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Vivian Griese
Curriculum Leader
Kelly Dee
Teacher Specialist for Music
Lynn Kirkland
Administrative Assistant
727-2466
MISSION
The Hampton City Schools Fine Arts Department will instill in all students an appreciation of a variety of artistic endeavors and perpetuate lifelong cultural involvement.
Creativity and 21st Century Skills: The arts provide students with opportunities to develop and sharpen their critical thinking skills. Critical thinking involves logical thinking and reasoning including skills such as comparing and contrasting, classifying, making analogies, deductive reasoning, planning, making hypotheses, and using critiquing skills.
In order for our students to be successful after graduation, they will need these skills to be competitive in the business world of the 21st Century.
Our programming provides opportunities for students to learn and exercise these important skills through basic, intermediate, and advanced level courses in both the visual and performing art classes. We also offer music theory and music production, computer graphics, and three levels of computer animation.
MUSIC NEWS! Members of the HCS Steely PAN Band won Gold Superior rating in the 10th Annual PANorama Caribbean Music Fest on Saturday, May 12, 2012 in Virginia Beach under the direction of Jackie Warren Stetina. This group was the only one to receive a special shout-out for their contributions. See their performance...
Visual Arts
Hampton City Schools employs 45 highly qualified visual arts educators, including one Nationally Board Certified Teacher.
Students have the opportunity to exhibit their artwork throughout the school year in a variety of venues. Culmination of the year’s work are showcased in the annual Youth Art Month show at City Hall, the High School Art Show, and the Hampton Women’s Club Art Show.
Community partnerships include the Mayor’s office, Sister Cities, Coliseum Business District, Hampton Roads Convention Center, Langley Research Center, Air and Space Museum, Hampton University, and The Charles H. Taylor Arts Center.
The school division offers regularly scheduled elementary and middle school art offerings.
High school art courses include Art Foundations: 2D Design; Art Foundations: 3D Design; Advanced Drawing, Advanced Painting, Art Foundations: Cultural Art Forms, Sculpture, Computer Graphic Design; Computer Art Animation I, II, and III, Art Appreciation, Modern Art History, AP Art History, Portfolio Prep, and AP Studio Art.
Music
Hampton City Schools employs 44 highly qualified music educators. Seven music educators are National Board Certified Teachers.
School system activities include the 4th Grade Virginia Symphony Orchestra Performance; 5th Grade Elementary Honors Chorus, Orff Ensemble and Recorder Ensemble; All-City Steel Drum Ensemble; All-City Jazz Band; Middle School Honor Band and Chorus, Winter Concert Series, Music In Our Schools Month Concert, Jazz Appreciation Concert, Spring Concert Series, Warrior Classic Marching Band
Competition, and Hampton Roads Show Choir Invitational. Our students participate in VCDA, VBODA, VMEA, and NAfME events.
The school division offers regularly scheduled elementary school general music offerings. Middle schools offer regularly scheduled chorus and band classes.
High School courses include Chorus, Show Choir, Band, Jazz Band, Guitar, Music Theory, AP Music Theory, and Music Production-Pro Tools. Marching band is offered as a co-curricular opportunity.
Community partnerships include The American Theater, Langley Air Force Heritage of America Band, and the YMCA. In addition, the department partners with Young Audiences of Virginia, Virginia Symphony Orchestra and the Virginia Arts Festival.
Copyright © 2012 Hampton City Schools. All Rights Reserved. One Franklin Street, Hampton, Virginia, 23669 757-727-2000 The Hampton City School Division is not responsible for the contents of any off-site webpages referenced from HCS servers. In compliance with Federal and State Laws and Regulations, Hampton City Schools does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, or the presence of non-job related medical conditions or handicaps in the educational programs and activities it operates in its admission policies and its employment practices. Virginia Department of Education