Performing Arts

Philosophy
The Performing Arts Department provides a program that enables the students to fully explore their creative potential. At each grade level, students will acquire the knowledge and skills they need to foster their imagination and curiosity, develop awareness, and utilize critical thinking and creative problem-solving. Our Performing Arts program makes relevant connections between self expression and current events transpiring in students’ lives. It is important for students to understand the humanistic element of performance while developing skills through practice, discipline and process. Our program also strives to engage students in discussions about the arts. It provides a forum to help students recognize and accept diverse opinions, draw correlations from the past to the present, and imagine the possibility of the future they will create.

Essential Questions

• How do the performing arts impact the social and emotional well-being of students?
• How do students demonstrate their understanding of artistic processes?
• How do the performing arts foster interdisciplinary learning?
• How do we prepare individuals to navigate the demands of an ever-changing, creative environment?

Learning Goals

1. Students will use effective communication to forge empathetic relationships and foster community bonds.
2. Students will achieve a mastery of performance concepts and skills through creative expression and disciplined practice.
3. Students will use creativity and performance skills to problem-solve in a variety of academic experiences.
4. Students will cultivate and maintain a personal participation in and global appreciation of the performing arts.