Why a Fine Arts Education? Art Band Choir Elementary Fine Arts Home Orchestra Speech & Debate Theatre "If you are looking for something to be brave about, consider fine arts." -- Robert Frost Deb Shaw, Director of Fine Arts Click here to email me! 615 W. Missouri Ave. Suite 520 Midland, TX 79701 (432) 689-1010 (432) 689-1190 FAX dshaw@esc18.net 2008 UIL Contests and Academic Events Click Here Spring was contest season for MISD fine arts. This page will give you access to information like contest dates, schedules and results for 2007-2008. Please join us for a look at another successful year. MISD FINE ARTS CALENDAR Click on the "Agenda" tab for a detailed list of Fine Arts events. Click Here Concerts, contests, play performances and PTA programs line up with halftime, art shows and benefits. You can find it all right here. MISD joins with the many other local arts groups to offer you variety and panache. Feed your cultural apetite and support the arts in West Texas. Fine Arts Meetings Calendar Click Here This calendar lists departmental meetings for secondary staff in art, band, choir, orchestra, speech and theatre. You can also find meetings of district-wide interest along with UIL and TMEA dates. Instructional Resources for the Classroom Click Here Curriculum, scope and sequences, TEKS, etc. can aid instruction and provide resources. Check here for documents that describe arts education. Look also for activities, units and lessons that work well for other teachers. If you have material to offer or a favorite website you use, let us know and we will add it to our page. News and Notes UNDER CONSTRUCTION This is a page for facts and figures, plans in action and basic information. Check here for schedules and upcoming events. We will also post directory information and news items that pertain to MISD Fine Arts. Teaching and Travel Opportunities UNDER CONSTRUCTION Scott Skidmore, an assistant principal at San Jacinto Junior High, told the entire student body of SJ that, "not all learning happens in the classroom." He was so right. There are many opportunities for teachers and administrators to travel worldwide to observe and participate in educational activities. Several MISD teachers and even our Director of Fine Arts have travelled to Japan with the Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund. This and many other programs are out there waiting for those with interest and a sense of adventure. Check it out. Permian Basin Arts Organizations Click Here for Links If you know of organizations that should be included in this list and are not, please contact us with information so we can add them. Thanks for supporting the arts in West Texas. Arts Education Resources Click Here for Links If there is an agency or organization you feel should be included on this page, please contact MISD Fine Arts at (432) 689-1010. If a group is advocating for and advancing arts education in our community, we want access to their information. Thanks. District Forms Click Here Our purpose here is to make many of the oft-used MISD forms available for faculty and staff. If there is something you are looking for and cannot find, contact us and we will try to upload it to our website.