Mission Statement

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Music</B></FONT>    |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Music"><U>home</U></A></div> <div> <B>Mission Statement</B><B>   |   </B><A HREF="info.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Concert Information"><U>Concert Information</U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="3rd.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="3rd Grade"><U>3rd Grade</U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="4th.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="4th Grade"><U>4th Grade</U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="5th.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="5th Grade"><U>5th Grade</U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="email.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Me"><U>Contact Me</U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="links.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Favorite Links"><U>Favorite Links</U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Concert Photos"><U>Concert Photos</U></A></div> <div> Mission Statement</div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="045f4410.gif" border=0 width="500" height="65" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="503" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 30 ><NOBR><div> <B>Music Philosophy</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="246"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="30" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="246" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 220 WIDTH="495"><div> Music is an activity common to every human culture and is perhaps the only activity with the power to integrate our physical, emotional, social, spiritual, intellectual and aesthetic selves.  We believe a successful music program nourishes students in ways that are beneficial to all of his or her academic activities. </div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <div>  </div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="565" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 105 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="04a1f5e0.gif" border=0 width="543" height="94" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="503" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 30 ><NOBR><div> <B>Mission Statement</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="246"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="30" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="246" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 383 WIDTH="495"><div> The music curriculum for the New Fairfield schools takes much of its general organization and many of its details from the National Standards for Arts education.  It is designed to provide students at every grade level with activities that involve and integrate the entire range of musical experiences:  physical, emotional, social, spiritual, intellectual and aesthetic.  It does so in a way that is sequential, internally integrated and in a way that helps students discover the relatedness of different kinds of musical experience and the relatedness of that experience to other disciplines.</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>