We, the arts educators of Bloomfield, believe that arts instruction is a core area of education. Arts experiences, knowledge, skills and dispositions are prevalent and integral in the daily lives of people all over the world, not merely a source of entertainment. We believe the schools have an obligation to educate every child, help every child meet his or her fullest potential as a person and member of society, and provide the appropriate learning experiences to meet the goal. The arts are a distinctive part of that obligation. The Bloomfield community embraces the arts and explicitly demands art education as part of the total education for all students.