MPS Fine Arts

Middletown Public Schools Visual and Performing Arts, Middletown, CT.

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The Fine Arts team at Wesley School consists of General Music and Band teacher Mrs. Barton, and Art teacher Mrs. Palo, both of whose classes are one of the highlights of every students' day!

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It was a beautiful day for a parade as the MHS Marching Band shows off their moves on Main Street in Middletown for the Labor Day Parade!

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Meet Beman Visual Arts teachers for 8th grade, Mr. Kennedy, 7th grade, Mrs. Blackmon, and Mrs. Croyle for 6th.

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Choir in action at Beman MS with Mrs. Tulley and Mr. Watson!

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Ringing in the new school year in music class with Mrs. Stopa at Moody and Mrs. Goff at Spencer!

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The MHS Marching Band kicked off the 2026-2027 Performing Arts season with the annual Pre-season presentation at the Santo Fragilio Center for the Performing Arts!

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MHS Marching Band Pre-season day 2 was kicked off by a visit from our new Superintendent, Dr. Macary!

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Starting off the new school year with the Middletown High School Marching Band Pre-season!

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Students exploring the “string petting zoo” at the annual Elizabeth Swaim after school string program Open House. Lessons begin September 15, sign up at https://t.co/MjNocBNlch #mpsfinearts

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Sign up at https://t.co/MjNocBMNmJ
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Thanks to @joshburker for featuring two of my designs (the lower 2 photos)!

The class was great, I could have happily spent the rest of the year working on similar projects.

[Josh Burker @joshburker]

I am teaching a course at @sacredheartuniv in their IDEA Lab. We are #programming in @PicoTurtleArt and @turtlestitch and #fabricating our work using #3DPrinting, embroidery, and @EpilogLaser. #art #math #bitsToAtoms

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Did you know??

Skip going to Google Drive to create new files. Instead...

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This will be an improvement for classroom use, for sure!
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"If you want to encourage young people to be scientists, it's not how much they can retain, but how much they can explore...I can look up anything, but I can't take it to the next level without pushing and exploring" - Christy Pedra, as quoted in The Global Achievement Gap.

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"Mediocre workers are easily replaced with an outsourced or automated solution" - Most Likely to Succeed: Preparing Our Kids for the Innovation Era

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Something to consider - what if report cards were organized by critical skills as opposed to subject matter?

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Way to go the Snow School lunch workers featured, and those all across the district!

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Hooray! What a great day for our incredible staff.

Middletown schools celebrate cafeteria workers https://t.co/kVGU6LUj3v

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5 Components of Blended Learning:
1. Launch/hook
2. Introducing new content or skills
3. Formative assessments or checks for understanding
4. Active processing w/peers
5. Authentic learning experiences

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I get this question from time to time from teachers changing districts - how do you take the contents of your Google Drive with you?

[Eric Curts @ericcurts]

You can take it with you! Transfer your Gmail and Drive with Google Takeout for Schools https://t.co/fbgYtOUSUi #GSuiteEDU
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Instructional coaching types:

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