A. Mario Loiederman Middle School

School Features at Loiederman Middle School

• Vision and Quick Facts
• School Features
• Who was A. Mario Loiederman?
• Loiederman Middle School in the News

Programs

• Comprehensive academic program with arts integration and arts acceleration
• High school course offerings in Math, World Languages, English, and the Arts (13 total) 
• Special Education - inclusion model
• English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)

Data

• 13 courses offered for High School credit in Dance as a Fine Art 1/2, Foundations of Art 1 A/B, Theater 1 A/B, Concert Orchestra 1 A/B, Chorus 1 A/B, Advanced English 8, Algebra 1, Honors Geometry, Honors Algebra 2, Spanish 1, 2, & 3, French 1, 2, & 3
• Average 8th grader completes 3.6 high school credits

After School Activities Include

Athletics

• Boys and Girls Basketball
• Boys and Girls Soccer
• Boys and Girls Softball
• Co-Ed Cross Country
• Intramural Sports

Learning Supports

• Accelerated and Enriched Instructional Support Teachers
• Extended learning opportunities
• Linkages to Learning– connecting families to social services
• ROAR room
• Student Support Center

Distinctions

• John F. Kennedy Center School of Excellence in Arts Education, 2010
• Chamber Choir Superior Rating at State Festival, 2010 and 2011
• Positive Behaviors, Interventions and Supports (PBIS) Gold Award in MD, 2010

Arts Course Offerings

• Choral Music: Chorus 6, Intermediate Chorus, Chamber Chorus  
• Dance: Beginning Dance, Intermediate Dance, Dance as a Fine Art
• Film Production:  Lights, Camera, Literacy
• Instrumental Music: Band, Percussion Ensemble, Orchestra, Digital Music, Concert Band 1/2
• Integrated Arts: Perspectives in the Fine Arts
• Theater: Theater 6, Theater 7, Theater 1/2
• Visual Art: Art 6, Art 7, and Foundations of Art 1/2, Digital Art

Learning in and through the Arts

Artful Thinking Across Content Areas

Artful Thinking is a program developed by Harvard University’s Project Zero designed to create a model approach for integrating the arts into regular classroom instruction.
The purpose of Artful Thinking is to help all subject-area teachers regularly use works of visual art and music in their curriculum in ways that strengthen student thinking, learning and expression. 

Reasoning
Comparing & Connecting		Questioning & Investigating
Exploring Viewpoints		Observing & Describing
Finding Complexity