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Final supporters
If you would be interested in enrolling in either Concert Choir or Mixed Choir at West Valley in the fall of 2016, please take a moment to add your name to the list in order to support our efforts to hire a part-time choir teacher. Currently, there are not enough students enrolled in each class to justify having two periods or hiring a certified teacher – however, with your help, we can build those numbers and offer better opportunities in the music program at West Valley High School. Please specify which class you would be interested in joining!
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May 16, 2016
I have been sitting down with the music department this week to discuss how we can keep the choir program alive for my younger brother and his classmates. Your signatures are providing the leverage we need to prove that these classes are essential for our students.
May 16, 2016
Seeing this level of enthusiasm for the music program fills me with so much relief for my brother and his classmates. We have finally built the momentum needed to show the administration that this choir is vital to our school culture.
25 Comments
Arts education is so important and the fact that West Valley does not have is not fair to the students there. Arts teaches a sense of community, the same community that can be taught in sports. They teach individuality and confidence. They teach you that it's okay to be yourself. The arts are extremely empowering. When you live in a world where the arts are constantly not being funded and sports consistently are, it's amazing to find a group of people who believe in the same work that you're doing. There needs to be a qualified Choir teacher at West Valley. Enough said.
I've seen this choir do great things and that was with a student led concert choir, and I know that with a separate class period, both classes can achieve even greater things
Music changes lives.
I've been in concert choir for 3 semesters or, 1 1/2 years and I've enjoyed every second of it. With that being said, I'm sure that it's been difficult for our Choir teacher to teach two classes in one period. So at the very least, I'd hope that we could have two choir periods. While having two different levels may work in other classes, like our Chinese program having Chinese II and III in the same class. It just doesn't work in choir. In Chinese, the third level students are getting a review of chapters that they've already surpassed. In Choir, since we're practicing different pieces between Mixed and Concert, we're not able to learn from the other choir as one would in a Chinese class for example. There are many classes that this works for, such as the aforementioned Chinese, Video Production, Photography, MC JROTC, and other classes I'm sure. But music requires the concentration of all individuals involved, and that sadly isn't as easy to maintain when the teacher has to teach two completely separate choirs in one 50-80 minute block of time. Thank you for your Time, James
The Arts are just as important if not more so than Sports!
PS: I'm not joining choir but I'm in orchestra and I want to help support all music in our schools.
The arts need to be included in schools.
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Status: Closed — this petition is no longer accepting signatures.
Final supporters
If you would be interested in enrolling in either Concert Choir or Mixed Choir at West Valley in the fall of 2016, please take a moment to add your name to the list in order to support our efforts to hire a part-time choir teacher. Currently, there are not enough students enrolled in each class to justify having two periods or hiring a certified teacher – however, with your help, we can build those numbers and offer better opportunities in the music program at West Valley High School. Please specify which class you would be interested in joining!
Updates
May 16, 2016
I have been sitting down with the music department this week to discuss how we can keep the choir program alive for my younger brother and his classmates. Your signatures are providing the leverage we need to prove that these classes are essential for our students.
May 16, 2016
Seeing this level of enthusiasm for the music program fills me with so much relief for my brother and his classmates. We have finally built the momentum needed to show the administration that this choir is vital to our school culture.
25 Comments
As a West Valley Alumni I feel like the Arts are just as important as any other elective program schools have to offer. Keep the Choir around!
Arts education is so important and the fact that West Valley does not have is not fair to the students there. Arts teaches a sense of community, the same community that can be taught in sports. They teach individuality and confidence. They teach you that it's okay to be yourself. The arts are extremely empowering. When you live in a world where the arts are constantly not being funded and sports consistently are, it's amazing to find a group of people who believe in the same work that you're doing. There needs to be a qualified Choir teacher at West Valley. Enough said.
I've seen this choir do great things and that was with a student led concert choir, and I know that with a separate class period, both classes can achieve even greater things
Music changes lives.
I've been in concert choir for 3 semesters or, 1 1/2 years and I've enjoyed every second of it. With that being said, I'm sure that it's been difficult for our Choir teacher to teach two classes in one period. So at the very least, I'd hope that we could have two choir periods. While having two different levels may work in other classes, like our Chinese program having Chinese II and III in the same class. It just doesn't work in choir. In Chinese, the third level students are getting a review of chapters that they've already surpassed. In Choir, since we're practicing different pieces between Mixed and Concert, we're not able to learn from the other choir as one would in a Chinese class for example. There are many classes that this works for, such as the aforementioned Chinese, Video Production, Photography, MC JROTC, and other classes I'm sure. But music requires the concentration of all individuals involved, and that sadly isn't as easy to maintain when the teacher has to teach two completely separate choirs in one 50-80 minute block of time. Thank you for your Time, James
The Arts are just as important if not more so than Sports!
PS: I'm not joining choir but I'm in orchestra and I want to help support all music in our schools.
The arts need to be included in schools.
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As a West Valley Alumni I feel like the Arts are just as important as any other elective program schools have to offer. Keep the Choir around!