Comprehensive Training refers to the total and complete spectrum of performing arts instruction offered at Kinsella Magnet School. Students actively learn and demonstrate the processes of creating, performing, and responding. Students are taught by certified drama, dance, production, stage craft, instrumental, and vocal arts educators!

Kinsella features roughly twenty productions and events annually. Students rehearse during the school day or after school. Typically our season includes, but is not limited to: two main stage musicals, three drama productions, three original dance concerts, two instrumental concerts, three vocal concerts, one piano recital, and three elementary showcases.

Cultural exposure means that Kinsella students attend a broad range of plays, dance, and music concerts. In addition to seeing productions outside of the building, visiting artists come to the school to work with the students to deepen their perception, critical thinking, and decoding skills. Each cultural experience is tailored to strengthen the students’ abilities to comprehending visual, verbal and physical communication. Students make internal connections about their external worlds, process their learning and demonstrate their understanding by analyzing, applying, evaluating, interpreting and synthesizing in both academic and artistic environments.

The curriculum at Kinsella Magnet School is strongly integrated with the performing arts and aligns with national and state education standards. Our interactive approach to learning affords students the opportunity to make relevant connections from text to life and emotionally invest in the learning process. Infused rigorous academic plans with performing art disciplines provide stimulating opportunities for students to retain the academic content and profoundly express their ideas.