Curriculum
The Juneau School District Music Curriculum strongly supports the National Coalition for Core Arts Standards (NCCAS) vision for all students: to develop artistic literacy as a lifelong goal. Both the Alaska and National Arts Standards support this lifelong goal through these five foundations:
The Glacier Valley Music Room strives to develop all five of these foundations through creating, performing, responding and connecting. Activities include place-based learning, cultural movement and dance, singing and games, instrumental music and composition. Glacier Valley also is home to Juneau Alaska Music Matters (JAMM) which provides 90 minutes/week of violin instruction to all kindergartners and 1st graders during the day as an intervention for school readiness skills. In Grades 2 - 5 JAMM becomes an after-school program offering orchestra, songwriting, modern dance, music technology, rock band, drumming and ukulele. Visit the JAMM website for more information about this tuition-free program, which serves over 100 students at Glacier Valley and 550 students district-wide.
- Arts as community
- Arts as creative personal realization
- Arts as culture, history, and connectors
- Arts as means to well-being, and
- Arts as community engagement
The Glacier Valley Music Room strives to develop all five of these foundations through creating, performing, responding and connecting. Activities include place-based learning, cultural movement and dance, singing and games, instrumental music and composition. Glacier Valley also is home to Juneau Alaska Music Matters (JAMM) which provides 90 minutes/week of violin instruction to all kindergartners and 1st graders during the day as an intervention for school readiness skills. In Grades 2 - 5 JAMM becomes an after-school program offering orchestra, songwriting, modern dance, music technology, rock band, drumming and ukulele. Visit the JAMM website for more information about this tuition-free program, which serves over 100 students at Glacier Valley and 550 students district-wide.