Philosophy

Instruction at High School of Music & Dance is based on the essentialists and existentialists teaching philosophies. At Music & Dance, we believe that the goal of education is not to learn stuff but to build the core skills that allows students to read, write, speak, and listen and that education should focus on the individual. Meaning, their learning experience is basic and their human experience is personal. Like the essentialists and existentialists, we believe that these are the best learning philosophies. In our Reading class, we would learn how to read notes since we are a music school. In History class, we would learn about music and dance in earlier centuries and in different cultures. At other schools, students arent able to do what is true for their life or self and they would instead be learning specific things that are not important. At High School of Music & Dance, we are enrolled in what interests students have in music and dance and the basic learning curriculum.