UPDATE!!! AFTER A MEETING WITH PARENT REPRESENTATIVES OF BOTH BAND AND CHOIR PARENTS, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS DECIDED TO HIRE BOTH A FULL-TIME BAND TEACHER AND A FULL-TIME CHOIR TEACHER!!!!
WE ARE SO VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY, THE SUPPORT OF THE SCHOOL BOARD AND FOR THE BRAVE DECISION BY JED BOWMAN TO INVEST IN OUR HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC PROGRAMS!
Woodland Park High School has recently made the decision to combine the choral and music programs at WPHS under one music teacher position.
According to The National Board, the knowledge standard for music teachers is as follows:
Standard II: Knowledge of and Skills in Music - Accomplished music teachers consistently demonstrate outstanding performance and musicianship skills; comprehensive knowledge of music theory and history; and highly specialized knowledge in general, choral, or instrumental music as they provide students with high-quality, sequential instruction in music.
Colleges require incoming music students to declare in either vocal or instrumental music, not both. These are distinct and separate disciplines, not unlike medical doctors specializing in Psychiatry and Orthopaedics. Both are MD's but psychiatrists are not surgeons. Would you want your psychiatrist performing surgery?
This decision will lead to the loss of hundreds of thousands of dollars in funding due to students transferring out of the school district to seek quality music instruction elsewhere. Equally tragic is that those students that remain will receive substandard instruction in whichever discipline the teacher did not specialize in. Education is not about filling holes and balancing budgets. It is about providing the highest quality education for our children.
As parents, students, educators and concerned community members, we call on the school board of Woodland Park School District RE-2 to direct the superintendent and high school administration to post and hire separate QUALIFIED vocal music and instrumental music teachers, each focusing on their area of expertise.
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
February 6, 2017
Reached 100 supporters
February 4, 2017
248 Comments
Let's improve, promote, and expand our high school band and choral programs, and make them SO GREAT, that more students want to come to this district for their love of music! You can only do this with top notch band AND choral directors, not combining them!
I graduated from Woodland Park. I was also a part of Select Ladies Ensemble, Ladies Glee, and Choir. I was interested in my voice and what i could learn i can do with my voice, not instruments. What will happen to all of the special groups? Madrigals?
My kiddos are in elementary, but I am watching closely what occurs. Music education is very important to our family and I will be quick to taking my kids to CS if they can not get the music opportunities they need in woodland.
While both areas require extensive knowledge of music, they are very different when it comes to technique. Students require the dedication of two teachers. Having just one, no matter how good, will be a detriment to their education.
I was in band every single year of high school and choir for 3 and they both played a monumental role in my life and not just for educational purposes, they formed my family. When will WPHS realize that the arts are so much more important to students than they think.
So very glad to hear the decision of school district at Woodland Park High School! Bravo!
Band was my life. We need to keep this going. With a separate teacher who is only committed to band. ❤ Go Panthers!
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UPDATE!!! AFTER A MEETING WITH PARENT REPRESENTATIVES OF BOTH BAND AND CHOIR PARENTS, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS DECIDED TO HIRE BOTH A FULL-TIME BAND TEACHER AND A FULL-TIME CHOIR TEACHER!!!!
WE ARE SO VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY, THE SUPPORT OF THE SCHOOL BOARD AND FOR THE BRAVE DECISION BY JED BOWMAN TO INVEST IN OUR HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC PROGRAMS!
Woodland Park High School has recently made the decision to combine the choral and music programs at WPHS under one music teacher position.
According to The National Board, the knowledge standard for music teachers is as follows:
Standard II: Knowledge of and Skills in Music - Accomplished music teachers consistently demonstrate outstanding performance and musicianship skills; comprehensive knowledge of music theory and history; and highly specialized knowledge in general, choral, or instrumental music as they provide students with high-quality, sequential instruction in music.
Colleges require incoming music students to declare in either vocal or instrumental music, not both. These are distinct and separate disciplines, not unlike medical doctors specializing in Psychiatry and Orthopaedics. Both are MD's but psychiatrists are not surgeons. Would you want your psychiatrist performing surgery?
This decision will lead to the loss of hundreds of thousands of dollars in funding due to students transferring out of the school district to seek quality music instruction elsewhere. Equally tragic is that those students that remain will receive substandard instruction in whichever discipline the teacher did not specialize in. Education is not about filling holes and balancing budgets. It is about providing the highest quality education for our children.
As parents, students, educators and concerned community members, we call on the school board of Woodland Park School District RE-2 to direct the superintendent and high school administration to post and hire separate QUALIFIED vocal music and instrumental music teachers, each focusing on their area of expertise.
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
February 6, 2017
Reached 100 supporters
February 4, 2017
248 Comments
We are retired; have no children in the schools . We pay property taxes. We believe it is important that our tax dollars support balanced disciplined students. Music and drama and art accomplish that ! Build confident and well rounded citizens .
Let's improve, promote, and expand our high school band and choral programs, and make them SO GREAT, that more students want to come to this district for their love of music! You can only do this with top notch band AND choral directors, not combining them!
I graduated from Woodland Park. I was also a part of Select Ladies Ensemble, Ladies Glee, and Choir. I was interested in my voice and what i could learn i can do with my voice, not instruments. What will happen to all of the special groups? Madrigals?
My kiddos are in elementary, but I am watching closely what occurs. Music education is very important to our family and I will be quick to taking my kids to CS if they can not get the music opportunities they need in woodland.
While both areas require extensive knowledge of music, they are very different when it comes to technique. Students require the dedication of two teachers. Having just one, no matter how good, will be a detriment to their education.
I was in band every single year of high school and choir for 3 and they both played a monumental role in my life and not just for educational purposes, they formed my family. When will WPHS realize that the arts are so much more important to students than they think.
So very glad to hear the decision of school district at Woodland Park High School! Bravo!
Band was my life. We need to keep this going. With a separate teacher who is only committed to band. ❤ Go Panthers!
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We are retired; have no children in the schools . We pay property taxes. We believe it is important that our tax dollars support balanced disciplined students. Music and drama and art accomplish that ! Build confident and well rounded citizens .