HELP SERVE THE COMMUNITY WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. OKAY. THIS IS REALLY FIRST UP, ELIZABETH ALVAREZ, SHE IS LIVE AT THE MESA ARTS ACADEMY HIGHLIGHTING ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES LA MESA REALLY, REALLY UNIQUE. A THRIVING YOUTH THEATER PROGRAM. CHECK IT OUT. YES, GOOD MORNING. YOU GUYS. NOT JUST A THRIVING THEATER PROGRAM, BUT WE'RE TALKING THE LARGEST OF ITS KIND IN ALL OF THESE COUNTY. GOOD MORNING TO YOU. I'M STANDING IN FRONT OF >> MESA ARTS ACADEMY. THIS IS A SCHOOL THAT SERVES 5TH THROUGH 8TH GRADE AND IT CONTINUES TO GROW BIG TIME. IT PROVIDES STUDENTS WITH AN INNOVATIVE ARTS PROGRAM AND IT WAS ALL THANKS TO A NONPROFIT COMMUNITY GROUP CALLED THE PETER PAN JUNIOR THEATER THAT HELP LAUNCHED THIS PROGRAM AND REALLY INSTILL AND CHANGED THE LIVES OF SO MANY STUDENTS IN THE AREA. CHECK THIS OUT WHERE THE BIGGEST YOUTH THEATER IN THE EAST COUNTY. >> DOCTOR MARK ARRIVAL STATUS IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE PETER PAN. YOU THEATER AND THIS IS WHERE WE BUILD. >> EVERY COSTUME, EVERY PROP AND ALL THE SCENERY FOR ALL OF OUR SHOWS. >> THE STUDENTS CALL HIM. GIVES ME A TOUR OF THE VERY IMPRESSIVE SCENE SHOT. SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO BUILD IT. IT DIDN'T EXIST BEFORE WE WERE DOING PETER PAN, WE'VE GOT THESE 3 D PRINTED COOKS FOR CAPTAIN HOOK. THE NONPROFIT YOUTH THEATER HAS BEEN AROUND FOR 54 YEARS. TEACHING YOUNG KIDS IN THE MESA SPRING VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT, ALL ABOUT THE ARTS FIRST GOT INVOLVED WHEN HE WAS IN THE 4TH GRADE. THEN HE BECAME A TEACHER. I TOOK OVER THE APPROXIMATELY 33 YEARS AGO. REFOCUS THE THEATER INSTEAD OF JUST DOING THE SHOW TO REALLY FOCUS ON. >> CHARACTER LEADERSHIP, INCLUSION AND KINDNESS. THAT'S ALL YOU WANT TO CREATE. THE PETER PAN THEATER GOT SO POPULAR. FELT THE NEED TO EXPAND AND PROVIDE EVEN MORE STUDENTS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY. SO IN 2007, WE DEVELOPED A CAPTAIN HOOK THEATER TO GO PETER PAN THEATER. >> AND IT'S FOR 9TH THROUGH 12TH GRADERS. NOT ONLY THAT, IT WAS THE INSPIRATION FROM THIS THEATER THAT HELPED DEVELOP WHEN THEY START ACADEMY THE 4TH THROUGH 8TH GRADE MODEL. BOTH THE PETER PAN, YOU THEATER AND THE SEAHAWKS THEATER PUT ON ONE PRODUCTION A YEAR. ALL COME PARENT VOLUNTEERS AND SHOW THEM HOW TO DO THINGS LIKE THIS. LA MESA ARTS ACADEMY MOM WHOSE 2 CHILDREN WERE IN THE LAST PRODUCTION. >> I WAS SO PROUD OF THEIR HARD WORK IN JUST SEEN THEM ON STAGE AND THEIR SMILES. JUST LIGHT DOCTOR, AYS, GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE VOLUNTEERS THAT HELP AND TO THE NONPROFIT SUCCESS. HE IS ESPECIALLY GRATEFUL TO HIS COSTUME DESIGNER OF ALMOST 30 YEARS. AND SO SHE HAD TO MAKE >> PERIOD COSTUMES THAT THAT REFLECT 18, 16 CITIES OR COSTUMES THAT YOU CAN'T BUY. SHE BUILDS ALL OF THESE AND HAS HER COMMITTEE BILL. AND SO THEY'RE ALL BY SHOW MY FAIR LADY MUSIC MAN, OLIVER OUR GOAL IS TO TRY TO MAKE OUR THEATERS PROFESSIONAL AS POSSIBLE WITHOUT GIVING UP OUR MAIN GOALS ABOUT CHARACTER, LEADERSHIP, INCLUSION AND KINDNESS. >> I GOT TO SAY AS A PARENT, I THINK THAT'S MY FAVORITE PART ABOUT WHAT THIS A THEATER GROUP DOES, IT IT IT NOT ONLY IS TEACHING KIDS ABOUT THE ARTS BUT ALSO INSTILLING THESE LIFE LONG SKILLS. NOW THE PETER PAN JUNIOR THEATER JUST ANNOUNCED ITS NEXT PRODUCTION FOR NEXT YEAR. IT IS PETER PAN, MUSICAL FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE THEATER GROUP HAD TO GET INVOLVED. HOW TO DONATE BECAUSE THEY CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT THE WONDERFUL DONATIONS AND VOLUNTEERS INVOLVED AS WELL AS TICKETS TO THE CURRENT PRODUCTIONS THAT ARE GOING ON. GO TO OUR WEB SITE WILL PUT THAT INFORMATION ON THERE AND HAVE MORE FOR YOU. BUT I JUST SUCH A WONDERFUL PROGRAM ON SO MANY DIFFERENT LEVELS. WE ARE HERE IN FRONT OF THE LA MESA ARTS ACADEMY GUYS, WE'LL SEND THINGS BACK TO YOU. CHRISSY. WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR SON INVOLVED? I SAY I THINK AND WHAT A GREAT PROGRAM. I MEAN, CUT CARBON COPY THAT. >> ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. THAT WOULD
