FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT GOALS
• Teach the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills through sequential lessons designed to provide a foundation in fine arts literacy, improvement of technical skills, and nurture artistic development.
• Nurture creativity and self-expression.
• Develop critical thinking skills, including decision-making, reasoning, and problem solving.
• Develop self-discipline, integrity, and personal responsibility in an environment of cooperative learning.
• Provide a variety of performance, exhibition, and enrichment activities.
• Produce groups and individuals that attain the highest standards of performance in art, dance, music and theatre.
• Provide opportunities for achievement and recognition for individuals and groups.
• Compete within the rules and guidelines established by the University Interscholastic League, the Texas Music Educators Association, the Texas Educational Theatre Association, the Texas Art Education Association, the Texas Dance Educators Association, the Texas Association of Mariachi Education, the State Board of Education and the La Joya Independent School District.
MUSIC
BAND, MARIACHI, ORCHESTRA, CHOIR
LJISD MUSIC GOALS
To provide students a foundation of music whereby the students can perform musically/artistically in groups and individually; can make an aesthetic and knowledgeable judgment of music; to develop music literacy skills in music reading, critical listening, theory; and to demonstrate that music is an integral part of life as evidenced through history, society, culture, and tradition.
DANCE / FOLKLORICO
LJISD DANCE / FOLKLORICO GOALS
Provide students with a dance instruction program and comprehensive knowledge of dance as an art form where the students can perform dance that will foster the following:
o Artistic creation
o Awareness of body sciences
o Fitness principals
o Dance elements
The above-mentioned knowledge of dance will be taught through comprehensive coursework, diverse productions, disciplined work ethic, cultural and historical appreciation, enrichment through variety of dance genres, creative choreographic process, and artistic diversity and appreciation.
Drill Team
LJISD DRILL TEAM GROUP GOALS
The purpose of this organization shall be to promote harmonious school spirit, service, leadership, and sportsmanship by supporting school activities, increasing interest in school functions, and creating a spirit of school loyalty between students, faculty, administration, and the community.
VISUAL ART
LJISD VISUAL ART GOALS
Provide students with an art instruction program where the students can create art that will foster comprehension and synthesis of information and skills related to sensory awareness, creative expression, technical proficiency, cultural appreciation, and critical judgments.
THEATRE ARTS
LJISD THEATRE ARTS GOALS
Provide students with a theater instruction program where students can perform dramatically in groups and individually that will foster comprehension and synthesis of information and skills related to creative expression and performance, technical proficiency on the stage, cultural and historical appreciation, and critical judgment as it relates to theatre, film, television and electronic media productions