Music
Music
Specialist/Teacher - Susan McDonald
469-752-2174
Susan.McDonald@pisd.edu
Part-Time
Music Specialist/Teacher - Myra Sutton
469-752-2177
Myra.Sutton@pisd.edu
News
from Ms. McDonald
The
music classes at Jackson have been studying instruments this 9 weeks. There
is a wonderful website that your child can visit that is sponsored by the
Dallas Symphony Orchestra. This would be a great reinforcement for what your
child is learning in music. It is www.dsokids.com.
They will have the opportunity to learn more about instruments, hear their
sound and even learn about different composers. I hope you can visit this
site with your child.
Susan McDonald, Music Specialist
- Program
Overview
The
students of our school, grades K-5, participate in two music classes per week.
In these music classes they are taught using the Kodaly method of music instruction.
The goal of this Hungarian based method is to promote music literacy through
the use of folk tunes and the child's own singing voice. Our goal is to help
students discover that music is a language which they can read, write, and
think in just as they do any other language. The process is a developmental
and sequential one with new discoveries added in each grade level while all
the time reviewing and practicing previously learned concepts and skills.
Meet
the Staff
Susan
McDonald has been Jackson's Music Specialist since 1990. She graduated from
the University of Oklahoma with a Bachelor's Degree in Music Education and a
Master's Degree in Music Education from the University of Central Oklahoma.
She has also received her Kodaly Certification from the University of North
Texas. Her music teaching experience ranges from the elementary level to junior
college level. Before moving to Texas, Mrs. McDonald was one of the five finalists
for the 1989 Oklahoma Teacher of the Year. In the 1997-98 school year Mrs. McDonald
was named "Teacher of the Year" at Jackson.
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