Dobson Academy is committed to teaching the core academics. Subjects covered in Dobson’s K-8 curriculum include Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Art, Music, Physical Education, Spanish, and Technology. Dobson’s curriculum has been aligned to the New Articulated Arizona State Standards to meet the requirements of the “No Child Left Behind” Act.
MUSIC
STANDARD 1: Creating Art
Students know and apply the arts disciplines, techniques and processes to communicate in original or interpretive work.
STANDARD 2: Art in Context
Students demonstrate how interrelated conditions (social, economic, political, time and place) influence and give meaning to the development and reception of thought, ideas and concepts in the arts.
STANDARD 3: Art As Inquiry
Students demonstrate how the arts reveal universal concepts and themes. Students reflect upon and assess the characteristics and merits of their work and the work of others.