SILER CITY, N.C. — While very little will change for how the nonprofit foundation operates, JMArts President Rose Pate announced her retirement from teaching last month after serving 41 years as teacher and librarian at Jordan-Matthews High School.

She will continue as president of JMArts and, in a slightly different formal capacity, will continue her work as producer of the school’s annual musical and other arts events, leader of the New York Arts Adventure and beloved advisor to many JM students.

After planning months for the change, Pate made the announcement on April 1 to groups of JM students and to the JM faculty. Her retirement takes effect on June 30.

Pate is a founder of JMArts, the Jordan-Matthews Arts Foundation, creating the organization in 2011 to bring theater back to JM after many decades and to provide new, innovative opportunities for all JM performing and visual artists.

Everything JMArts now offers has been developed under her direction.

That includes JMArts Scholars, giving returning students the opportunity for intensive, residential arts study over the summer on university campuses; the New York Arts Adventure, giving students the chance to experience the pinnacle of their arts and learn directly from world-class professionals; and Sing and Play, the music competition giving students in elementary, middle and high schools throughout the area a chance to experience auditions and perform in front of audiences.

Also, JM’s annual musical, for which she wrote the books in the first two years when no money was available to purchase theatrical rights; character fundraising breakfasts for children in the community; the Spring Theater Workshop; music clinics like this year’s Latin jazz clinic with Gregg Gelb and La Fiesta Latin Jazz Sextet; artist residencies, including a semester where Paperhand Puppet Intervention worked with JM art students to produce puppets for the “Into the Woods” musical; and student trips each year to experience national Broadway tours and regional theater productions at venues like Durham Performing Arts Center, PlayMakers Repertory Company and Temple Theatre.

Just this season, Pate took small groups of JM theater artists to attend several productions at PlayMakers: “The Skin of Our Teeth,” “Stick Fly,” “Yoga Play” and “A Wrinkle in Time” — that final show including a post-show workshop conducted by actor Sergio Mauritz Ang, a member of JMArts and the PlayMakers company.

In addition to her creative and management work, Pate has been a major financial contributor to all JMArts projects, from major student trips to JMArts Coffee Days, which provide free beverages at the Chatham Rabbit for JM artists on selected dates throughout the year.

“I have loved being part of the JM family and treasure my time serving them as the librarian,” Rose says. “I’m looking forward to more flexibility in my schedule and more great arts experiences for our students!”