Arts Achieve! School Profiles

County : Palm Beach County School District
Number of Students : 568

Types of students served: U.B.Kinsey/Palmview Elementary School of the Arts (UBK), a Title 1 school, is located on one of the oldest school campuses in Palm Beach County, opening in 1929 as Industrial High School. In 1995 it became the arts magnet school. There are 570 students at UBK, of which 58% are “magnet students”. Students from diverse ethnic, social, racial and economic backgrounds attend UBK. Students who reside in the immediate area may opt to attend. Every child enrolled at UBK participates in the Fine Arts Magnet program.

For more school information, please visit www.palmbeach.k12.fl.us

The Arts at U.B.Kinsey/Palmview Elementary School

Students receive an arts-centered approach to language arts instruction. Every grade level in our school participates in a school-wide Reader’s Theater Festival in order to improve oral reading fluency and comprehension. Each classroom teacher chooses a Reader’s Theater script, or develops a script from a book that is being read in the classroom. The students make props, participate in the directorship of the production, and, of course, read a part of the script. This opens many avenues for the teacher to get children involved in the analysis of the story, and the pure joy of reading. Classes present their script to an audience of parents, students and judges. In alignment with our arts magnet program, each student receives instruction enriched by playing classical music in the background according to the Mozart Effect research. Classroom teachers use songs and music to teach math facts, science facts, test taking strategies, and other concepts. Through a partnership with the Norton Gallery of Art, students are able to learn science, math and reading though analysis of famous works of art in the gallery.

Our Arts Teaching Team includes:

Visual Arts – 2
Music – 1
Band – 1
Orchestra – 1
TV Production – 1
Computer Graphics – 1
Dance – 2
Physical Education – 1
Spanish – 1

For more information, our teachers will be happy to answer your calls or emails!

Our Schedule
All of our students receive experience in all of the Fine Arts areas our school offers. These areas are: Computer Graphics, Dance (ballet, modern, jazz and ethnic dance), Music (general music and strings – violin, viola, cello and bass), Theatre, Visual Art, T.V. Production/Communications, and Spanish (4 th and 5 th grade). Students who are in 3 rd through 5 th grade receive the above arts areas and may also choose one or two specialty arts classes called “Studio Class” which meets at the end of our extended school day. Those “Studio Classes” are: Computer Graphics, beginning and advanced; Dance, beginning and advanced; Concert band, beginning and advanced; Chorus; Handbells/Keyboard; String Orchestra (beginning and advanced); Communications, T.V. Production, Journalism, Writing; Theatre (beginning and advanced), and Visual Arts (portfolio for 5 th graders, pottery, drawing and painting and mixed media). Fine Arts teachers are encouraged to teach the arts through academic areas where it is at all possible. For example, patterns in Visual Arts, Music and Dance can be compared to patterns in mathematics. Reading comprehension and fluency are integrated in Communications and Theater.

Our Pride
Mrs. Helen Byrd, principal states, “The joy and pride is extremely tangible. It impacts all aspects of the students’ lives as evidenced by the improvement in behavior, grades, and attitudes."

Mrs. Sharon Campbell, Magnet Coordinator explains, “Visitors come for tours of the U.B. Kinsey campus on a regular basis. As they walk along the campus, they are in awe by what they see; children singing; a theatre class sitting in a circle around a student practicing a monologue; students in dance slippers pirouetting,stretching and leaping while following the choreography for the next performance; artists in smocks working on colorful paintings; students playing the violin in one classroom and others practicing percussion instruments in another; students working on a computer presentation for class in the computer lab; while others are photographing or videotaping an art exhibit or performance on and o! campus. All of these activities can be a part of the arts class or the academic class. UBK is a lively place, full of music, laughter, energy and academic excellence! Visitors are usually excited and amazed at the intensity of instruction, both art and academic, that occurs at UBK. Most of the time they indicate that they wish that they had gone to this school as a youngster and want to know when their child can start!

A Visit to Our School:
U.B. Kinsey/Palmview Elementary School of the Arts provides an outstanding education centered on artistic excellence and high academic achievement!

Our Special Arts Programs:
U.B.K. has earned the grade of “A” from The Florida Department of Education; U.B.K. met the A.Y.P. criteria with the Florida State Department of Education; Magnet Schools of America awards U.B.K. as a 2007 Magnet School of Distinction; The Florida Alliance for Arts Education designated U.B.K. as an Arts Achieve Model School for 2007-2010; The Norton Museum of Art, one of our business partners, hosted U.B.K. for Family Day, and sponsored a group of teachers for a summer curriculum development to be used by Palm Beach County Schools; Art & Culture Magazine featured U.B.K. students in an ar-

ticle about Arts Magnet Schools; The Palm Beach Pops visited U.B.K. for four sessions of “The Magic of Music” along with a culminating Spring Finale Children’s Concert at the Sound Advice Amphitheatre; The Florida Department of Children and Families pre-sented the Gold Seal Quality of Care to U.B.K. for 2006-2012; The Palm Beach School District awarded the Family Involvement Achievement Award to U.B.K.; Mrs. Cory Littles was awarded Channel 12’s “I Make a Difference Teacher Award.”; The Gold Orchestra was awarded the “Gold Rating” at the Heritage Music Festival in Orlando; The Kravis Center, sponsored “The Pantomime Man” for an exciting performance at U.B.K.; The Ned Show visited the students at U.B.K. for an exciting program on developing champ-

ions; A fourth grader earned first place in the “Florida History Through Art Contest”; A first grader won First Place at Artigras; One of our newest business partners, Motor City Car Wash, awarded two teachers a week a free car wash; Good Samaritan Hospital, a business partner for three years, donated school supplies and backpacks for U.B.K. students, in addition to a $10,000 donation to support The Arts Magnet; U.B.K. students received numerous awards for: the Martin Luther King Art Contest, Lighthouse Center for the Arts, The Community Service Pet Project, “Subway Fresh Fit” Poster Contest, Artigras and The South Florida Fair Crown Contest; U.B.K. was invited to perform at the City of West Palm Beach Mayor’s State of the City Address; U.B.K. Dance students per-

formed at the Motor City Car Wash Grand Opening. U.B.K. has three National Board Certified Teachers; The U.B.K. Social Club was established for our young males to reach their academic and social potential through mentoring and visiting speakers, and field trips; The Executive Director of the Children’s Coalition works with our Communication Arts students twice a week; Mrs. Susan Rodberg was named the 2007 Music Teacher Of the Year by the Youth Orchestra of Palm Beach County.