Spartanburg County School District 6

Visions Program

Art and Music Visions

Spartanburg School District Six provides an artistically and musically gifted and talented program, entitled Visions. The following is a list of qualities artistically and musically gifted children often display. Definition: The gifted are those children whose abilities, talents, and potential for accomplishment are so outstanding that they require special provisions to meet their educational needs.

Artistically and musically (art and music) gifted/talented students usually possess several of the following traits:

  • high quality of work and task commitment in one of the arts
  • arts involvement and interest either in class or on their own
  • willingness to explore arts problems
  • flexible thinking, uses many approaches to solving a problem
  • creative potential
  • goes beyond the obvious, sees unusual relationships
  • thinks of doing projects in his/her spare time
  • examines and observes things very thoroughly
  • likes to elaborate on an idea or add details
  • takes work seriously and completes it
  • high energy level
  • self-direction

Spartanburg School District Six will accept nominations for the Visions Artistically and Musically Gifted and Talented Program during November 7-18, 2011. Music Visions –Grades 2-4, Art Visions-Grades 2-8. Students may be nominated by parents, teachers, taff members or self-nominated. Art and music nomination forms are available in the school office. Nomination forms must be returned by November 18, 2011. Parents can access information about the Visions program in the student/parent handbook, on the district website, and/or in school and classroom newsletters.