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Please contact your student’s school for additional information on summer programming.
Incoming students in 6th – 12th grades
Tara HS
Description: Designed for students who have previous instruction in bad courses, both middle and high school. The session will provide a wide range of engaging activities to reinforce and further students’ musical skills. Activities will allow curious students to study topics in-depth by discovering new concepts through musical play and exchanging ideas with their intellectual peers. Some activities include: proper mouth, hand, and body positioning; care of the instrument; more advanced rhythms; chromatic notes/rudiments; tuning with others; articulations/sticking/rhythms.
Purpose: To further students’ musical knowledge and skills within the framework of band music making.
Incoming 5th – 12th grade students
Tara HS
Description: Students will experience a wide range of engaging activities that reinforce and further students’ musical skills including chromatic notes, tuning with others, proper bowing, double stops, ear training, and pizzicato.
Purpose: To further students’ musical knowledge and skills in orchestra strings
Students in Transition
Claiborne ES
Description: The program consists of academics, enrichment activities, and field trips designed to enhance cultural development, and lessons provided by community partners.
Purpose: To serve homeless students and students who are performing below grade level expectations in grades Pre-K through 5th with reserved spots for homeless students.
Incoming Kindergarteners
Crestworth Early Learning Center, Capitol ES, Cedarcrest-Southmoor ES, Claiborne ES, LaSalle ES, Magnolia Woods ES, McKinley ES, Park Forest ES, Riveroaks ES, Ryan ES, and Woodlawn ES
Description: The Kick-Off to Kindergarten program is designed to ensure Pre-K students are engaged in intensive, phonological awareness and phonics instruction.
Purpose: Provide strong literacy foundational skills to promote Kindergarten readiness.
