Mesquite ISD

Elementary students receive music and art instruction every week from certified music and art specialists.  Enrichment activities and programs include:

• 3rd-grade students attend a field trip to a theatre performance
• 4th-grade students attend a Fort Worth Symphony concert (held at a MISD auditorium)
• 5th-grade students attend an opera performance at Fair Park Music Hall 
• 4th and 5th-grade students have the opportunity to audition for and participate in the Mesquite Children’s Chorus
• Elementary students also attend regular campus performances and district events, such as the Mesquite ISD Elementary Fine Arts Festival every spring, which offer diverse opportunities to the youngest musicians.

Middle school students can add theatre to their arts education, as they have the choice to continue their studies of art and music.

• Middle School music students participate in All-City Band, Orchestra, and Choir performances.
• The One-Act Play Festival offers an exciting and competitive outlet for theatre students.
• A junior version of the Visual Arts Scholastic Event is a judged event
• Band, choir, and orchestra programs participate in UIL competitions and also perform concerts for families and the community.

Mesquite ISD high schools offer outstanding opportunities for students to explore and express their creativity through exceptional programs in band, dance, theater, choir, visual arts, orchestra, and mariachi.

• Art students compete in the Visual Art Scholastic Event (VASE).
• We host ten public art shows throughout the year, highlighting our students' work.
• Each high school theatre program produces four shows per year, including a musical. These programs provide student musicians the opportunity to collaborate with the theatre, visual arts, and dance departments.
• Each year, one of the high schools produces the Children's Theatre production that the third graders attend.  
• Opportunities to excel and enjoy music at the high school level are evident with a consistent UIL Sweepstakes-winning band, choir, and orchestra programs.  
• District-wide Mariachi Ensemble “Estrellas de Mesquite” continued to provide performances for the Mesquite Community