Opening
Minds through the Arts
OMA is Tucson's remarkable student achievement and school improvement program.
OMA uses the arts to teach state and federal academic standards in math, science, reading, writing and social studies. In OMA research schools, children of all ethnicities, regardless of socioeconomic status, showed improvement on mandated tests ( AIMS, Terra Nova, Stanford 9) in all tested areas. The quality of the OMA Program and the documented student achievement results have gained national recognition from U.S. Department of Education, Harvard Project Zero, Arts Education Partnership and others.
Kellond is a fully integrated OMA school, employing 10 professional artists, creative movement specialists, musicians and a full time Arts Integration Specialist.
OMA engages every child in the classroom to become an empowered learner. The OMA curriculum is built on neurological development research and multi-intelligence research to teach specific skills targeted to each grade from kindergarten through 5th.
Kindergarten: Auditory Acuity~
Students improve listening skills by working with an orchestral instrumental trio twice weekly.
1st Grade: Language Acquisition/ Literacy Development~
Students improve writing and reading skills by writing, composing and performing an opera.
Students engage in weekly creative movement (dance) lessons that imcrease comprehension of math and science academic standards.
3rd Grade: Composition/ Enhanced Academic Skills~
Students learn to play the recorder during weekly academically integrative lessons.
Students learn to play the violin during weekly academically integrative lessons.
Students participate in twice weekly band or orchestra lessons.
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