Fine Arts

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.

Please contact Tom Viking or Michele Christy if you have any questions.

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 "Dorrance Dance: The Artistry of Tap Dance". In order to view the videos, you will need to go to myPascoConnect first and sign in to Content Keeper Bypass.

All County Secondary Chorus

This will take place at River Ridge Center for the Arts on January 8, 2022.

All County Band

Rehearsals:

January 18, 2022 @ Charles S. Rushe Middle School and Sunlake High School

January 21 & 22, 2022 @ Wesley Chapel Center for the Arts

Concert:

January 22, 2022 @ 2pm at Wesley Chapel Center for the Arts

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

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:

"I found this organizer online on one of the big office supply store websites. I love that the compartments are clear so I can see what is in them, and that they tilt out for easy retrieval of items. I made my own labels in Microsoft Word. Now my supply cabinet looks like a million bucks!"

"How to Teach Drama to Middle School Students"

1) Skills Learned Through Drama Curriculum

2) Sixth Grade: Learning to Use the Body

3) Seventh Grade: Developing the Voice

4) Eighth Grade: Incorporating Thought and Emotion

Click HERE for 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 "Clowning Around! (What I Learned in Clown Class)" by Kevan Dunkelberg. 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.

Congratulations to GHS art students!

As part of its celebration of Florida City Government Week (Oct 18–22), the City Council of New Port Richey sponsored a poster contest with the theme "My City: I'm Part of It, I'm Proud of It." These Gulf High School art students were winners:

1st Place: Mariah Pena, grade 11

2nd Place: Chazitie Verdejo, grade 10

3rd Place: Kayla Mann, grade 12

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. 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.

FAEA has two upcoming opportunities for K-12 students. Submissions are now open for the Youth Art Month Flag Design Competition. The winning flag design will represent Florida and be displayed with other state winners during the NAEA Convention in March. The deadline to submit is January 14th, 2022.

Submissions are also 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.

Save the caps from dried out markers to make a 3D color families poster.

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 happens when blue, green, and violet greet you at the door?

You get a cool reception!

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