Comal ISD Fine Arts Newsletter
March 20-26, 2016
Morningside Elementary 1st Grade Program
Tuesday, Mar 22, 2016, 06:00 PM
Morningside Elementary School, Morningside Drive, New Braunfels, TX, United States
4A Bi-District One Act Play Competition
Wednesday, Mar 23, 2016, 12:00 PM
Canyon Lake High School, Farm to Market 32, Fischer, TX, United States
6A District One Act Play competition
6:00 SV
Wednesday, Mar 23, 2016, 01:00 PM
Canyon High School, Interstate 35, New Braunfels, TX, United States
SVHS Dance Parent Meeting - Information for 2016-2017
Wednesday, Mar 23, 2016, 06:00 PM
Smithson Valley High School, Spring Branch, TX, United States
UIL 2C MS Choir Concert and Sight-Reading
1:00 pm - MVMS
Thursday, Mar 24, 2016, 11:30 AM
Lanier High School, West Cesar E. Chavez Boulevard, San Antonio, TX, United States
Why Arts Education is Important!
Arts education is crucial to developing skills needed in the 21st century workforce. Creative industries are a large part of the job market today. Students need to be adequately prepared to step into these jobs.
Arts education helps prepare students for the globally competitive workforce by developing the ability to innovate, communicate and collaborate. Arts education in schools increases test scores across every subject area, lowers dropout rates and helps close the achievement gap regardless of socioeconomic status.
A 2005 Harris Poll showed 93% of Americans consider the arts to be vital to providing a well-rounded education for children and a critical link to learning and success.
Perhaps most relevant as we look at the immediate academic success of our students, Dr. Shirley Brice Heath at Stanford University discovered that young people who participate in the arts for at least three hours on three days each week through at least one full year are:
- 4 times more likely to be recognized for academic achievement
- 4 times more likely to participate in a math and science fair
- 3 times more likely to win an award for school attendance
- 4 times more likely to win an award for writing an essay or poem
Simply put, the arts are a vital part of public education. The arts fuel our local economy, and we have evidence that arts education helps students excel in school.
Middle School UIL Choir Competition!
SBMS Varsity Choir wins Sweepstakes
SVMS Varsity Men's Choir wins Sweepstakes
SVMS 8th Grade Girls Choir wins Sweepstakes
SVMS JV Boys Choir!
CMS Choir!
SBMS Men's Choir wins Sweepstakes
CHMS Orchestra, First CISD Orchestra to compete in Concert and Sightreading, directed by Richard Helsley.
CHS Aristocats: 14 Time National Grand Champions!
Congratulations Team and Coach Megan Nebgen!
Overall top scoring team of the day
Division II medium team national champion
Judges award
1st place medium ensemble
Best in class jazz, lyrical, hip hop, contemporary
Showmanship award
Choreography award
Technique award
Best in category - lyrical, hip hop, contemporary
Highest scoring routine of the competition with team contemporary scoring a 299 out of 300
Champions cup award of excellence
Sammi Neel 4th place soloist
Natalie York and Hannah Mullenix top ten solo semi finalist
NATIONAL CHAMPION CLHS Dance Teams! Congratulations Team and Coach Kara Endsley!
Emerald Dancers Officers
1st place for all 3 dances
1st place and NATIONAL CHAMPS for the Small Team category
Awards for- showmanship and technique
Emerald Dancers
1st place for all 4 dances
1st place and NATIONAL CHAMPS for the Small Team category
Awards for- showmanship, choreography, and technique
First Class Ballroom
1st place for all 3 dances
1st place and NATIONAL CHAMPS for the Co-Ed division
Awards for- technique, showmanship, and choreography
HIGHEST SCORING DI DANCE OF THE DAY FOR CONTEMPORARY (FOXTROT)
DIVISION I GRAND NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!!!
Team II Ballroom
2nd place for both dances
2nd place for the Co-Ed category
Awards for- technique, choreography, and showmanship
Soloists
Dakota Pearson received a “judges awards” for his solo!
All 3 Teams
voted-on award (by the other teams in the competition) for the “Most Congenial”
Canyon High School Theatre Department Production directed by Jenna Stephenson
SVHS Color Guard directed by Samuel Woodfield WINS!
The SVHS Color Guard competed at the Winter Guard International Tulsa, Oklahoma Regional this past weekend with Color Guards from North Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Mississippi and Oklahoma. The Smithson Valley Color Guard representing the Texas Educational Color Guard Circuit, South Texas and the San Antonio Region won both Preliminary and FINALS competition. The Smithson Valley Color Guard also posted the highest score at the competition that day with an 83.8 winning their class division by 8 points In both the preliminaries and finals rounds.
The next competition for these young ladies and gentleman is the TECA State Championships on April 2 at Canyon High School.
Bill Brown Music Class Rehearsing!
The CHS Dance Team directed by Megan Nebgen win second!
The Aristocats faced some tough competition at The American Dance & Drill Team Galveston Island Festival and came home with the following awards:
2nd place medium team
5th overall team sizes out of 28 teams
Outstanding Sportsmanship Award voted on by other teams
Academic Champions for medium team division with an overall team GPA of 3.63
1st runner up medium ensemble
Team sweepstakes and Gussie Nell Davis Award
Team Judges awards for : Jazz, Hip Hop, Lyrical and contemporary
Outstanding Technique
Outstanding Choreography
Outstanding Presentation
Solo finalist: Hannah Mullenix & Sammi Neel tied for 2nd runner up
Lydia Dawkins & Natalie York tied for 4th runner-up
Art Show with Interactive Fun!
CISD and Fine Arts Department Information
Email: carla.schumann@comalisd.org
Website: http://www.comalisd.org/pages/Comal_ISD/About_Us/Departments/Curriculum_Academics/Fine_Arts
Location: 1404 Interstate 35 Frontage Road, New Braunfels, TX, United States
Phone: (830) 221-2044
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