Enrichment programs

Harry Stone offers several enrichment programs to help build well-rounded children and enhance their talents.

Spanish: Frank Bravo, Instructor

Students in grades 1-8 take Spanish once a week. They complete assignments in class and have materials for practice during the week.

Choir: Kalva Scott, Director

Students in grades 1-8 participate in Choir, with competitive choirs for the Middle School students. The following choirs are available:

• Small stones (grades 1-3)
• Stone Singers (grades 4-6)
• Treble Choir (Middle School Performing Choir)
• Tenor-Bass (Middle School Performing Choir)

Choral activities and accolades:

• PTA meeting performances
• Holiday music performances
• Special programs
• DISD Choral Evaluation-Treble choir
• UIL Concert/Sightreading Contest -Treble choir
• Region XX Solo/Ensemble Contest - 1st division rating
• Singers chosen for All-City Elementary Honor Choir
• Singers chosen for All-City Middle School Honor Choir 
• Singers chosen for All-Region Honor Choir

Theater Arts: Abagail Crabtree, Director

Orchestra: Michael A. Smoot, Director

The Harry Stone orchestra program serves 120 students in grades 1-8. Students in the 1st grade start off with the Suzuki String method. This method started over 30 years ago in Japan and is responsible for producing some of the world’s best string musicians. As students continue through the program, Strictly Strings, a comprehensive string method book, is used along with music from the University Interscholastic League (UIL) prescribed music list.

Students who make the commitment to be in this program have the opportunity to participate in state, district and city music festivals, concerts and workshops, including...

• DISD Solo and Ensemble Contest
• DISD Orchestra Evaluation
• UIL Concert/Sight‑Reading
• Performances at the Morton Meyerson Symphony Hall and Sandy Lake Amusement Park
• Outstanding performers are selected to the All‑City orchestra.
  

Classes are held during the regular school day.  Students are expected to practice 15-30 minutes each day at home emphasizing the new material presented in class. Parents should call the school office at the beginning of the school year to enroll their student in the Orchestra Program.

Piano: Timothy Brown, Director

The Middle School classes perform a “Solo Winter Piano Recital” in January.  The recital typically includes works by Mozart, Chopin, And S. Rachmaninoff as well as a number of ensemble works for more than one performer.

Classes are held during the regular school day.  Click here for practice hints that should address many of the questions that are traditionally asked by parents each year concerning practicing the piano at home.
Parents should call the school office at the beginning of the school year to enroll their student in the Piano Program.