The Mid Year Report provides an update on the planning and implementation of a Regional Summer Institute from October 2011 to January 2012. The purpose is to establish an event for Bay Area educators to demonstrate best practices in arts integration. Key accomplishments include: 1) Developing a daily schedule including keynote speakers and practitioner panels for plenary sessions. Linda Darling-Hammond has been invited as the primary speaker. 2) Revising the RFP form for mini course proposals with a deadline of March 20th. An online scoring tool will be used to review submissions. 3) Finalizing event details like the name "Inventing Our Future", securing Berkeley High School as the location, contracting an organization to