The Pierre TF Riggs High School Tri-M Chapter has been selected as the national chapter of the year in the high school division. The designation comes from the National Association for Music Education.
Advisor Mackenzie McKeithan-Jensen says three chapters are selected as the top three in both the senior division (high school) and the junior division (middle school). She says this is the first time a South Dakota chapter has earned this recognition.
McKeithan-Jensen says the Chapter of the Year is chosen based off of a Chapter Summary or Report submitted in the spring detailing the work the Chapter had done during the school year. She says they select three projects to report on including the planning process, the execution, the success, number of Tri-M members involved and how many people it may have impacted in the community.
Criteria when selecting Chapter of the Year based on this includes:
- Did the Chapter set goals and carry out activities to meet those goals?
- Did the project involve all or most of the chapter members?
- Did the Chapter engage the entire student community in the project?
- Did the Chapter engage the people in the general community in the project?
- Did the project encourage academic scholarship?
- Did the project encourage and promote musical achievement?
- Did the project encourage service to the school and/or community?
- Did the service project have a positive impact on the student, music department, school community, and community in general?
The Pierre Tri-M chapter will receive $1,000 from NAfME for a professional development activity (field trip, clinician, speaker, etc), get a service plaque, be featured in national NAfME news (press release, social media and an article in Teaching Music magazine) and all participants will receive a certificate.
Image credit South Dakota Music Education Association Facebook page June 24, 2023.
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