Clow, Fry, Graham, Kendall, Patterson, Peterson, Spring Brook, and Welch.

During the Festival at Metea Valley, the displays and performances included works by its students, as well as works by students from Granger and Hill Middle Schools, six elementary schools -- Brookdale, Brooks, Cowlishaw, Longwood, Watts, and Young -- and Prairie Children Pre-School.

More than 80 musical performances by bands, choirs, orchestras, and dancers took place throughout the high-school sites. And the hallways were 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 Cultural Fund (2005 through 2011).

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.