MDC's Chance To Dance program provides professional in-school artist residencies that facilitate student achievement of Hawaii Content and Performance Standards in Fine Arts while integrating the arts with other core curriculum subjects. Chance To Dance utilizes the arts to deepen understanding of grade level curriculum in Language Arts, Math, Science, Health, Social Studies and PE, offering an engaging and stimulating approach to addressing State and National Educational Standards.
Through a kinesthetic approach to teaching, Chance To Dance creates a diversified learning environment, allowing students to make rich and personalized curricular connections, while building agility, strength, flexibility and coordination. |
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Preparing students for success in the 21st Century
Chance To Dance develops; cognitive skills and capacities for critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, and innovation; personal capacities for self-regulation, self-efficacy, self-expression, and self-motivation; and social and civic capacities for communication, collaboration and participation in changing societies,
through a rigorous and fun approach to the arts.
Chance To Dance develops; cognitive skills and capacities for critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, and innovation; personal capacities for self-regulation, self-efficacy, self-expression, and self-motivation; and social and civic capacities for communication, collaboration and participation in changing societies,
through a rigorous and fun approach to the arts.
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"Chance to Dance has been an excellent experience for students to learn through different modalities." L. Yokote 2nd Grade Teacher at Lihikai Elementary |