Combined Arts
Fine and Performing Arts
The Wayland Fine Arts Department encompasses arts education offerings in the Wayland Public Schools grades K-12 in the fine and performing arts. Courses include K-12 visual art and general music, grade 3-12 strings, grade 4-12 band, grade 4/5-12 chorus, grade 6-12 drama. All staff members are certified and experienced educators in their areas of instruction. We believe that all children are entitled to a strong foundation in the musical, dramatic and visual arts.
The Wayland Music Department has been recognized by the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) as a Best Community for Music Education in 2009-2010, 2010-2011, 2011-2012, 2012-2013, 2013-2014, 2014-2015, 2015-2016, 2016-2017, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25! #SUPPORTMUSIC
WMS Combined Arts 6-8
The classes included in our combined arts rotation are an integral part of our middle school’s comprehensive curriculum. Early adolescence is a time for exploratory learning and the development of new skills: physical, social, and thinking. While the core curriculum classes (English, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, and World Languages) provide students with opportunities to develop their Linguistic Intelligence and their Logical- Mathematical Intelligence, the Combined Arts classes offer the chance to strengthen other intelligences such as Spatial, Bodily-Kinesthetic, Musical, Interpersonal, and Extrapersonal.
The curriculum in each of the arts classes is designed to challenge students’ problem solving and critical thinking skills and to foster a greater sense of self-esteem. As students learn about engineering and design, try different art media, rehearse a Shakespearian play, or compose a simple melody, they begin to link up with the adult world through the awareness of new competencies and strengths.
Students will rotate through the following specials each term:
- Applied Science
- Visual Art
- Drama
- Music
- Sixth grade students will also participate in a Library/Technology class during the term in which they have Drama on their schedule.
