Half Hollow Hills CSD
ARTS OPPORTUNITIES VISUAL ARTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS Daily Instruction • Each student receives 40 minutes per week of art instruction in grades K-5 Co-Curricular Opportunities • Art Clubs after school • Art Displays at Central Office • Annual District-wide Elementary Art Exhibition at HHH Library • Poster Contests, PTA Reflections Contest, etc. • SCALA Art Competition MIDDLE SCHOOLS Daily Instruction • Each 6th grade student receives 40 minutes per day for 10 weeks of art instruction • Each 7th grade student receives 40 minutes per day for 1 semester of art instruction • 8th grade students may choose 40 minutes per day of art instruction for an entire year or a music elective Co-Curricular Opportunities • Art Club • Crafts Club • Mural Club • Art Displays at Central Office • Poster Contests, PTA Reflections Contest, etc. • SCALA Art Competition • “Embracing Our Differences” Competition • Museum Field Trips HIGH SCHOOLS Daily Instruction • Four core courses offered (Media Arts, Studio in Art, Design and Drawing for Production, Creative Crafts) • Thirty-two (32) various electives including; Fashion, Photography, Drawing, Painting, Video, Web Design, Computer Graphics, Ceramics and Sculpture, Design and Illustration, Architecture and Design and Drawing for Production
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Four (4) AP Art Classes offered (Art History, Drawing, 2-D Design and 3-D Design)
Co-Curricular Opportunities • Art Club • Architecture Club • Photography Club • Fashion Club • Media Club • National Art Honor Society • Art Displays at Central Office • Poster Contests, PTA Reflections Contest, etc. • Art Visions HS Juried Art Show • L.I. Media Arts Show • Heckscher’s “Long Island’s Best” Show • Art League’s “GO APE” AP Art Competition • Huntington Camera Club Competition • National Congressional Art Competition • SCALA Art Competition • “Embracing Our Differences” Competition • Museum Field Trips LOCAL VISUAL ARTS ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS USDAN Center for the Creative Performing Arts 185 Colonial Springs Road Wheatley heights, NY 11798 631-643-7900 www.usdan.com Summer ONLY Programs in: Painting and drawing, ceramics and sculpture, cartooning, video arts, jewelry making, fashion design, media arts, photography Art League of Long Island 107 East Deer Park Road Dix Hills, NY 11746 631-462-5400 www.artleagueli.net Summer programs and workshops available Classes throughout school year in: Drawing and painting, watercolor, printmaking, sculpture, computer graphics
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Heckscher Museum of Art 2 Prime Avenue Huntington, NY 11743 631-351-3250 www.heckscher.org Workshops throughout the year Summer programs and exhibits Long Island High School for the Arts 239 Cold Spring Road Syosset, NY 11791 516-622-5678 www.lihsarts.org Summer Arts Academy for grades 6-12 in painting, sculpture, figure drawing, photography and computer graphics
MUSIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS Daily Instruction • Each student receives 40 minutes per week of music instruction in grades K-5 • All 3rd graders receive instruction on the recorder (wind instrument) • All 4th and 5th graders may choose to join the band or orchestra and receive one 30 minute small group lesson per week Co-Curricular Opportunities • Before and afterschool Band, Chorus, Orchestra rehearsals • Recorder Club • NYSSMA Solo/Ensemble Music Festivals • SCMEA All-County Ensembles • SCMEA Day of Recorder • SCMEA Day of Horn • LISFA All-County Ensembles • NYSSMA Piano Festival • NYSSMA Piano Recital • NYSSMA Majors Festival MIDDLE SCHOOLS Daily Instruction • Performance Ensembles: Band 6, Band 7, Band 8, Orchestra 6, Orchestra 7+8, Chorus 6, Chorus 7+8, Concert Choir
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Each 6th and 7th grade student in a performance ensemble receives 40 minutes per day of instruction for 1 semester (A-B schedule) Each 8th grade student in a performance ensemble receives 40 minutes per day of instruction for a full year Each 6th and 7th grade student not in band, chorus or orchestra receives 40 minutes per day of “Music Explorations” for 1 semester (A-B schedule) Each 8th grade student not in band, chorus or orchestra receives 40 minutes per day of “Music Explorations” for a full year
Co-Curricular Opportunities • Jazz Band • NYSSMA Solo/Ensemble Festivals • SCMEA All-County Ensembles • SCMEA Day of Horn • LISFA All-County Ensembles • NYSSMA Piano Festival • NYSSMA Piano Recital • Honors Chorus • NYSSMA Majors Festival • Local and regional music competitions HIGH SCHOOLS Daily Instruction • Each ensemble participant receives 40 minutes of instruction daily throughout the school year (Band 9, Band 10-12, Orchestra 9-10, Orchestra 11-12, Concert Choir 9-12) • “Music In Our Lives” students receive 40 minutes of instruction daily throughout the school year • Music Theory I, II and III students receive 40 minutes of instruction daily throughout the school year • “Music Production Technology” students receive 40 minutes of instruction daily throughout the school year Co-Curricular Opportunities • Instrumental Jazz Ensemble • Vocal Jazz Ensemble • Half Tones / Blue Notes Vocal Ensembles • Cross Campus Wind Ensemble • Cross Campus Chamber Orchestra • Pit Orchestra for musicals • NYSSMA Solo/Ensemble Festivals • SCMEA All-County Ensembles • SCMEA Day of Horn • LISFA All-County Ensembles Page 4 of 9
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NYSSMA Piano Festival NYSSMA Piano Recital NYSSMA Majors Festival Local and regional music competitions
LOCAL MUSIC ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS USDAN Center for the Creative Performing Arts 185 Colonial Springs Road Wheatley heights, NY 11798 631-643-7900 www.usdan.com Summer ONLY Programs in: Chorus, instrumental jazz ensemble, chamber music, orchestra, vocal jazz ensembles, concert band, classical piano, classical guitar Gemini Youth Orchestras P.O. Box 705 Melville, NY 11545 631-470-2114 www.gyo.org Performance ensembles by audition and NYSSMA score requirement in: String orchestra, symphony orchestra, jazz band, concert band, wind ensemble Nassau/Suffolk Performing Arts 2846 Nicole Court Oceanside, NY 11572 516-536-2412 www.nassausuffolk.org Performance ensembles by audition in: Wind Symphony, Jazz Ensemble, Concert Band, Jazz Band, Vocal Jazz and Youth Band Metropolitan Youth Orchestras P.O. Box 197 Glen Head, NY 11747 www.myo.org Performance ensembles by audition and NYSSMA score requirement in: String orchestra, symphony orchestra, chamber orchestra, chorus, youth chorale Long Island High School for the Arts 239 Cold Spring Road Syosset, NY 11791 516-622-5678 www.lihsarts.org Summer Arts Academy for grades 6-12 in vocal, instrumental, jazz and music technology
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Pre-College Programs The following music colleges offer per-college and/or summer programs available for students by audition. Information may be obtained on the individual websites: The Juilliard School www.juilliard.edu/precollege Manhattan School of Music www.msmnyc.edu/precollege
THEATER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS Daily Instruction • N/A Co-Curricular Opportunities • “Hills on Stage” 5th grade district-wide theater program • Individual school plays (limited) MIDDLE SCHOOLS Daily Instruction • N/A Co-Curricular Opportunities • School musical • Joint middle school musical HIGH SCHOOLS Daily Instruction • ELA Courses: o Shakespeare o World Drama • Long Island High School for the Arts (12th grade only) o Acting Techniques o Audition techniques o Cabaret o Creative Dramatics/Improvisation o Musical Theater
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Co-Curricular Opportunities • School drama • School musical • Student-directed play/musical LOCAL THEATER ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS USDAN Center for the Creative Performing Arts 185 Colonial Springs Road Wheatley heights, NY 11798 631-643-7900 www.usdan.com Summer ONLY Programs in: Musical Theater, Drama, Intermediate Musical Theater, Actor’s Skills, and Repertory Company, Long Island High School for the Arts 239 Cold Spring Road Syosset, NY 11791 516-622-5678 www.lihsarts.org Summer Arts Academy for grades 6-12 in drama and musical theater Cultural Arts Playhouse (CAP) 625 Old Country Road Plainview, NY 11803 516-694-3330 http://web.me.com/capcenter/Site/Welcome.html Performances, classes and summer sessions in theater and acting CM Performing Arts Center 931 Montauk Highway Oakdale, NY 11769 631-218-2810 http://cmpac.com Performances, classes and summer sessions in theater and acting Arena Players Repertory Theater 296 Route 109 East Farmingdale, NY 11735 516-293-0674 www.arenaplayers.org Performances, classes and summer sessions in theater and acting
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Broad Hollow Theater (Bay Way Arts) 265 East Main Street East Islip, NY 11730 631-581-2700 http://broadhollow.org Performances, classes and summer sessions in theater and acting
DANCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS Daily Instruction • N/A Co-Curricular Opportunities • Ballroom Dancing Intramural Clubs (limited) • Individual school plays (limited) MIDDLE SCHOOLS Daily Instruction • Physical Education Classes: o Ballroom dance o Creative Dance o Dance, Dance Revolution o Hip Hop Dance Co-Curricular Opportunities • Choreography in school musical • Choreography in joint middle school musical HIGH SCHOOLS Daily Instruction • Physical Education Classes: o Ballroom dance o Creative Dance o Dance, Dance Revolution o Square Dance • Long Island High School for the Arts (12th grade only) o Ballet o Dance History o American Dance o Functional Anatomy and Dance Kinetics Page 8 of 9
o Jazz Dance o Modern Dance Co-Curricular Opportunities • Choreography in school musical • Choreography in student-directed musical LOCAL DANCE ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS Long Island High School for the Arts 239 Cold Spring Road Syosset, NY 11791 516-622-5678 www.lihsarts.org Summer Arts Academy for grades 6-12 in modern dance, ballet, jazz and tap Various Local Dance Studios • Dance Classes in o Tap o Jazz o Ballet o Modern o Ballroom • Local and Regional Competitions
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