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ByPatriciaWinget,ChiefAcademicOfficerProgressTowardEndNumber1.2.aAsaresultofourefforts,studentswillpursuetheirownspecialinterestsandtalentswhilechallengingandimprovingtheirabilitiesinthefollowingareas:

a. Effectiveuseoftechnologyb. Problemsolvingandcriticalthinkingstrategiesc. Visualandperformingarts

ReasonableInterpretationandJustificationHorizonCharterSchoolcontinuestoeffectivelymeetEnd1.2.aasevidencedthroughthevolumeofclassesoffered,thenumberofstudentsenrolledinthosecourses,andtheprod‐uctsoftheirlearningexperiences.DataDirectlyAddressingtheInterpretationTheVisualandPerformingArts(VAPA)Standards(CDE,2001)addressthedisciplinesof:

1) Dance2) Music3) Theater4) VisualArts

Foreachartsdisciplinethecontentstandardsaregroupedunderfivevisualandperformingartsstrands:

artisticperception creativeexpression historicalandculturalcontext aestheticvaluing connections,relations,andapplications

Ateachgradelevel,pre‐kindergartenthroughgradeeight,contentstandardsarespecifiedforeachstrand.Forstudentsingradesninethroughtwelve,theproficientlevelofachievementcanbeat‐tainedattheendofoneyearofhighschoolstudywithinanartsdisciplineafterthestudenthasat‐tainedthelevelofachievementrequiredofallstudentsingradeeight.Manystudentsalsoelecttotakeadditionalartscoursesattheadvancedlevel.Whileschoolsanddistrictsacrossoursix‐countyareaareeliminatingVAPAclassesandprograms,HorizonCharterSchoolscontinuetoembracethebodyofresearchthatfindswhenthevisualandperformingartsarewovenintoarigorouscoreacademiccurriculum,learningandexpressionismagnified.Theimportanceoftheseartscannotbediminished.TheVisualandPerformingArtsStandardsstate:

Dance,music,theatre,andthevisualartshaveenduredinallculturesthroughouttheagesasauniversalbasiclanguage.Theartsconveyknowledgeandmeaningnotlearnedthroughthestudyofothersubjects.Studyinand

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throughtheartsemploysaformofthinkingandawayofknowingbasedonhumanjudgment,invention,andimagination.Artseducationoffersstudentstheopportunitytoenvision,setgoals,determineamethodtoreachagoalandtryitout,identifyalternatives,evaluate,revise,solveproblems,imagine,workcollaboratively,andapplyself‐discipline.Astheystudyandcreateinthearts,studentsusethepotentialofthehumanmindtoitsfullanduniquecapacity.Thevisualandperformingartsareavitalpartofawell‐roundededucationalprogramforallstudents.

All of our programs and home/indepependent study have opportunities for students to explore the visual and performing arts. Classes are offered to all students beginning in Kindergarten. Some examples are the following:

Theater Dance K-3 at the Lincoln Area Classes Music Around the World at the Lincoln Area Classes Music & Media Production at the Lincoln Area Classes Computer Animation at the Auburn Area Classes (School of Kreativity, Excellence &

Innovation) Meet the Masters Art Program at the Auburn Area Classes Guitar – Rock Band at the Auburn Area Classes Poetry and the Arts at the Placerville Area Classes Mission to Space at the Roseville Area Classes Aloha Dancers – Vendored classes Sacramento Ballet – Vendored classes Upstage Productions – Vendored classes Art: Acrylic Painting, Colored Pencil Painting, Pen & Ink Painting and Watercolor Painting

at the Roseville Area Classes

Some examples of our students’ art work from the Roseville Art classes taught by professional artist Michael Barnes are the following:

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The programs report that VAPA activities are infused throughout their education. For example, at the Lincoln Montessori Community Co-op, all classes have art approximately every three weeks; classes perform plays; and students take field trips to theater performances grades 3-8. The Accel-erated Learning Academy has a variety of core knowledge enrichment activities as well as in-class activities such as debates, skits, living history posters, movies, puppet shows, and simulations. Following is a summary of the classes offered to our students in each of the VAPA areas:

Location Dance Music Theater Visual Arts Lincoln 2 9 1 6 Auburn 5 8 2 7 Roseville 0 10 1 7 Placerville 0 2 0 1 Elk Grove 0 0 0 2 RAMSE 0 0 0 1 ALA X X X LMCC X X Vendors (CP) 19 59 5 10 TOTAL 26 88 9 34 It is evident, that HCS places a high value on offering to all of our students, wherever they live, opportunities to experience and learn about the visual and performing arts.