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The Arts: Music, Art, Drama in Hilton Schools I 10 Lessons The Arts Teach

Music in Our Schools Web Page; Music Faculty: K-12 - Music Program Coordinator Nancy Russo; High School - Adam Klock, Jared Streiff, Nicholas Williams; Middle School - Charles Kane, Hope Randolph, Katherine Thompson; Northwood Elementary School - Kristen Coon, Kim Rudd, Tim Stodd, Sonja Volkmar; Quest Elementary School - Shana Conheady Davenport, Beth Fabrizio, Heidi Reese; Village Elementary School - Linda Davis, Peter Madsen, Charles Palella, Melissa Reed, Tammy Reddinger. For further information about music in the Hilton Schools. Program Director Nancy Russo may be reached at 585-392-1000 ext. 2284.
: ART in the Schools; Art Faculty: K-12 - Art Program Coordinator Jan Dentino, High School - Jan Dentino, Barbara Lucas, Kristin Pikuet , Geoff Russo, Christine VerWeire, Bill Smith, Samantha Powley; Merton Williams Middle School - Vince Dalba, Bill Smith; Northwood Elementary - Laurie Steele-Sperber, Samantha Powley; Village Elementary - Katie Boss, Ariana D'Angelo. Program Director Jan Dentino may be reached at 585-392-1000 ext. 2231.; Art Shows on Tap for Winter-Spring 2012; March is Youth Art Month NYSATA Show at ARTISANworks Art education develops self-esteem, appreciation of the work of others, self-expression, cooperation with others, and critical thinking skills, skills vital to the success of our future leaders --- our children … The arts enrich our lives and enrich our learning. And the arts are a valuable learning tool that reinforces the other disciplines, like reading, writing, social studies, science and math says the Council of Art Education.; Art Students in Galleria della Arti Show l Art in the Schools I The Memory Project
: The Vincent Van Gogh Traveling Exhibit from Teacher’s Discovery on display at Northwood Elementary School in March 2010 celebrates March as Art in Our Schools month. The impressive panels bring Van Gogh’s artwork to life through color and brushstroke. Students created our own "Northwood Starry Night" which each student in the school created a special part of the sky. For more: NW Art News David Puls, of Animatus Studios worked with 18 Quest Elementary intermediate students in a Animation Workshop series through Young Audiences of Rochester with cut-paper animation films that focus on the re-telling of an important event from American History. The Memory Project Students in Mrs. Jan Dentino’s International Baccalaureate Visual Art class have the special opportunity to participate in the worldwide art project termed The Memory Project.; ART HAPPENINGS. . . .; First grade art students in teachers Catherine Boss and Ariana D'Angelo's classes discussed details of Edward Manet's The Fifer carefully observing and drawing the shapes and positions of a model's body to create these exceptional winter portraits, right. - read more -; NYSATA Student Exhibit, March 6 - April 10, 2011 at ARTISANworks - read more -; Student Art at RIT Bevier Gallery through February 27, 2011; Hilton HS Advanced Media Design students finalists in RIT Publishing Competition; HHS Senior wins $1,000 Art Prize for Drawing at ArtPeace Shakedown; Watercolorist Elaine Verstreate visiting Artist at Hilton High School in February 2010; Eleven HHS students in Rochester Finger Lakes Exhibition Jan. 29-Feb. 24, 2010; Northwood Elementary Art News I Fall 2009 Art in Our Schools newsletter I Winter/Spring 2010 Art in Our Schools newsletter