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Rockville Centre arts director recommends new courses, scheduling changes and expanded inclusive programming
Summary
Katie Mark, the district's director of arts, presented a curriculum review and a package of recommendations including new courses (Unified Theatre, IB Dance, Intro to Fashion Design), a shift to grade-level middle school ensembles, small-group lessons for chorus, and a plan to run the proposals without added cost next year.
Katie Mark, director of the arts for the Rockville Centre Union Free School District, presented a curriculum review to the Board of Education on March 13, outlining program strengths and a set of recommendations to expand arts access and alignment across grade levels.
Mark said the review drew on feedback from teachers, students, parents and alumni and produced a vision to "cultivate creative, empathetic and informed citizens through a comprehensive arts education." She recommended several course additions for next school year — Unified Theatre, IB Dance and Intro to Fashion Design — and urged fuller participation in the International Baccalaureate (IB) model’s six-subject program so that arts study remain…
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