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Greg Warnokowski
Fine and Performing Arts K-12
Arts in Education
516-434-5268
Secretary
Jennifer Sbrocco
516-434-5268
Focus of Instruction
The Fine Arts play an important role in the Farmingdale educational program. From Kindergarten through their high school years, students create original artwork in a wide variety of media. Skill-based instruction in contour drawing, value, light shading, color theory, perspective, two-dimensional, and l design is provided sequentially throughout the grades.
Farmingdale High School students have the opportunity to take advanced studies in the fine arts of drawing and painting, ceramics and sculpture, and fashion design, as well as technology-based programs such as computer graphics/advertising design, media arts, film and video, digital art and illustration, and digital photography. Student artwork is displayed at the All District Art show held in May at Farmingdale High School. In addition, Farmingdale’s students’ artwork is frequently displayed and honored in many local, state, and national exhibits.
The Performing Arts also play an important role in the Farmingdale educational program. From Kindergarten through their high school years, students learn to read, write, perform analyze and create music. The elementary classroom music program in Farmingdale serves as the foundation for teaching music literacy skills that prepare students to perform in a music ensemble program. Students in the Kindergarten and fifth grades receive general music once a week, while students in the first through fourth grades receive general music twice a week. The choral program begins in the third grade and the instrumental training begins in the fourth grade. Small group weekly instruction known as rotations, as well as ensemble rehearsals, are provided for all performing groups. Lastly, Farmingdale’s music program is represented in local, county, and state, music festivals each year and is represented by the amazing 315-student High School Marching Band that performs at the Newsday Marching Band Festival every year and Farmingdale home football games and playoff games at Hofstra University.
Fine Arts (Visual)
Mission Statement:
The Farmingdale School District Visual and Media Arts Program provides a rigorous, standards-based arts education aligned with the New York State Learning Standards for the Arts and the district’s Portrait of a Graduate. Through equitable access to high-quality instruction, students engage in the artistic processes of creating, presenting, responding, and connecting, developing the skills and dispositions necessary for success in school, career, and civic life.
Our curriculum fosters creative thinking, problem-solving, collaboration, and communication, empowering students to express ideas through visual language while making meaningful connections to diverse cultures, community, history, and interdisciplinary learning across literacy, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
By integrating 21st-century skills, media literacy, and emerging technologies, the Visual and Media Arts Program prepares students to be college, career, and life ready, nurturing confident, reflective, and innovative learners who develop a lifelong appreciation for the arts and their role in a global society.
FHS Fine Art Electives
Ceramics and Sculpture
Characters & Concepts
Comics, Anime, & Graphic Novels
Computer Graphics and Advertising Design
Digital Art and Illustration
Digital Photography
Drawing and Painting
Fashion Design
Film and Cinematic Video Arts
Video Production
Pre-AP Art
Advance Placement Studio Art
Advanced Placement Photography
Fine Arts (Image Gallery)
Art in the Park, Farmingdale Village - September 2025
District Art Show Slideshow - May 2025
District Art Show Exhibition - May 2025
All-County Art (Nassau)- March 2025
Art in the Park, Farmingdale Village - September 2024
District Art Show Slideshow - May 2024
District Art Show Exhibition - May 2024
All-County Art (Nassau)- March 2024
Art in the Park Farmingdale Village - September 2023
District Art Show Slideshow - May 2023
District Art Show Exhibition - May 2023
All-County Art (Nassau)- March 2023
National Art Honor Society Induction - June 2021
District Art Show - Spring 2021
Farmingale Playcrafters Fall Musical Production
Performing Arts (Music Archive)
Art Supervisor's Association
The Art Supervisor’s Association is a professional organization of art supervisors and administrators. Its membership principally represents the Nassau County area. It actively promotes quality art instruction at all educational levels and a provides a forum for ideas relating to art and art education. ASA hosts the All–County Exhibit for art students to exhibit their work. Art teachers can nominate up to three of their students work to be chosen to be exhibited at the All–County Festival. Every year, the ASA All-County Festival takes place in March. In addition, senior students can be nominated to receive a scholarship.
NYSSMA
What does it mean?
Many of our student musicians perform in the New York State School Music Association (NYSSMA) Solo and ensemble festival. Students may play more than one instrument (or voice) an ensemble. If a student performs as a soloist, he/she must prepare scales form memory, a solo form the official NYSSMA manual, and must sight-read eight measures of music. Students will perform this before an official NYSSMA adjudicator. The resultant ratings for levels I-IV are O for (outstanding), E (excellent), G (good), F (fair) and levels V-VI a letter grade will be determined by an overall performance score. Each student will receive his or her own adjudication sheet that explains the grade. Students that perform in an ensemble (duets, trios, etc.) will only perform the selected piece. Students who perform at the top three levels can receive a medal for their efforts.
Why should students perform at NYSSMA?
The student’s written evaluation provides positive, constructive criticism on the student’s performance, written by an adjudicator who specializes on the student’s particular instrument. The adjudication sheet will then be copied by our music department and used to assist in nominating students for possible participation in All-County, All-State, and All-Eastern groups.
What is All-County, All-State, All-Eastern?
All-County
LISFA, (Long Island String Festival Association), and NMEA (Nassau Music Educator’s Association) are county music organizations that offer students the opportunity to perform with students from other districts in the annual All- County concert festivals throughout Nassau County. The students are selected from nomination lists submitted by music teachers for consideration to perform in annual concerts. All fifth through twelfth grade students are eligible for nomination to their categorical division. This honor group rehearses for three days and performs a concert. Although performing at NYSSMA is not a requirement for All-County nominations, participation is highly recommended.
All-State
Students in their sophomore and junior year are eligible to perform at NYSSMA All State. Students must perform a level VI solo (the highest level) and must be accompanied by a pianist. Students with very high marks are nominated and possibly selected to participate in an All-State performing ensemble. This All-State festival is after Thanksgiving vacation and lasts three days in Rochester, NY.
All-Eastern
Students that participate in NYSSMA All-State are then nominated to participate in the Bi-Annual MENC All Eastern Honors groups. This is one of the highest honors a music student can achieve every other year.
All-National
Students may be selected to perform in the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) Honor Ensembles which represent the top performing high school musicians in the United States. This is the highest honor a music student can achieve.
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