Matthew Fletcher

CARE & CONNECT is the class in which your son will spend the first 30 minutes of every day. In this class, students spend time CONNECTing with each other through small group structures, games, and activities. Students CARE for each other through discussions and supporting one another with school, extra-curricular activities, etc. Students CREATE a better path for their future stories by focusing on community-centered topics for both our school and Nelson County. Each member of the CARE & CONNECT will continue to develop throughout the year.

• To teach music through performance

• To develop performance skills on the various instruments (woodwind, brass, and percussion)

• To provide the musical needs of the school and the community

• To provide all students with a worthy use of their time, a means for self-expression, and a healthy social experience

• To develop the ability to function as a responsible member of a group

• To foster leadership, work ethic, and organizational skills

The Music Theory course is designed to enhance music skills and basic music fundamentals. The essential aspects of melody, harmony, rhythm, and form are studied. Throughout the course of the year students will study basic notation, scales, key signatures, intervals, triads, cadences, non-chord tones, form, part-writing and analysis of a score. Individual creativity is nurtured through both rhythmic and melodic composition.

History and Appreciation of Visual and Performing Arts: Appreciation of the arts is defined as: creating, performing, and responding to dance, music, drama/ theatre, and the visual arts. This course will examine the impact of history, philosophy, and religion on the production of the arts. It will acquaint the student with the language of the arts. The structures and purposes of each art form will be presented separately. Then the history of the art forms will be presented together in a chronological manner so that similarities and differences can be discussed.