CHOIR

• Acknowledgement of Course Guidelines
• Assessment & Grading
• Classroom Expectations & Behavior
• Behavior Grading Rubric
• Make-up Work & Attendance Policy
  • Make-Up Work Form
• Fees, Fundraisers, Fines
• Uniforms
• Supplies and Additional Information
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PIANO

• Acknowledgement of Course Guidelines
• Assessment & Grading
• Classroom Expectations & Behavior
• Behavior Grading Rubric
• Make-up Work & Attendance Policy
  • Make-Up Work Form
• Fees, Fundraisers, Fines
• Supplies and Additional Information
• Check your Infinite Campus message settings. See instructions here.

Select from among the links below to view, download, or print the performance calendar.

• 6th Grade Choir
• 7th Grade Choir
• 8th Grade Choir
• Piano
• Additional Opportunities & Activities

This form is for make-up work from class only, not from performances. See Make-up Work & Attendance Policy for more information. Complete this form each time you are absent from school. A printed version of this form is available in the classroom. 

• Make-Up Work Form

Note: Choir is on page 1, Piano is on page 2

STANDARDS & CURRICULUM

The arts are essential in education and provide students with a means to think, feel, and understand the world in unique ways. Meta-cognitive skills learned through instruction in the arts fosters effective work habits, creativity and innovation, critical thinking and problem solving, communication, and collaboration, each of which transfers across content areas preparing students for life in the 21st century.

Nevada Academic Content Standards for Fine Arts are predicated on a belief that artistic literacy provides students with an ability to create, present, critique, and connect art to their academic studies, lives, and the world around them.  In a world inundated with an array of messages and meanings, an arts education helps young people explore, understand and accept ambiguity and subjectivity. At the same time, the arts bring excitement and exhilaration to the learning process which transcend subject matter boundaries.

Choir is designed as the study of vocal production and music fundamentals. A variety of choral music included in the Depoali vocal music curriculum is selected based on its place in music history, educational content, vocal demand, and support for modern and ongoing compositions and composers of the choral art.  Much of the standard choral music literature includes settings of religious texts.  Religious ideas are not taught in the Depoali Middle School music classes, although the integral parts of context and culture may be explored. Musical selections with religious texts are used to teach classic music history, style, concepts, and techniques. 

Nevada State Content Standards: Strands and Anchors:

CREATING

• Conceiving and developing new artistic work and ideas.
• Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.
• Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.
• Refine and complete artistic work.

PERFORMING

• Realizing artistic ideas and work through interpretation and presentation.
• Analyze, interpret, and select artistic work for presentation.
• Develop and refine artistic work for presentation.
• Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

RESPONDING

• Understanding and evaluating how the arts convey meaning.
• Perceive and analyze artistic work.
• Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.
• Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

CONNECTING

• Relating artistic ideas and work with personal meaning and external context.
• Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.
• Related artistic ideas and work with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding.

For more, visit the arts standards here. 

To borrow an instrument, complete the form at this link:

https://forms.office.com/r/1tbVmnsRQQ