Center Street School is located at 812 Center Street Horseheads, NY. This school is located in Chemung County and provides education for grades K through 4 and it is part of the Horseheads Central School District. Center Street focuses on reading and improving reading for all students attending Center Street School. The development of reading is a big key to improving the quality of all work that students do daily in school, and is vital to their future in college, work, and life. Through music, students can learn important life lessons such as cooperation, perseverance, self-discipline and creative expression.
All students attend music class. Students in fourth grade have the opportunity to take lessons on a string, brass, woodwind, or percussion instrument and to participate in beginner band, chorus, and/or orchestra.
Students have 30 minute music classes twice in the six-day schedule. Music lessons are planned to develop musical, social and personal skills in a way that challenges the students. Much of the learning is done through hands-on activities, and is often reiterated through small group work. A typical lesson consists of a combination of the following: singing, rhythm instruments, music theory, concentrated listening, keyboard instruments, composition, sign language, dancing, recorders, and cooperative learning.
