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Welcome to Monroe Public School's Music Department


District Music Office: 734.265.3473
Fax:   734.265.3400


The mission of music education in Monroe Public Schools is to provide children with a means for musical growth. Music education encourages the development of skills, knowledge, appreciation, attitudes, and cultural awareness to promote a lifelong enjoyment of music.

MUSIC EDUCATION
Development of the Total Person
We believe through participation in music activities students will benefit in many areas of everyday living, leading to a better quality of life.

Character building traits learned from participation in an organized music curriculum:
  • Aesthetic sensitivity.
  • Higher self esteem, respect for accomplishment, being in touch with one's feelings, success for non- achievers, poise.
  • Friendship, love for mankind, cooperation, feelings of belonging, participation, good manners.
  • Willingness to be a leader/follower, commitment and reliability to self and group.
  • Higher thinking skills, mental powers in the cognitive area, imagination.
   
Reinforcement of basic educational skills through participation in an organized music curriculum:
  • Math Skills - fractions-numerals, logic, proportions.
  • Reading Skills - Phonics, syllabication, pronunciation, fluency, diction, articulation, spelling, rhyme.
  • Social Studies - understanding of different world cultures, geography, history.
  • Language Arts - English, foreign language, literary forms.
  • Science - acoustics of sound, health and safety.
  • Development of fine and gross motor skills.

 

 

 




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