About General Music K-5
Students at SHE attend a 45-minute general music class once a week throughout the year. General Music is a curricular subject for which students receive grades. In music class, students engage in a variety of lessons and activities that target multiple learning styles, allowing them to create, perform, respond, connect, and most importantly have fun learning about music! Lessons are designed for each grade level to meet local, state, and national standards. Follow the links below for more information about our standards and curriculum.
Fulton County Philosophy of Music Education
The study of music is important to one’s aesthetic, emotional, academic, physical and social growth, and is a significant part of the cultural heritage of all peoples. Through music, individuals have the opportunity to develop keener insights into the dignity and worth of people, to enjoy a more humanized educational environment, and grown intellectually and artistically.
Each student is unique and should learn to make independent judgments and informed choices with regard to personal needs. A developmental, sequential, and productive music education program encourages self-directed learning and creativity. Past musical experiences enable students to build a value system that is applied to new musical experiences.
Each student is unique and should learn to make independent judgments and informed choices with regard to personal needs. A developmental, sequential, and productive music education program encourages self-directed learning and creativity. Past musical experiences enable students to build a value system that is applied to new musical experiences.
Our Goals
- To support students in building a lifelong relationship with music as consumers, producers, and performers
- To stimulate and expand aural, physical and visual senses
- To provide opportunities for all students to have some knowledge of music as well as providing certain students the opportunity for specialized and advanced study
- To help students perceive value in the study of music
- To broaden pre-existing foundations of music experiences
- To aid students in discovering the common areas which exist in music, other arts, and academics
- To provide students with a means for understanding and appreciation of our cultural heritage, and to broaden the understanding of music in other cultures
- To provide opportunities through music for students to find satisfaction in their accomplishments, both individually and collectively
- To foster within the student a respect for the opinion of others