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(August 2007) -- The R.J. Kinsella Magnet School for the Performing Arts has moved temporarily to 245 Locust Street while its building at 65 Van Block Avenue undergoes a major renovation and expansion. The work is expected to be completed in August 2009. The office telephone number remains the same: 695-4140.
550 Students
Grade Levels: PK – 8
Most seats available in grade levels Pre-K and K (4-year-old PK program)
School Hours:
8:00 A.M.–2:30 P.M.
After School Hours:
Performing Arts and Academics Enrichment Available
Website:
http://www.kmspa.org/
Dress Code:
Blue, yellow, or white collar shirt and khaki navy or black skirt/pants
Magnet Theme:
The Richard J. Kinsella Magnet School of Performing Arts provides all students the opportunity to develop their skills through the performing arts. Preschoolers and Kindergarten students utilize Reggio Emilia guiding principles. This philosophy integrates graphic arts as a means to develop a child socially, linguistically and cognitively through a broad variety of hands-on experiences. As the students transition into the upper grades, learning continues through the integration of the performing arts in content areas. All students can experience playing a musical instrument, creation through stagecraft arts, and content learning via drama, dance, and movement. This process fosters student problem solving and critical thinking skills, and encourages individual learning so that students arrive at conclusions independently.
Academic/School Programs:
- All-day Kindergarten and PK Program with Extended Hours
- Suzuki violin for all preschoolers and any kindergarten-third grade students interested
- Emergent Curriculum Model (Learning Emerges Through Student Interests)
- Students in grades 5-8 choose an area of performing arts concentration and receive small group instruction
- All students play a musical instrument
- Portfolio-based assessment for grades 6-8
- Located in the Coltsville Historic Section adjacent to Adrian’s Landing
- Community Partnerships
- Northeast Utilities Foundation
- Hartford Steam Boiler
- Partnerships with Hartford Stage, The Bushnell, Ct. Opera, Hartford Symphony, Hartt School of Music, Pilobolus
Wadsworth Atheneum and The Bushnell Center for Performing Arts provide Extended Arts Development
Building Understanding Growth and Success (B.U.G.S.) and Attitude, Respect, Responsibility, Trustworthiness and Safety (ARRTS)
OPEN HOUSE DATES
- Monday, December 10, 2007 from 4:00 P.M.-6:00 P.M.
- Wednesday, January 9, 2008 from 10:00 A.M.-12:00 P.M. & from 4:00 P.M.-6:00 P.M.
- Friday 14, 2008 , 12 noon to 1:00 p.m.
Additional school visits can be arranged by appointment with the Artistic Coordinator of the Principal
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