Fine Arts

Pasco county celebrates fine arts month in March. Each year Tom presents information, photos, and sometimes videos &/or live performances at one of the March board meetings. We are working on the power point for the 2022 presentation now.

Please email Michele <mchristy@pasco.k12.fl.us> some of the following:

• photos of your students artwork
• photos of your students as they are working on their artwork
• photos of your students as they are performing music (either in class or at a performance)
• photos of your students as they are dancing (either in class or at a performance)
• photos of your students as they are performing theatre (either in class or at a performance)
• short video clips of your students performing (1 minute or less)

We want to tell and show the board all the amazing things Pasco county students are doing. Please consider that when you are sending the photos. Hopefully you have some artsy photos that will really showcase your talented students. Send as many as you can so we will have multiple to choose from.

Keep an eye out for an email from Tom that will contain a spreadsheet that you can fill out with your students accomplishments this school year. We need this information so he can wow the board with all of the amazing things your students have accomplished this school year. When that email comes, please take a few minutes to fill in your students accolades.

Most of you know that we have a Fine Arts Website that tells about each of our areas. Please check it out by clicking HERE.

You could also get there by going to:

pasco.k12.fl.us

click on the tab at the top "DEPARTMENTS"

scroll to find "Fine Arts" & click on it

You can navigate through our Fine Arts Website by using the green department navigation section. Please go to your department and check it out. Look for your school in the list. If you have a school website for your department, make sure it is linked there. If it isn't, please email Michele Christy <mchristy@pasco.k12.fl.us>. In order for us to link your website it must be linked to your school's website first.

**Please email Michele Christy photos of your program that you would like to be rotated onto the website. We really want to promote the arts and show off what the students are doing.

We need more mentors for all areas of Fine Arts.

Please take some time to consider this opportunity.

These are the requirements:

• Minimum of three years "highly effective or effective" teaching experience
  
• Demonstrated emphasis on personal professional development and advancement of the education profession
• Demonstrated effective skills related to:

• designing, delivering, and assessing high-impact learning activities for ALL students
• building a compassionate classroom
• communication, collaboration, and organization
• Demonstrated effective leadership skills, qualities, and experiences
• Principal recommendation - Click HERE for the recommendation form

Completed forms need to be emailed to Charlotte Kralik. All recommended teachers will be registered in myPGS. Please select the date you are available on the form.

If you are a new teacher or new to Pasco, you should have a mentor assigned to you. If you do not have a mentor, please reach out to your principal. If you and your principal would prefer you to have a mentor in the same field as you, Tom Viking and Michele Christy have a list of approved mentors in the fine arts. Your principal can contact us for suggestions.

You are eligible to have a mentor for your first 2 years in Pasco County.

You should be meeting with your mentor at least 1 time per week. The meeting can be in person, via zoom, or phone call.

If you are not already on the "new teacher" email list from the district you might want to contact:

Charlotte Kralik (catkins@pasco.k12.fl.us)

Steve Causey (scausey@pasco.k12.fl.us)

Let them know you are a new teacher, what subject you teach, and where you teach. Ask to be put on the new teacher email list so you can start receiving the Newbie Newsletter and receive all the information that they send out to new teachers.

We would love to announce any accolades that you and your dance classes have received. Please email Michele Christy with information about awards that you and/or your students have received so we can promote your dance programs. Do you have any student going to competitions? Placing in any competition? Please let us know.

Yammer

Don't forget to use Yammer. It is a great resource to use when you have questions or to share some successes. If you are not on Yammer, email Tom Viking or Michele Christy to get the directions to join.

Click HERE to go to the "DanceTeacher" website. It is full of interesting articles, teacher stories, and teaching tips like "Peter Stark’s Tips for Teaching Smoother, Swifter Directional Changes".

Dance Education Laboratory (DEL) is an experimental laboratory, a safe place for new and experienced dance teachers to enhance their skills, develop sequential curriculum, and learn from one another. For over twenty-five years, DEL has been training and supporting the work of dance educators, equipping the teachers of today with the tools they need to succeed in the classroom.

Check out their Blog to find interesting topics of discussion like "Finding Rhythm Through Call and Response: Body Percussion with Nicholas Van Young".

They have a Video Gallery where you can find things like "Dance for Students with Special Needs". In order to view the videos, you will need to go to myPascoConnect first and sign in to Content Keeper Bypass.

All County Elementary Chorus & Orff

Rehearsals:

February 12, 2022 @ Starkey Ranch K-8

February 19, 2022 @ River Ridge Center for the Arts

Concert:

February 19, 2022 @ 4pm at River Ridge Center for the Arts

Free Concert Band Warm-Up

Thank you, Chris Greco, for sharing this information.

Randall Standridge is offering free warm ups on his website. Click HERE if you would like to see what he is offering.

Yammer

Don't forget to use Yammer. It is a great resource to use when you have questions or to share some successes. If you are not on Yammer, email Tom Viking or Michele Christy to get the directions to join.

Found this information in a music blog:

• Use rubber pencil grips as inexpensive thumb rest cushions on clarinets by cutting them in thirds.
• Strips of Velcro on the carpeting work well as guides to where chairs should go and allow your students to quickly and easily straighten up the rows.
  
• Does your baton get buried under all your conductor scores? Use a binder clip on the side of your music stand, and it will always be handy.
  
• Do your beginning flute players have trouble remembering which keys the fingers of their left hand go on? Use “Avery Dot” stickers to mark the keys. You can do the same with clarinet pinky keys. Color code the keys on the right and left hand to assist students in learning their alternate fingerings.
  

Keeping Control in the Drama Lesson by David Farmer

This is an interesting article about classroom management for drama lessons with 8 top tips.

Click HERE to read the full article.

Yammer

Don't forget to use Yammer. It is a great resource to use when you have questions or to share some successes. If you are not on Yammer, email Tom Viking or Michele Christy to get the directions to join.

Check out the Stage Agent Blog!

You will find so many educational tips and ideas in this blog. One thing you should check out is the article titled "Arts Integration in the Classroom: Why Theatre is a Powerful Tool!" by Brit Christopher. This is one of many articles you will find in the Stage Agent Blog.

The next student evaluation festival date is March 16-19, 2022. Please check the Florida Thespians webpage for more information.

District Art Display (building 8)

We are collecting student artwork to be displayed in building 8 at District Office. Please email Michele Christy (mchristy@pasco.k12.fl.us) and let her know if you plan on sending some artwork and how many.

**You can start sending the artwork through the courier now to Michele Christy @ OLL building 3 north.

The deadline is February 28, 2022.

Judicial Buildings Art Display (NPR & Dade City)

We are collecting artwork to be displayed at the two judicial buildings in Pasco County. There is one in New Port Richey and one in Dade City. If you would like to have your students artwork displayed at one of the judicial buildings, please see the email that came from Michelle Vasko &/or Krystal Sumrall. Contact one of them if you have any questions.

Contact information:

Michelle Vasko mfitzger@pasco.k12.fl.us

Pasco Middle School, Dade City site

Krystal Sumrall ksumrall@pasco.k12.fl.us

Pineview Middle School, New Port Richey site

Kids N Art 2022 - Art Competition for Elementary Art Students

This annual art competition is coming up. All elementary artists in grades K-5th that take art classes in Pasco County public, charter or private schools are eligible to enter. Mary Hensel will be sending out an email with more information as well as posting information on Yammer. Contact Mary if you have any questions (mhensel@pasco.k12.fl.us).

Yammer

Don't forget to use Yammer. It is a great resource to use when you have questions or to share some successes. If you are not on Yammer, email Tom Viking or Michele Christy to get the directions to join.

First Lady Casey DeSantis Announces 2022 Black History Month Student Contest

First Lady Casey DeSantis announced that the theme for this year’s Black History Month contests will be Celebrating African-American Contributions to Florida’s History. Black History Month is celebrated each year in the month of February. “Black History Month is an opportunity for students to learn about the contributions African-Americans have made throughout Florida’s history,” said First Lady Casey DeSantis. “Over the next month, we will be honoring these contributions and their benefits to Florida’s communities. I encourage all Florida students to join us by participating in this month’s art and essay contests.”

About the Student Art Contest
First Lady Casey DeSantis’ Black History Month Art Contest is open to all K-3 students in Florida. Each student will submit original, two-dimensional artwork based on this year’s theme. Two winners will be selected.

Contest Entries and Guidelines
Student contest forms must be mailed to Volunteer Florida or submitted online at www.FloridaBlackHistory.com.

Volunteer Florida
Black History Month Committee
1545 Raymond Diehl Road, Suite 250
Tallahassee, Florida 32308

All entries must be received by 5 pm (ET) on Friday, February 18, 2022.

If mailing, please consider the time necessary to ensure the submission is received by Volunteer Florida’s office no later than the aforementioned deadline.

For more information about the contests, please visit www.FloridaBlackHistory.com.

FAEA has an upcoming opportunity for K-12 students.

Submissions are open for the K-12 Student Art Assessment & Virtual Exhibition. This is Florida's premier program for assessing student artwork, as well as promoting the artistic achievements of these students and their teachers. The deadline to submit is March 13th, 2022.

We at ASAP are committed to promoting the Arts in our community. ASAP members are excited to start planning some great events, workshops, peer support, and artist opportunities in the new year. We welcome all Pasco Art Teachers, either public, private, charter, active or retired art specialists, at all grade levels.

ASAP provides the opportunity to recharge & promote the artist in you. ASAP is working in conjunction with The Pasco Fine Arts Council, PFAC, to offer a variety of benefits when you join both organizations!

Art Specialists Association of Pasco has a $15 Annual Membership Fee, and our membership drive is underway for the 2022 calendar year!

You may also consider joining both ASAP and PFAC for a combined cost of $50 for the year, and enjoy the benefits of membership in both, such as:

participation in PFAC Member Shows, attending classes and workshops at a reduced cost, a listing in the PFAC Artist Registry, access to the artist library, opportunities to sell your items in the PFAC store, and more.

Please check our website for more information on how to join. Or you can also connect to ASAP through the PFAC link. If you have any questions, please contact Mary Hensel (mhensel@pasco.k12.fl.us).

ASAP:

https://artspecialistassoc.wixsite.com/asap

PFAC:

https://www.pascoarts.org/

We hope that you will join us!

As part of the annual commemoration, DOJ sponsors a national poster contest and announces the winner at the annual National Missing Children’s Day ceremony in Washington, D.C. The winner of this national contest, along with his or her teacher and parents, are flown to Washington to attend this special ceremony. I invite you to join us in our efforts to educate children across the country about safety issues by giving your fifth-grade students an opportunity to participate in this poster contest.

Local schools participating in the event will have the opportunity to submit their winning poster for judging at the state level. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement’s Missing Endangered Persons Information Clearinghouse (MEPIC), along with the Florida Department of Education and other organizations, will be working together to select a winner to represent the state of Florida. The statewide winner will receive an all-expenses-paid trip to Tallahassee, Florida, for Florida’s Missing Children’s Day on Monday, September 12, 2022. The winner will also receive a prize package and his or her poster will be submitted to the U.S. Department of Justice for national judging.

To read the full memo, please visit: National Missing Children’s Day Poster Contest https://info.fldoe.org/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document9409/dps-2021-189.pdf .

Please visit http://www.fdle.state.fl.us/MCICSearch/FMCDContest.asp to obtain a complete information packet. If you have any questions or need additional information about this national contest, please send an email to fmcd@fdle.state.fl.us or mc.day@fvtc.edu.

"My Art Lesson Plan’s" Think Series introduces students to an artist, one of the artist’s works, and asks thoughtful and challenging questions. The resource is intended to be projected and used as a bell ringer or a conversation starter. This group has been created for Black History Month and can be used to celebrate black artists at anytime or with any appropriate lesson.

Click HERE to find this Think Series and get more information.

Here is an excellent idea to help students who are visually impaired.

We have an Elementary Visual Art Display and a Secondary Visual Art Display on our Fine Arts Website to show off the amazing artwork that our students were doing. We would love to continue to display your students artwork on this platform.

If you would like to have your students artwork on our district wide Padlet:

1. take photos of your best student artwork
2. email the photos to Michele Christy <mchristy@pasco.k12.fl.us>.
3. include the students first name and grade

We will put all the photos you send on our Padlet and rotate the best of the best onto the website page. You can send one photo at a time or multiple photos. What ever is easier for you.

We cannot wait to see all the amazing things your students are and will be creating! We would love to represent EVERY school on this Padlet.

What was Edvard Munch's favorite dessert?

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Welcome back! We hope you enjoyed a relaxing and fun winter break. As you get ready to launch the second semester with your students, we encourage you to utilize both Inner Explorer (our new mindfulness platform) and our First 20 Days back calendar! Both resources can help you to re-establish your classroom culture and help to set you and your students up for success. These resources are available in our SEL Learning Network.

Tom Viking - Fine Arts Program Coordinator

Michele Christy - Fine Arts Resource Teacher

Email: tviking@pasco.k12.fl.us
Website: pasco.k12.fl.us
Location: 7227 Land O' Lakes Boulevard, Land O Lakes, FL, USA
Phone: 813-794-2585