The Arts Education Program offers a wide variety of opportunities for student participation and learning.  At the elementary level, visual arts and music are presented to all students as an ongoing curricular subject to encourage their artistic and creative development.  At the middle and high school levels, students may select for study courses in Band, Choral Music, General Music, Visual Arts, Theatre Arts, and Dance.  Beginning at the fifth-grade level, the String Orchestra program is offered to all interested fifth and sixth-grade students as part of a sequential instructional program (grades 5-12) to develop fine motor skills, aural development, and background for success in instrumental music.

 As an outgrowth of the Arts Education Instructional Program, artistic opportunities such as All-County Middle and High School Band, All-County Chorus, All-County Dance, All-County Theatre Festival, Cumberland County Youth Orchestra, Cumberland County Middle School Youth Orchestra, Fall & Spring Evenings of Dance, Summer Orchestra Workshop, Spring Orchestra Festival, High School Juried Art Show and the annual Cross Creek Mall Visual Arts Exhibit are sponsored for the development of the higher achieving student. Our students and performing ensembles have a strong tradition of consistently receiving numerous awards, recognition, scholarships, and advance placements in various local district, and state competitions, festivals, and performing arenas.

All High School Marching Bands will participate in the Rotary Christmas Parade on December 14, 2024. The parade will begin at 10:00am

The Middle and High School All-County Orchestra Clinic will be on January 13-14, 2025 at Gray's Creek High School. The concert will be at 7:00pm on January 14th at GCHS Auditorium.

To avoid conflicts with the HS Football Playoffs Schedule - the High School All-County Band Clinic was rescheduled forJanuary 15-16, 2025 at Fayetteville State University. The concert will be at 7:00pm on January 16th at Seabrook Auditorium.

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2465 Gillespie St.
Fayetteville, NC 28306

Phone: 910-678-2622
Fax: 910-678-2605

Email Carla Crenshaw 

Carla Crenshaw
Director of Arts Education