Atwater High Music Department

The mission of the Atwater High Music Department is to provide a balanced and comprehensive music/arts education to each of our participants with additional emphasis placed on citizenship. Students with involvement and exposure to the fine arts are productive, creative, and integral members to our community and society. Students have also shown to consistently score higher on standardized tests and ending their high school years graduating near the top of their class.

[And, in the case of every graduating ceremony as of 2021 to 2025, at least 1 member of the selected Speakers at Large were from the Atwater High Music Department]

Participation in the music department teaches its members that it is a privilege and an honor to represent their school. Students learn to win and to lose; to take as well as to give. Self-motivation and intellectual curiosity are essential to the best academic participants, and these elements, coupled with the physical demands of the band and guard activity proper, healthy habits are as embedded into the curriculum as scales & rhythms.

Lastly, and perhaps even more important than any other aspect of our program, the Department of Music provides a home away from home for its members, and even its staff. There is a great pride and tradition in being a member of the Atwater High Music Department, and we are honored to have you join us in creating the next great Legacy.