Avon Grove School District Music Department Mission Statement

The Avon Grove School District Music Department develops and promotes knowledge, skills, and appreciation of music in an environment of musical excellence. Through active participation in a variety of musical experiences, students will become lifelong learners, listeners, performers, intelligent consumers, and advocates for the arts.

• To acquire and apply musical knowledge as individuals and within a performing ensemble in accordance with the National Standards for Music Education.
• To develop higher level thinking required for complex reasoning, critical thinking, problem solving, and listening skills.
• To promote and develop positive interactions such as teamwork, cooperation, leadership, acceptance of differences, discipline, and creativity.
• To develop the personal growth of self-realization, aesthetic experience, emotional development, creative attitudes, physical and mental health, self-expression, self-esteem and personality development.
• To facilitate and enhance student thinking in all other subjects while maintaining the integrity of music as its own subject.