NVAA

NVAA at Desert Cove Elementary School offers a fully integrated K-6 arts education program where the arts are used strategically to support other curriculum areas. Students engage in the creative process to connect an art form with another subject area to gain a greater understanding of both.

Once the student reaches 5th grade, they can study either Dance, Theatre, Music Technology, or Visual Art more in-depth every day at school. This opportunity begins the pathway to nurture the student’s artistry through 12th grade. Explore. Create. Shine. NVAA offers an exceptional arts education!

About the NVAA Program at PVSchools

The mission of the North Valley Arts Academies is to foster creative and confident artists who are committed to and passionate about the power of the arts in society. The vision of the North Valley Arts Academies is to create a unique program within a school learning environment that focuses on empowering young people to tell their own stories, develop their creative selves, and engage the world through the arts.

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What's Offered at the North Valley Arts Academies at PVSchools

Dance

Dance - Take Center Stage

Students explore their artistic voice through the choreographic process and shine bright on the stage as part of the NVAA Dance Program. Technique, choreography, and performance are all part of the dance experience! Students participate in ballet, jazz, hip-hop, and contemporary dance forms as well as critical analysis, improvisation, history, and composition tools. Students create their own choreography, interact with guest artists, attend field trips, and perform multiple times per year.

If your child possesses a love of movement, the NVAA Dance Program is ideal for honing their skills and propelling them into the art of dance.

Theatre

Theatre - Community through Collaborative Creation

Explore the unique and transformative power of theatre by mastering fundamental performance and storytelling skills like improvisation before moving on to advanced acting techniques, directing, design, and theater history. Students become resilient, confident, multi-faceted theatre artists through risk-taking and creative problem-solving.

Students performing as Ariel and Sebastian

Music Technology

Music Technology - Create the Music that You Want to Make

Explore the development and production of sound through a progressively rigorous curriculum that allows students to gain the skills to work in the music industry, or continue making music as a lifelong hobby. Students explore and experience music with a focus on creation, recording, mixing, performing, and production.

Visual Art

Visual Art - Craft an Exceptional Talent

Traditional tools and modern technology collide in the NVAA Visual Art Program as students explore a vast array of artistic media. Students will have the opportunity for instruction in drawing, painting, printmaking, ceramics, 3D printing, web design, photography, and more. As your child progresses through the grades, he or she will narrow the scope of their work, specializing and refining their techniques.

Additional NVAA Details

Key Program Features & Benefits

Specialized “school within a school” arts program under the guidance of award-winning arts educators
Program pathway from elementary to middle to high school
Students graduate with the Arizona State Seal of Arts Proficiency and NVAA Honors
Multiple entry points
Schools are conveniently located off State Route 51 and Shea Blvd.
Immersion in your student's creative passion

We Value

Student individuality
Collaboration
Diverse approaches to creativity
Leadership and innovation
Community
Arts as an essential part of a well-rounded education

What Our Parents Say:

I would recommend this program to other parents and students as it offers students an opportunity to strengthen skills in the areas that they are passionate about, because students get to practice and build relationships with others who share their interest daily, and because the program is designed to work across schools and disciplines."
Robyn Ratcliff, 7th grade parent

NVAA Contacts

Lesley Machbitz

INST COACH

Michael Ferraro

TCH NVAA MUSIC

Rachelle Dart

TCH NVAA DRAMA

Katie Hall

TCH ART

Tanya Dimitrov

TCH NVAA DANCE

Journey to Opening Night: NVAA's 'The Little Mermaid'

North Valley Arts Academy, a Desert Cove signature program, provides students the opportunity to participate in theatre productions with middle and high school students. Please enjoy highlights of the production and the following video "Journey to Opening Night: NVAA's The Little Mermaid."