Program
of Studies
Elementary
Theatre arts and dance are taught through
a variety of different experiences since we do not offer
individual theatre arts or dance classes during the school
day.
Oftentimes in the primary grades, classroom
teachers, physical education teachers, and the music
teachers collaborate around curricular themes that result
in musical, theatrical, or movement performances.
Students in the Fourth Grade Chorus use
chorus time during the fall, and augment it with after-school
rehearsals, to experience musical theatre, and as a result, present the fourth
grade musical in the winter.
Students have the opportunity to participate
in the yearly 4th grade musical, 5th grade musical, 6th
grade musical, and a combined 7th/8th grade musical.
Seventh grade students have the opportunity
to participate in the Shakespeare
Residency which is a component of their grade level social
studies and language arts curriculum.
In high school, students have the opportunity
to try out for the following events:
Shakespeare (state) Competition
Musical
Drama
Drama Festival (state competition)
Theatre Tech – lighting, sound,
stage crew, costuming, set design space, props
Student Directed Play
ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS
Through school funds, PTO funds, and grants,
numerous enrichment programs are brought into the schools
to further expose students to quality theatre and dance performance
and to connect to curriculum studies. Students
attend programs such as:
Elementary
Schools:
- Boston
Ballet
- David
Zucker
- Art
of Black Dance
- Tanglewood
Marionettes: “Hansel & Gretel”
- Roots
of American Dance
- Master
class and concert with Nick Page
Middle
School:
- Theatre
Espresso, “Justice at War: The story of the Japanese
Internment Camps”
- Are
You Ready, My Sister? The Underground Railway Theatre
- Shakespeare
Residency
High
School:
- Odds
Bodkins – The Odyssey, storyteller
- Roots
of American Dance Residency
- Master
classes with college a cappella groups
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I examine myself and my method of thought, I come to
the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more
to me than my talent for absorbing knowledge”
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