FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
     
    John L.Winn
    Commissioner of Education
     
      
     
     
     
    STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
      
     
    F. PHILIP HANDY,
    Chairman
     
    T. WILLARD FAIR,
    Vice Chairman
     
     
    Members
     
    DONNA G. CALLAWAY
     
    R
    OBERTO MARTÍNEZ
     
    P
    HOEBE RAULERSON
     
    KATHLEEN SHANAHAN
     
    L
    INDA K. TAYLOR
      
     
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
    CONTACT PERSON
     
      
      
      
      
      
      
    NAME:
    June Hinckley
     
      
      
      
      
      
      
    PHONE:
    850/245-0762
     
      
      
      
      
      
      
    SUNCOM:
    205-0762
     
      
      
      
      
      
      
    EMAIL:
    june.hinckley@fldoe.org
     
     
      
      
      
      
      
      
    K-12:
    2006-33
     
     
    MEMORANDUM
     
     
    TO:
    District School Superintendents
     
    FROM:
    John L. Winn
     
    DATE:
    March 17, 2006
     
    SUBJECT:
    Music Demonstration Schools
     
    I am pleased to provide the enclosed information concerning the Music Demonstration
    School Project. This project was developed by the Department of Education in cooperation
    with the Florida Music Educators’ Association and implemented in 1988. Currently, twenty-
    four schools have been selected as Music Demonstration Schools, and eight have been
    chosen for Honorable Mention recognition.
     
    The purpose of this project is to identify, recognize, and promote statewide school music
    programs at the elementary, middle/junior, and high school levels that balance diversity, high
    performance standards, and instructional quality in music education. Schools applying to
    become Demonstration Schools are evaluated, visited, and approved by the Department of
    Education according to criteria developed by MENC: The National Association for Music
    Education and the Florida Music Educators’ Association. Those schools that meet these
    criteria are committed for a three-year period to assist school officials, teachers, and other
    interested persons in observing quality programs and obtaining information for program
     
     
     
    325 W. GAINES STREET • SUITE 1514 • TALLAHASSEE, FL 32399-0400 • (850) 245-0505 • www.fldoe.org
     

     
     
    District School Superintendents
    March 17, 2005
    Page 2
     
    improvement. The selected schools will receive public recognition from the Department of
    Education and the Florida Music Educators’ Association.
     
    Please distribute these materials to principals or music teachers that you feel should apply for
    this program of recognition. The instructions for making application to become a Music
    Demonstration School are found in Attachment A. For those who have submitted applications in
    the past, please note that an additional criterion has been added regarding how the music
    program contributes to the success of students in the areas of reading, writing, mathematics and
    science.
     
    All applications should be submitted by May 19, 2006, to June Hinckley, Music and Fine Arts
    Program Specialist, 424 Turlington Building, 325 West Gaines Street, Tallahassee, FL 32399-
    0400. Please be aware that this date is earlier than the required receipt date for materials in the
    past. The date has been changed in order to facilitate completion of the selection process well
    before the state Florida Music Educators Conference held each year in early January. Materials
    submitted for application will be reviewed over the summer, and the site visits will take place in
    September.
     
    NOTE:
    Please make sure that persons designated to receive a copy of this memo are signed-up
    to receive correspondence from the Department paperless communication site since hard copies
    are not being sent out. The site address is http://www.firn.edu/doe/menu/communications.htm. If
    they are not currently signed-up, please provide them with a copy of this memorandum.
     
    JW/jhf
     
    Attachments A, B, C
     
    cc: Assistant Superintendents for Instruction
    Music Contacts
     
     
      

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