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
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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.
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Attachments A, B, C
cc: Assistant Superintendents for Instruction
Music Contacts