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Attention :

Priority based budget reductions: The district shared the priority based budget reduction information with families on March 5. You can read the message and view the priority budget reduction recommendations here.

The district has also published an FAQ. This document will be updated as needed.

A community meeting for public input on the recommended reductions will be held on Thursday, April 3, 2025, from 6-8:30 pm, in the Northfield Middle School auditorium. Please note the date change; this meeting was initially scheduled for March 11.

Elementary K-5

The general classroom music curriculum in the Northfield Public School District is based on the approaches of Carl Orff, Zoltan Kodaly, and Emile Dalcroze in accordance with Minnesota standards, students learn to:

CREATE – generate, revise, and complete original artistic works

PERFORM – develop, refine & make artistic choices to convey meaning for and through performances

RESPOND – analyze, interpret, and evaluate artistic work

CONNECT – understand the personal, societal, cultural, and historical contexts of music

Last modified:  June 20, 2023