Melrose Public Schools Visual & Performing Arts Department at a Glance

ELEMENTARY ART Grades Kindergarten to 5 40 minutes weekly

ELEMENTARY MUSIC Grades Kindergarten to 5 40 minutes weekly

ELEMENTARY SMALL GROUP INSTRUMENTAL LESSONS Grades 3 to 5 30 minutes weekly

MELROSE YOUTH BAND & ORCHESTRA Grade 4 & 5 After School Activity

MIDDLE SCHOOL ART Grades 6, 7 & 8 One Trimester - 3 times per cycle 57 minutes

MIDDLE SCHOOL ART CLUB Tuesdays 2:30-4PM After School Activity

MIDDLE SCHOOL MUSIC Band, Chorus, Orchestra Full Year - every other day 57 minutes

MIDDLE SCHOOL SELECT CHORUS Thursdays 2:15-3PM After School Activity

MIDDLE SCHOOL DRAMA Musical, Play & METG Drama Festival After School Activity

HIGH SCHOOL ART Art 1, 2-D Art 1-3, 3-D Art 1-3, Photography 1, Photography 2, Advanced Photography Full Year - 57 minutes daily

HIGH SCHOOL ART SOCIETY Mondays 2:15-3PM After School Activity

HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC Band, Chorus, Orchestra Full Year – 57 minutes daily Piano, Music Theory Full Year – 57 minutes every other day

HIGH SCHOOL HONORS CHORUS 7:00 – 7:45 AM Before School Activity

HIGH SCHOOL BAND & COLOR GUARD After School Activity

HIGH SCHOOL DRAMA Play, METG Drama Festival, Musical After School Activity

FIRST IMPRESSIONS * Impressive Program in Place * Recorders in General Music * Pathway for the Arts at MHS

NEXT STEPS * Create 1, 3 & 5 Year Plans * Continue Curriculum Mapping using Understanding by Design * Develop Common Assessments