New Brunswick Public SchoolsArts Community Stakeholder Meeting

Lee Neamand

Supervisor of Fine, Visual and Performing Arts

District Administrators

Superintendent of SchoolRichard Kaplan

Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and InstructionJohn C. Anzul, Ed.D

Special Projects ConsultantJames DeWorken

Director of Title 1 and Supplemental EducationEvelyn Mamman

Welcome

High School Teaching Staff

Teachers

Steve Antosky Art

Kristine Templeton Art

Adrienne Vento Art

David Lago Art

Paula Costlow Television Studio

MaryBeth Purcell Music

Jennifer Emery Music

Dennis Johnson Music

Alicia Giglio Dance

Steven Thornburg Theater

Arts in NJ

• Since 1996 the Fine, Visual and Performing Arts have been a part of the New Jersey Core Curricular Content Standards and a graduation requirement in the State of NJ

• 2007 New Jersey Arts Education Partnership released the first New Jersey Arts Education Census

• In January 2014, New Jersey became the first state in the nation to include arts education measures as part of the annual School Performance Reports

http://www.artsednj.org/programs/reports-and-data/school-performance-report/interactive-spr-dashboards-

for-arts-education/

New Brunswick High School

Principal

Janene Rodriguez

Assistant Principal

William Gonzalez

Tyrone Harrison

Dr. Ashanti Holley

Steven Susnovich

What do you know about New Brunswick Public School Arts?

100% of our students take part in the National School Lunch Program

40% of our High School students speak Spanish as their primary language

82% of our students identify hispanic

16.2% of our students identify black

http://www.artsednj.org/programs/reports-and-data/interactive-school-performance-dashboard/

Arts K-5

Dance

Grade 2 Dance Power ARB

Grade 3 Dance Power “Waiting in the Wings” ARB

32 Students receive a full dance scholarship until grade 12

Grades 4 and 5 Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company Intensive

Paul Robeson, Redshaw, Livingston

Theater

George Street Playhouse

Participating Schools Participating Grades Total TATC Residencies Total Students Served

Lincoln 3rd gradeTATC

4th grade Ensemble Project

8 160

Livingston 3rd, 4th and 5th 11 228

Lord Stirling 3rd, 4th and 5th 15 308

McKinley 3rd, 4th, 6th and 7th 14 285

NB Middle School 6th, 8th 4 120

Paul Robeson 3rd, 4th and 5th 10 210

Redshaw 3rd , 4th 12 260

Roosevelt 3rd, 4th and 5th 18 370

Woodrow Wilson 3rd , 4th, 6th and 7th 10 207

Total 102 2148

Theater

State Theater

Okee Dokee Brothers

Roosevelt – 150 students

The Nutcracker

4th grade students

Lincoln – 120

Lord Stirling – 122

Roosevelt – 154

Art

All students in Grades Kindergarten through 5 receive art instruction one time per week for 40

minutes.

Art

We submit work to:

Middlesex County Sheriff’s Office

Middlesex County Youth Art’s Month

Student Art Exchange Exhibition Program, Fukui Japan

Monthly Central Office Display

Artsonia

Music

All students in Grades Kindergarten through 5 receive general music instruction one time per

week for 40 minutes.

All school have a choir which either meets during 0 period or lunch

Music

All students are permitted to begin studying a musical instrument in grade 4 with no cost to

the family.

Music

New Jersey Symphony Orchestra

All students in grade 5 attend the Concerts for Young People

All students in grade 2 receive an in-house program

2013-2014 Peter and the Wolf

2014-2015 Hispanic Roots

Summer Programs

• Summer Music Program (Grades 5-8)

– 2 weeks of intensive summer instruction

• Summer Art Program (Grades 4-8)

– 2 weeks of intensive summer instruction

• Summer Jazz Band (Grades 6-12)

– 4 weeks of intensive summer instruction

Gifted and Talented Program

Grade 5

Art (Inquiry Based Interdisciplinary)

District Band

District Orchestra

District Choir

Dance (Intensive residency with Carolyn DorfmanDance Company)

Grades 6-8 arts

McKinley and Woodrow Wilson

Music and Art – Once every week for 40 minutes

Woodrow Wilson

Middle School Choir

Performing at Somerset Patriots Game

New Brunswick Middle School Arts

All students can choose to participate in the academy program and major in:

Band

Orchestra

Choir

Dance

Fine Art

Theater

Every other day for a full school year

New Brunswick Middle School Arts

Students are able to choose 4 elective modules (the academy program requires 2)

Semester courses:

Fine Art

General Music

Theater

Dance

Choir

New Brunswick Middle School Residencies

• 7th grade students receive a Theater-based Holocaust Residency from George Street Theater based on the book they are reading in Language Arts

• 8th grade students receive a residency developed between their History teacher and George Street Theater

• 6th, 7th and 8th grade Dance Academy students receive a residency from the Carolyn DorfmanDance Company.

District Jazz Band

Students in grades 6-12 from all district schools are eligible to participate in our district jazz band.

4 weeks of summer instruction

6 hours per week for the year

High School- Dance

CurricularDance 1Dance 2Dance 3Dance 4Hip Hop

Co-CurricularDance TeamFall DramaSpring Musical

Randy James Intensive Residency- “10 Hairy Legs”

Summer Scholarships RutgersCarolyn Dorfman Dance Company

Dance Honor Society

High School – Media Arts

Curricular

Television Studio 1

Television Studio 2

Television Studio 3

Zebra News

Co-Curricular

Media Club

Events

Follett Challenge

NJEA Classroom Close-up

Mercer County Public Service Announcement

High School - Theater

Curricular

Theater 1

Theater 2

Theater 3

Theater 4

Musical Theater

Co-Curricular

Fall Drama

Spring Theater

CoLab Spring Residency

McCarter Theater Playwriting Residency

Summer ScholarshipsCo-Lab ArtsContemporary American Theater FestivalSummer Theater Maker Immersion

High School MusicCurricular

• Concert Band

• Concert Band Percussion

• Orchestra

• Strings 1

• Winds 1

• Guitar

• Piano

• Music Theory

• Chorale

• Concert Choir

• Chamber Choir

• Show Choir

High School Music

Co-Curricular

Marching Band

Pit Orchestra

Tri-M Honor Society

District Jazz Band

Sandra DackowWorkshops

Jeff Grogan Workshop

Bobby Yang Residency

High School- ArtCurricular

• Visual Design

• Painting

• Sculpture

• Ceramics 1

• Ceramics 2

• Photography 1

• Photography 2

• Graphic Design

• Animation

• AP Art Studio 2D

• AP Art Studio 3D

High School Art

Co-Curricular

Art ClubNational Art Honor Society

New Brunswick Library Photo Contest

New Brunswick Arts Council

Sustainable Food Group

College of New Jersey Art Show

New Brunswick City Hall Art Display

Fine, Visual and Performing Arts Themed Institute

Students in Grades 11 and 12 are eligible

Philadelphia Orchestra

Metropolitan Opera

Princeton Museum

McCarter Theater

State Theater

George Street Theater

• 2013-2104 Genocide Project

• 2014-2015 Harlem Renaissance “Savoy”

Fine, Visual and Performing Arts Festival

• Choir

• Band

• Orchestra

• 3rd Grade Recorders

• Art show

• HS and MS Dance

• HS and MS Theater

• HS Media

Reflections

WORLD CAFE

What do our students need to know to be successful in your

college/university/organization when they graduate?

What changes can we make in order to help our students be more successful?

What experiences or programs are available in your organization/college/

university for our students?

What experiences or programs are available in your organization/college/

university for our staff?

How do our current offerings meet the needs of your

organization/college/university?

In what role do you see yourself/organization/college/university related to New Brunswick Public School

Arts?

What role do you see New Brunswick Public School Arts playing in your organization/college/university?

When we have the opportunity to meet again, what are some topics that

you would like to discuss?