Fourth Grade World Dance
Through a partnership with Santa Monica College Dance, SMC's dance faculty provides district-funded World dance instruction for all 4th graders. Each site will have the opportunity to learn either Hawaiian or Mexican Dance. A total of four lessons will be provided in either dance genre.  Each school will select their preferred world dance style.  These world dance styles can be learned and performed with proper distancing.  All dance of authentic origin.  Students will learn about the geography, culture and influences that make these genres so unique.  The fourth and final lesson will include a presentation for families.  

Fifth Grade "Let's Move"
Through a partnership with Santa Monica College Dance, SMC's dance faculty will provide all 5th-grade students in Santa Monica with a split between Hip Hop Dance and either a high-energy contemporary dance set to popular music or a Jazz Dance/Musical Theater Style set to the music of “West Side Story.” These styles can be learned and performed with proper social distancing. Students will learn about what makes these styles uniquely American including their multicultural influences. Each lesson will focus on learning, practicing, and refining a choreography in the selected dance form(s). The twelfth and final lesson will be a presentation including student narratives on the dance forms and a performance for families.

Sixth Grade Hip Hop
Through a partnership with Robert Gilliam and The Artist collective, the Santa Monica Education provides founding for dance at Lincoln, John Adam, and SMASH middle school. The partnership offers a comprehensive arts instruction program that covers a wide range of topics, including dance, art, spoken word, urban arts, modeling, and much more. The program is designed to be accessible to students of all abilities and skill levels, placing a strong emphasis on creativity, self-expression, and freedom of artistic exploration.

Performances: Ballroom Madness, JAMS, and Samohi present dance showcases each year.