Dear parents:
The Performing Arts department welcomes you to this school year. We are excited
and prepared to provide our students, from preschool to high school, with
experiences of approach, appreciation and practice in arts that complement their
comprehensive education.
Arts in school life are of great importance in each different stage of development of
our students, since it encourages them to work with discipline but also opens spaces
for freedom of the imagination and development and exercise of creativity.
Our academic program complies with the NCAS (National Core Arts Standards) thus
guaranteeing competitive education and academic quality without losing alignment
with the primary purpose of arts, to be a mechanism for the search, construction and
expression of ourselves, as well as of the creation of bridges for interpersonal
communication and interaction with our community.
During this cycle we will offer musical initiation in preschool, where students will
begin to establish a bond with music. In elementary school, the rotating arts program
begins and the students have the opportunity to experience each discipline: Visual
Arts, Drama, Dance, Musical instruments and Singing. In high school, the rotary
system continues, also enriched with Percussion. In high school, the 9th- grade
students stay all year in one discipline that they have chosen or are assigned. While
students from 10th to 12th, have elective subjects such as Band, Dance, Drama,
Drawing and Painting.
We also offer extracurricular activities to reinforce and develop the artistic interests
of our students and, of course, the invitation to participate in our annual show, which
is always the proof and result of continuous training and exposure to arts, generating
a pleasant display of talents.
The practice of artistic disciplines broadens the range of learning, stimulating specific
areas of the brain that reinforce cognitive abilities, but also promote a positive
relationship with mental and emotional balance. Arts give us valuable moments of
teamwork and recognition, strengthening ties and increasing the self-esteem of our
students, and that is why we reiterate our commitment to our beautiful and valuable
work.
Carolina Bringas