Visual and Performing Arts Irvine Unified School District Friday, September 22, 2017

What’s happening in the Arts

Arts Education in IUSD

Irvine Arts education partners Robin

Business in the 21st century… The ability to work as part of the team The ability to manage and pick teams well The ability to effectively communicate The ability to adapt to changing situations The ability to read people effectively Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor

Young people who participate in the arts three days each week for a full year or more are: 4 times more likely to be recognized for academic achievement 3 times more likely to be elected to class office 4 times more likely to participate in a math and science fair 3 times more likely to win an award for school attendance 4 times more likely to win an award for writing an essay or poem Source: Dr. Shirley Brice Heath, Stanford University for the Carnegie Foundation

Elementary Art 4 – 6 will receive 6 lessons from an art educator from a teaching artist who partners with Segerstrom Center for the Arts Family Art Nights at Schools PD for classroom teachers

Primary Grade Music 40 minute lesson every other week

Elementary Upper Grade Music Grade 4 – Beginning Strings and Voice Grade 5 - Intermediate Strings, Winds, and Voice Grade 6 - Advanced Strings, Advanced Winds, and Voice Funding from a grant from The Irvine Company. Additional support from IPSF.

Middle School All schools offer Music, Theatre, and Visual Art and Digital Media Art. Some schools offer different levels.

High Schools Offer courses in all five disciplines, including Music, Visual Art, Digital Media Art, Dance, and Theatre.

The Assistance League of Irvine Young Masters Art Show Sponsored by The Assistance League of Irvine

Honors Concert April 28, 2018 Segerstrom Concert Hall, Orange County Performing Arts Center, Costa Mesa, California