ms. mounts and ms. seel's school board presentation
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KQES KQES Fine & Fine &
Performing Arts Performing Arts ProgramProgramMichelle Mounts, Fine Arts Michelle Mounts, Fine Arts
Teacher Teacher
Renee Seel, Music & Dance Renee Seel, Music & Dance Teacher Teacher
The KQES Arts ProgramThe KQES Arts Program SOL-driven Fine & SOL-driven Fine &
Performing Arts Program Performing Arts Program (Pre-K through 7(Pre-K through 7thth Grade) Grade)
creative environment for creative environment for learning that builds learning that builds individual skills, fosters individual skills, fosters individual creativity, and individual creativity, and boosts self-confidenceboosts self-confidence
provides students with a provides students with a means for personal means for personal communication and communication and expression, through music, expression, through music, dance and the creation of dance and the creation of art art
The KQES Arts ProgramThe KQES Arts Program qualitative lesson plans qualitative lesson plans
based on Virginia based on Virginia Standards of LearningStandards of Learning
age appropriate, age appropriate, challenging, engaging challenging, engaging activities/projectsactivities/projects
provides alternate means provides alternate means for for expression/communicationexpression/communication, an awareness of cultural , an awareness of cultural diversity, societal needs diversity, societal needs and concerns, and the and concerns, and the celebration of individual celebration of individual creativity creativity
The KQES Arts ProgramThe KQES Arts Program
We are very proud of our students’ hard We are very proud of our students’ hard work and daily accomplishments and we work and daily accomplishments and we share their successes within the school share their successes within the school and community through local, regional, and community through local, regional, and state art and music contests,and state art and music contests,
The KQES Arts ProgramThe KQES Arts Program
displays of artwork throughout our displays of artwork throughout our school,school,
The KQES Arts ProgramThe KQES Arts Program annual winter and spring musicals…annual winter and spring musicals…
The KQES Arts ProgramThe KQES Arts ProgramPTO performances,PTO performances,
The KQES Arts ProgramThe KQES Arts Programand the creation of a school float each and the creation of a school float each
October for the K & Q County October for the K & Q County Community Pride Day Parade.Community Pride Day Parade.
KQES Music GoalsKQES Music Goals create experiences for create experiences for
students to sing, move, students to sing, move, listen, and play listen, and play instrumentsinstruments
teach students to read teach students to read and notate musicand notate music
give students give students opportunities to create opportunities to create music through various music through various ways including musical ways including musical composition, new lyrics, composition, new lyrics, and song and song accompanimentsaccompaniments
KQES Music GoalsKQES Music Goals
teach students the teach students the relationship of music relationship of music to the other to the other disciplines including disciplines including history and culturehistory and culture
expose students to expose students to as many different as many different types of music as types of music as possible to create possible to create well-rounded well-rounded individualsindividuals
KQES MusicKQES Music
KQES Art GoalsKQES Art Goals develop a foundation develop a foundation
of art skills, of art skills, techniques, and techniques, and concepts in each concepts in each student that may student that may continually be built continually be built upon and applied in upon and applied in various art situations various art situations
provide students with provide students with experience in the use experience in the use of all available art of all available art media (2D and 3D) media (2D and 3D)
KQES Art GoalsKQES Art Goals teach students to solve teach students to solve
visual art problems with visual art problems with originality, flexibility, originality, flexibility, and imaginationand imagination
expose students to expose students to artists and artwork from artists and artwork from different time periods different time periods and culturesand cultures
teach students to make teach students to make visual aesthetic visual aesthetic judgments of their work judgments of their work and the work of othersand the work of others
KQES Art KQES Art
The KQES Arts Program The KQES Arts Program exposes students to cultural exposes students to cultural
diversity. diversity.
BLACK BLACK HISTORY HISTORY
We celebrate the We celebrate the accomplishments and accomplishments and heritage of Black heritage of Black Americans during the Americans during the month of February month of February and throughout the and throughout the school year.school year.
AFRICAN AMERICAN AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGEHERITAGE
HISPANIC HERITAGE HISPANIC HERITAGE
NATIVE AMERICAN NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGEHERITAGE
COLLABORATIONCOLLABORATION
As part of our arts As part of our arts program, our program, our lessons and lessons and activities are often activities are often a combination of a combination of both music and art. both music and art. Our school musicals Our school musicals and Community and Community Pride Day floats are Pride Day floats are perfect illustrations perfect illustrations of this of this collaborationcollaboration. .
COLLABORATIONCOLLABORATION
COLLABORATIONCOLLABORATION
We collaborate We collaborate with our general with our general education education colleagues colleagues whenever whenever possible, possible, expanding their expanding their SOL material into SOL material into art, music, and art, music, and dance lessons.dance lessons.
COLLABORATIONCOLLABORATION
ART AND MUSIC CLUBSART AND MUSIC CLUBS offered to 6offered to 6thth and 7 and 7thth
grade students in good grade students in good academic standingacademic standing
provides students with provides students with freedom to explore freedom to explore activities and projects activities and projects of their choosingof their choosing
students are often students are often called upon to assist called upon to assist with musical set and with musical set and school float school float constructionconstruction
ART AND MUSIC CLUBSART AND MUSIC CLUBS
The KQES Arts ProgramThe KQES Arts Program
Through our arts program, we provide alternate Through our arts program, we provide alternate avenues for learning and an understanding of cultural avenues for learning and an understanding of cultural differences, visual symbols and individual expression. differences, visual symbols and individual expression. It is our belief that art, music, and dance have It is our belief that art, music, and dance have intrinsic value and may be used effectively to enhance intrinsic value and may be used effectively to enhance all subject areas by providing visual, auditory, and all subject areas by providing visual, auditory, and sensory experiences to our students. sensory experiences to our students.