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Expressive Arts Magnet
An Award Winning School of Excellence Nurturing Our Talented Children
Students entering the 6th grade, who are already students of SMK-8 and demonstrate an interest in computer art technology can apply to apply to our Computer Art Technology Magnet Program.
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Student Eligibility
Quick Guide for Eligibility Rules
Approved for the 2025-2026 School Year
General Information
It is the parents’ responsibility to upload required documentation and schedule the audition online as required for audition based programs. The deadline to complete the application process and required steps is January 15th.
For detailed eligibility rules open the attached document below.
Audition Preparation
How to prepare for your audition:
ART
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Students will be asked to create a drawing by observation, one of their imagination and one from visual memory. The audition last approximately 2 hours.
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Students will be interviewed and asked a variety of questions to ascertain their interest level and about their portfolio work.
MUSIC
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Pitch matching: students will be asked to sing back a sequence of pitches ranging in length from 3 to 5 notes.
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Echo clapping: students will be asked to echo clap various rhythmic patterns.
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Happy Birthday: students will be asked to sing Happy Birthday. Interval jumps within the song being sung in tune are the most important aspect of this selection for the audition.
- Short selection: students are encouraged to perform a short musical selection on an instrument or using their voice. All instruments, except piano, music will be provided by the student. No accompaniment is allowed for the audition.
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Interview: students are asked a variety of questions to ascertain their interest level and personality.
DANCE
- Attire: Dance attire (leotard, tights, and dance shoes) or shorts, t-shirt , and bare feet. Hair on a bun
- Students will be scored on overall flexibility, coordination, musicality, balance, and memorization of movement.
- Students will be asked to demonstrate a number of skills such as- Jumps, Skipping, Acro, Splits, and Straddles.
- Students will be interviewed and asked a variety of questions to ascertain their interest level and personality.
THEATRE
- Student will be ask to act/impromptu on to a series of directions and commands
(ex: to be a dog: sit, beg, bark, lick, scratch, sniff, etc.).
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Student will be asked to participate in improvisation games
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Student will perform a one-minute monologue which was selected and memorized by the student prior to the audition.
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Broadway song selected by the student prior to the audition to be performed during the audition.
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Student will be interviewed and asked a variety of questions to ascertain their interest level and personality.
Now that your audition is over:
- Each area of your child’s audition is scored and totaled.
- Students with the highest total scores are accepted into the magnet program.
- All notifications are mailed on March 15th.
Frequently Asked Questions
Transportation
TRANSPORTATION SERVICE ZONE SCHOOLS
Transportation availability is limited and may not be available to all students. Transportation is provided to magnet students that reside within the new transportation boundaries and live more than 2 miles from South Miami K-8 Center and South Miami K-8 Center is not their home school.
Your current residential address must be up to date with your current school as transportation eligibility is determined by your residential address. Bus stop is assigned within your residential area.
Please be aware that this is not a door to door bus stop service.
If your child is eligible for transportation, you will receive a bus pass from online from the bus terminal approximately two weeks prior to the beginning of school confirming your bus number, stop location and pick up and drop off times. In making the first day successful, please help your child with the bus, by making arrangements in advance for an adult to make sure your child is picked up at the stop. This will be the driver’s first day also, and he or she will be checking passes and may need to take extra time to help confused riders and to talk to parents.
CURRENT TRANSPORTATION BOUNDARIES -IF YOUR RESIDENTIAL AREA FALLS INSIDE THE SHADED BOX, YOUR CHILD IS ELIGIBLE FOR TRANSPORTATION.
Please visit the transportation website to request transportation and bus pass information at mdcps.mybusplanner.com
Student Magnet Guidelines
GUIDELINES FOR MAGNET STUDENTS
The goal of all students enrolled in the South Miami K-8 Center Expressive Arts Magnet and the Double C Program is that they achieve their fullest potential in the overall program.
MAGNET STATUS REQUIREMENTS:
- “C” or better in ALL academic classes
- “C” or better in magnet class
- “C” or better in ALL conduct grades
- “1, 2” effort grade in ALL academic classes
- A clean record, free of detentions, referrals and suspensions
- Appropriate conduct in classes, rehearsals, performance and field trips
- Excellent attendance and punctuality to school, rehearsals and performances
- SPECIAL NOTE: In accepting placement into the magnet strand of your choice, YOU ARE COMMITTING TO THAT STRAND FOR THE ENTIRE TIME YOUR CHILD IS ENROLLED AT SOUTH MIAMI K-8 CENTER.
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PLEASE NOTE: It is the parent’s/Guardian’s responsibility to monitor their child’s grades at all times. At the conclusion of each grading period, your child’s grades will be reviewed. If your child has not met the above stated Magnet Requirements, the student will be placed on probation, and he/she is expected to correct the particular details of probation by the next grading period or face dismissal from the Magnet Program. Upon dismissal, the student will be immediately removed from the Magnet Program, and any siblings also on a transfer would be required to register at their home school at the end of the school year. At the principal’s discretion, unacceptable behavior resulting in suspension may result in immediate dismissal from the Magnet Program. |
How to monitor your child’s grades:
- Check the Parent Portal daily
- Check the interim progress reports (sent home halfway through each grading period)
- Check the report card (send home every nine weeks)
- Stay in touch with your child’s teachers
Attendance Policy
The School Board of Miami-Dade County Bylaws & Policies
5200-ATTENDANCE
Parents and students are responsible for attendance which shall be required of all students during the days and hours that the school is in session.
Students are counted in attendance only if they are present for at least two (2) hours of the school day.
Absences shall be reported to the school attendance office by the parent or adult student. It is required that the parent provide a statement of the cause for such absence or required documentation within (3) school days upon the return to school of the student or the absence will result in an unexcused absence.
REASONABLE EXCUSES FOR TIME MISSED AT SCHOOL:
Only absences listed below will be marked as excused once documentation is received:
- Personal illness of the student. Medical evidence must be provided when exceeding 5 consecutive days.
- Court appearance of the student.
- Absence due to a medical appointment requires a written statement from a health care provider.
- Observance of a religious holiday when it is mandated for all members of a faith.
- Death in the immediate family.
UNEXCUSED ABSENCES
- Vacations, personal services, local non-school event, program or sporting activity.
- Older students providing day care services for siblings.
- Illness of others.
- Non-compliance with immunization requirements.
TARDINESS
A student is considered tardy if they are not present in class when the school late bell rings.
EARLY SIGN OUTS
No student shall be released within the final thirty (30) minutes of the school day. Please schedule doctor’s appointment after school hours and/or pick up students with sufficient time so that it does not interfere with the 30-minute rule.
PK-thru 1st Grade: Parent must arrive to the main office not later than 1:15pm for early sign out.
2nd -8th Grade: Parent must arrive to the main office not later than 2:30pm for early student sign out.
Magnet Contract
MAGNET CONTRACT
ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
• Maintain a grade point average of 2.0 or higher in all Magnet courses and a 2.0 overall in all core courses each year. A final grade of “F” (Magnet and core courses) may result in exiting the program at the end of the school year.
• Maintain a minimum of a 2 in effort for Magnet and core courses. An effort grade of 3 may contribute to a student being placed on probation or exited at the end of the school year.
BEHAVIOR AND CONDUCT
• Maintain a conduct grade of “C” or higher in all Magnet and core courses each year.
• Violation of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools Code of Student Con may result in probation or possible immediate exit from the program. (http://ehandbooks.dadeschools.net/policies/90/index.htm).
• Excessive referrals and/or assignments to Success Centers will result in a behavioral contract, probation, and possible exit at the end of the school year.
• Students who violate Level III, IV or V of the Code of Student Conduct or have been assigned to an alternative setting will not be allowed to return to the Magnet program.
ATTENDANCE
• Maintain school attendance per School Board Policy 5200, which states that a student may not accumulate more than ten (10) unexcused absences in an annual course or more than five (5) unexcused absences in a semester course. Violation of the above policy may result in probation and possible exit at the end of the school year.
• Once a student is withdrawn, whether voluntarily or due to failure to meet agreement requirements, he/she cannot be re-enrolled in the Magnet program during the same school year. All withdrawals are final and binding. A student may reapply during the application period for the following school year (excluding Levels III, IV or V Code of Student Conduct Violations).
• All Magnet students must be enrolled as full-time students.
1. PARENT NOTIFICATION-Parent/Legal Guardian will be notified of insufficient progress or failing to meet requirements.
2. PROBATION CONFERENCE-Students not meeting requirements will meet with parent and assigned school staff as designated by the
principal to assist the student. At this time, the student will be placed on probation.
3. EXIT FROM PROGRAM-If a student fails to meet the above listed criteria by the end of the school year, the student will be exited from the Magnet program.
PLEASE NOTE: In order to reach their academic goals and prepare for future educational experiences, students enrolling in the Magnet program must comply with the following requirements and expectations to remain enrolled.
5. School Administration has the right to remove a student from the Magnet Program anytime during the school year due to recurring violation of the code of conduct and then be exited at the end of the school year to their residential school.