The Fine Arts department of Jose Marti Middle School is outstanding. There are courses ranging from beginning to advanced levels in Drama, Art, and Band.

Each discipline showcases their students work through stage productions, concerts, and exhibitions throughout the year. They have earned many awards and won accolades from throughout the county and state.

Through exploring the arts we hope to develop our students' self confidence, in addition to helping them acquire an appreciation for the arts and improve their artistic skills.

The course offerings in our visual arts program are: The Exploratory Wheel for the sixth graders, and Art Appreciation 1 or 2 for seventh and eighth graders. These courses expose our students to a variety of topics: art history, elements and principles of design, drawing, painting, printmaking, ceramics, sculpture, and the exploration of careers in art.

The Band Program at Jose Marti Middle School believes that all students should be given opportunities to explore every musical aspect in their lives. We strive to provide an atmosphere conducive to creative thinking, musical exploration and higher-order thinking skills. In addition to nurturing student's talents, we emphasize the development of strong morals, responsiblity, pride, and discipline. Above all, we believe that music education truly fosters a basic knowledge, history, and appreciation of the arts.

Drama classes are taught with a holistic approach to the theater arts. Students explore performance, technical, and design skills by experiencing the tasks of each individual theater job. Both individual and cooperative learning is utilized in class. Student activities include: acting, movement for the stage, vocalization, make-up, costume or set design, play writing, and theatrical writing.

Opportunities for performance and technical work outside of the classroom are provided as well.