Students across the district continue to enhance their artistic
knowledge and skills during the summer break through the annual Academy
of the Arts program, themed "Summer Academy Goes to the Movies" for
2016.
The program, which runs from July 5-28 and is held at New
Visions, includes approximately 260 students in grades 4-8 and 40
interns in grades 9-12. District faculty are facilitating a variety of
classes and workshops in areas including orchestra, band, dance,
theater, drawing, chorus, digital music and, for the first time,
mariachi. Students are rehearsing and honing their skills each day, and
will showcase their weeks of work in culminating performances and
displays at the high school Performing Arts Center on July 28. On July
29, students will watch "Ice Age: Collision Course" as a fitting
celebration of this summer's theme.
The multifaceted Summer Academy of the Arts tutorials are a
continuation of the outstanding level of arts instruction offered in the
district during the school year.
