Outreach
ROCKREACH
Dance Inspires, Inspiration Motivates
The Rock School's outreach program, RockReach, led by a team of artists
and educators, offers entertaining and interactive techniques to
support integrated educational programs. RockReach brings dance
performances, interactive arts activities, and training opportunities
to inner-city and suburban youth.
RockReach is designed to strengthen
the academic skills of the participants, develop the children's social
skills, broaden students' interests, and keep students constructively
and actively engaged in the art form.
ROCKREACH PROGRAMS
CITY DANCE - The Rock School Scholarships
City Dance is a scholarship program that is open to students ages 6 to 11 years from throughout the Greater Philadelphia metropolitan area who, due to financial limitations, are unable to explore and develop their talent for ballet. Many students have benefited from City Dance support for 5 years and more.
City Dance is a competitive and selective program designed to identify students with potential to achieve professional careers.
Space is limited. The parents or guardians of those selected must meet the financial criteria for enrollment, full finacial disclosure, including tax returns, are required. Annual City Dance auditions are held at The Rock School.
Click here to download the 2008 Audition Flyer.
IN SCHOOL & AFTER SCHOOL RESIDENCY PROGRAMS
The Residency Programs offer high-quality, weekly instruction in a variety of dance forms. These programs are designed to bring the arts into urban neighborhoods and to provide a constructive, goal-oriented outlet for youthful energy and talent.
The program engages and stimulates the participants’ academic, compositional, artistic, and movement skills. The interactive nature of the program adds a three-dimensional approach to learning that is especially appealing to the current generation of young people.
ACADEMIC LESSON SERIES
The Rock School Academic Lesson Series includes teacher workshops and lesson plans tailored to Pennsylvania and New Jersey standards and utilizes movement as a tool to support the core academic subjects of Math, Science, Language Arts, and Social Studies.
The K-2, 3-5, and 6-8 Academic Lesson Series are developmentally and academically appropriate for students and can be integrated to support individual lessons and class plans. Each Academic Lesson Series includes a specially designed outline informing instructors of the standards covered in each lesson for each subject and eight unique lessons for each of the core academic subjects.
The Rock School Academic Lesson Series is flexible and designed to strengthen academic skills, develop social skills, broaden students' interests, and keep students constructively and actively interested and engaged.