Fine Arts

Band and Orchestra

Instrumental Music is offered to Wichita Public School students in grades 6-12. Students have the opportunity to begin instruction in strings or band in 6th grade. Wichita Public Schools offers instruments to rent for all students as beginners, and some instruments are available to rent through high school. There are over 40 instrumental music teachers serving band and orchestra students in all of the district's middle schools, both of the K-8 schools, and the 7 comprehensive high schools. Instrumental music students have the opportunity to participate in orchestra, concert band, marching band, pep band, jazz ensemble, chamber ensembles, and honor ensembles. The district hosts adjudicated festivals for bands and orchestras each year in addition to a Middle School Solo and Small Ensemble Festival. Students also have the opportunity to participate in All-City Band (grades 7-12) or Orchestra (grades 6-12). 

Students in Wichita Public Schools have the opportunity to take drama classes at 8 high schools, 4 middle schools, and 1 elementary school. Classes include drama, forensics and stagecraft. Students also have the opportunity to participate in many extra-curricular productions. Drama students in Wichita are very involved in the State Thespian Conference.

Wichita High School Thespian troupes participate in several community service projects each year such as: Trick or Treat So Kids Can Eat, The Angel Tree through the Salvation Army, Wichita Children's Theatre Trick or Treat Street, and community clean-up projects. Students have also volunteered to prepare items for Haiti victims and build homes for Habitat for Humanity.