South Windsor Public Schools

SOUTH WINDSOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS MUSIC PROGRAM

The South Windsor Public Schools Music Department believes music education is an integral part of educating the whole child and preparing students to participate in an ever-changing global society. The standards-based music curriculum develops artistically literate citizens who can collaborate, communicate and think critically while working toward their true creative potential. Through the study and performance of music, students will also understand and demonstrate the core tenets of the Portrait of a Graduate: Engaged, Socially Conscious, Resilient, and Empowered.

The mission of the music department is to provide each student with:

-The necessary skills to become musically literate

-Opportunities for public performances

-An appreciation for and understanding of the societal, cultural, artistic, and emotional connections we share through music

-An opportunity to develop necessary life skills: self-discipline, empathy, self-expression, resiliency, responsibility, patience, and teamwork

-The desire to be life-long learners who appreciation and encourage music as a means of expression and creativity

-Opportunities for cross-curricular and cross-cultural experiences and learning

- A means to interact with students of other abilities and backgrounds

The National Core Arts Standards are focused in a framework that delivers the educational nuance of standards in four artistic processes: Creating, Performing, Responding and Connecting. These standards are designed to guide the delivery of arts education in the classroom with new ways of thinking, learning, and creating. For more detailed information, go to the National Core Art Standards website.

CONNECTING. Relating artistic ideas and work with personal meaning and external context

CREATING. Conceiving and developing new ideas and work

PERFORMING. Interpreting and sharing artistic work

RESPONDING. Understanding and evaluating how the arts convey meaning