 CURRICULUM
NOTABLES continued!...
“Advancing the ARTS,” is the theme for the 2008 districtwide student visual art exhibition. This primary exhibition of kindergarten through high school student artworks is scheduled for the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, March 8-April 6, 2008. An exhibition reception will be Wednesday, March 19, 6:00-8:00pm, at the Museum. Admission to the museum is free during the reception. Additional elementary artworks will be exhibited at the Loussac and Eagle River libraries. Over six hundred individual art works, large class size banners and a special topics display for secondary students, “Shoes and Foot Ware” are included in this year's event.
An emphasis on the Elements of Art and Principals of Design, presented in an “inquiry-based” program, centered on the four state Art Standards, and Art and art related careers are common threads across the district's K-12 art program.
All nine middle level and high schools are staffed with art teachers. Thirty-three elementary art specialists service 61 elementary schools, including grades 7-8 at Girdwood and Northern Lights ABC, and, Mt. Iliamna special needs students. The comprehensive, sequential art curriculum is followed in the regular school programs.
AP Art History is a new high school course offering, available in schools with trained staff.
The district web link at the Curriculum site is under construction this year. You are welcome to stop by from time to time as we build the site.
Please feel free to contact an art teacher in your school, the district Art Office, 742-4851, or, ext. 4845, for additional information about the ASD art program, and how to get involved with the Art Curriculum Committee.
March is Music in Our Schools Month.
Every year, hundreds of Anchorage student musicians perform in community venues including the Performing Arts Center and the 5 th Avenue Mall. ASD students and their music teachers will share the creativity and enjoyment of song – through instrumental and vocal music. Please make plans to join us! Area Music Festivals are another opportunity to see ASD's talented musicians in action! These concerts will showcase the combined talent of elementary, middle, and high school students. Held at the feeder high schools, our Area Festivals are not to be missed. Choir Festivals begin March 3, at West High. Band and Orchestra Festivals commence on March 5 at Dimond and Eagle River High Schools, respectively.
Tune into the Music Department website for concert and festival information: http://www.asdk12.org/depts/music.
| 
.gif){kind=spacer}
.gif){kind=spacer}
