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Upper School Community Space
We are so excited to unveil our new Upper School community space! Thanks to the countless hours of hard work this summer by our amazing Facilities Team and the generous gifting from Ethos of furnishings and technology for this space, we are able to welcome our Upper School community back to school with a brand new, multi-purpose space. The Upper School will use the space for Crew, seminar style classes, Guided Learning Labs, and social gatherings. We invite you to come check out this incredible new space the next time you are on campus!
Theatre Arts Integration Project
The Master’s School is thrilled to announce our partnership with CITA (Christians in Theater Arts). CITA cultivates environments that empower and sustain all Christians in theatre arts. CITA will partner with The Master’s School to offer a Theatre Arts Integration Project for our Middle School students. This theatre arts integration and cross-curricular project will incorporate core subject areas over a 15-week period (three 5-week sessions). The purpose of this project is to connect school community through collaboration, increase students’ critical thinking skills, create an environment that asks important questions and finds creative solutions, and connect art and faith in significant way.
Flute Instruction
In addition to our previously announced Suzuki violin classes for Kindergarten-Grade 3 and Suzuki guitar classes for Grades 4-5, we are excited to announce an additional offering made possible as a result of our partnership with the Hartt School of Music Community Division. Students in Grades 4 and 5 will be able to select between guitar and flute as their applied instrument this year. Offering guitar and flute specifically fulfills the General Music curricular goal of developing student’s musical independence on their choice of string or wind instrument. Both guitar and flute classes will give students a solid foundation and experience on the instrument which can become a gateway into other future musical endeavors.
Ballet Classes
We are thrilled to bring dance back to The Master’s School! Beginning this Fall, The School of Ballet Hartford will be offering classes for students ages 3 to adult on Mondays and Thursdays. The School of Ballet Hartford is the official training school for Ballet Hartford and has their home studios at the 224 EcoSpace. Both the Company and School believe joy and excellence work in unison to create an optimal environment for growth. The Master’s School looks forward to this partnership in enhancing our Fine Arts program.
Suzuki Music Classes: Guitar
As previously shared, we are reviving instrumental music at The Master’s School in new and novel ways. We are pleased to announce a brand-new instrumental class for older Lower School students. Beginning this fall, students in Grades 4 and 5 will have guitar as their applied instrumental music class. The Master’s School is thrilled to offer guitar instruction in collaboration with The Hartt School of Music Community Division.
Robust Array of Course Offerings
By partnering with Ethos School, The Master’s School has access to over 100 additional courses to immediately expand the breadth and depth of Middle and Upper School students’ academic experiences. Innovative Ethos courses are rigorous, flexible, highly engaging, collaborative, and feature active learning and rich “in person” social engagement with instructors who are highly trained content area experts and peers from across the globe. Uniquely, at The Master’s School, Ethos courses will be delivered in relationship through a healthy balance of live and pre-recorded sessions facilitated in small groups by TMS partner teachers who have been specifically trained as Ethos facilitators. We’re thankful for the opportunity to partner with Ethos School to expand our students’ opportunities through the broad selection of rigorous, flexible, and Bible-centered courses for our students!
Suzuki Music Classes: Violin
Beginning this fall, instrumental music will return to TMS in new and novel ways, starting in the Lower School. The General Music curriculum will expand, as we launch Suzuki violin classes for Kindergarten - Grade 3. Augmenting General Music by pairing it with Suzuki violin enables our youngest students to engage deeply with an instrument and apply their growing musical skills. We look forward to advancing the mission of The Master’s School in the music classroom!
Campus Advancement Initiatives
Campus might look a little different for the 2022-23 school year! The Board of Trustees determined that it is time for the great mission of The Master’s School to go forward, with significant new strength, with our innovative partnership with Ethos School in Christian education, and with a forward-thinking vision that will advance The Master’s School immediately and for years to come. A few of our campus advancement initiatives for the upcoming school year include enhanced STEAM curriculum with a revitalized Interactive Science and Technology lab in the Lower School, advanced technology in the Middle and Upper School, furnishings for our new community space for the Upper School, new flooring in select locations, a revival of our visual and performing arts programs, and more!