My Visit to Arts High

On November 28th, I had the pleasure of visiting Arts High. Since I wasn't initially assigned a teacher of my own I went with a classmate who shared my major. We are both dance education majors and were assigned to Mr. Ronnie Carney, one of the two dance teachers who work at Arts High. We were able to watch two dance classes one in the morning and one in the afternoon. In between the two classes we also attended a staff meeting where we were welcomed with open arms and were encouraged to participate. Our ideas and opinions were taken seriously and we were treated as true future educators. We also got a chance to have lunch and discuss the school and our inquiry question with Mr. Carney, he was accommodating and more than willing to answer any questions we had. I loved setting at Arts High all the students look very motivated and are very focused on their majors and so they are very well behaved, something I naively didn't expect in an urban setting. All the teachers seem to get along and even though we weren't assigned to them were very nice and welcoming to us as well. I enjoyed my experience at Arts High very much and would love to work in a place just like it someday. Mr. Carney said we were more then welcome to come back and help with rehearsals and their dance shows any time, and we have been doing so ever since. He and some students from Arts High even came to see our dance department performance this past week at MSU.