Grade: High School

11 Feb 2024

Arts Appreciation Series: Careers and Pathways in the Arts and Humanities

August-June

Without the arts in our community, we would lack in entertainment and creative outlets that shape the world into a better place. Join the Arts Educators at the Greenacres Arts Center to discover how artists fit into the larger community, and the paths you can take to continue engaging in the arts. Programs in the Arts Appreciation Series encourage students to practice their communication skills, particularly oral communication, through intentional opportunities for speaking about and engaging with the arts and each other.

Fine Arts Standards:

  • VA.HS.7RE Explore and discuss opportunities for lifelong involvement and advocacy in the arts.
  • MU.HS.6RE Evaluate potential musical career choices.
  • TH.HS.4RE Discuss the importance of drama and theatre in a community and provide examples.

Social and Emotional Learning Standards:

  • SEL.C2.4.d Evaluate the impact of personal involvement in an activity to improve school, home, community and world

Vocabulary:

audition, contract, rehearse, resume, artist, advocacy

11 Feb 2024

Live Performance Experience

Greenacres is proud to bring the community together to support local Performers and Arts Organizations. Our Live Performance Series is your opportunity to experience live musical or theatrical performances in an intimate, educational concert setting. Have the opportunity to ask questions of the performers and delve deeper into the intricacies of the performance. The performance is always followed by hands-on learning activities in small groups facilitated by Greenacres Arts Educators. This is a customized program based on the school’s request and performer availability. We would love to connect with you!

Fine Arts Standards:

  • HSP.7RE Discuss how people differ in their responses to musical experiences based upon culture, environment, values and personal experiences.
  • HSP.2CO Create a critique of a live music performance using criteria based on elements of music.

Ohio English Language Arts Standards:

  • SL.9-10.1/SL.11-12.1 Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grades 9–10/11-12 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively
  • TBD Standards based on performance topic, theme, and potential customization based on the school.

Vocabulary:

Live performance, audience, actor, musician, instrument, evaluation

05 Feb 2024

Taking the Stage

August-June 

Take center stage at the Arts Center and put your creative instincts to practice! Through music and theatre, work with your classmates to discover performance techniques that can be valuable in many areas of life, and find the pride to star in a final performance.

Fine Arts Standards:

  • MU.HS.4PR Perform an appropriate part in an ensemble demonstrating well-developed ensemble skills.
  • TH.HS.2PR Demonstrate the collaborative skills necessary for producing a scene with an ensemble

Social and Emotional Learning Standards:

  • SEL.D1. 2.d Apply constructive feedback to strengthen connections and achieve common goals

    Vocabulary:

    script, ensemble, scene, objective, given circumstances, inspiration

    04 Jan 2024

    Nature Awareness

    August-June

    Awareness of your surroundings can lead to a deeper connection with nature and yourself. Walk silently through the forest, hear more, see the smallest movement. Students will use these skills as they experience Greenacres and connect to nature and themselves in a deep and authentic way. 

    Ohio Science Standards

    • SWK l: Various science disciplines use diverse methods to obtain evidence and do not always use the same set of procedures to obtain and analyze data
    • SHE: Science depends on curiosity, imagination, creativity and persistence.
    • SHE: Science and engineering are influenced by technological advances and society; technological advances and society are influenced by science and engineering

      Vocabulary:  awareness, sit spot, observation, hypothesis

      Introduction: CLICK HERE for a mushroom poster from  a Greenacres educator

      Introduction: CLICK HERE for a bird poster from a Greenacres educator