Arts at MPCS

Young minds are at their most creative as they explore and learn daily. Tactile art projects and music training occur as part of the PreK curriculum and in STEAM exploratory classes.

Arts experiences in grades K-5 lay a basic foundation for differentiated and creative learning. From contextual drawing and painting to learning to sing or play an instrument, students engage in whole-learning to awaken creative and aesthetic thinking.

After school Murray Arts Academy lessons are offered in music and dance, as well as opportunities to take part in on-stage performances. 

Students have opportunities to "dig deeper" in the arts through band, chorus, orchestra, theatre, dance, and visual arts — taking a course sequence that builds upon itself through the middle school years. As students progress, arts study moves from an exploratory focus to a more meaningful venture, where raw-passion and talent meet effort and sacrifice to refine and grow students' gifts. Theater and concert performances abound in grades 6-8.

While the high school offers a full-fledged curricular arts education program common to other schools, the Dozier School of the Arts gives students the chance to engage in a curricular arts magnet program.

MPCS offers training in audio engineering in the LeFevre SoundLab, an industry-standard recording studio. High school arts also includes jazz band, marching band, drumline, winterguard, musical and dramatic theatre, and show choir.