Welcome to the FAPA website for Wilton Public Schools

We believe the arts have always served as the distinctive vehicle for discovering who we are as individuals and as a society. Providing ways of thinking as disciplined as science or math and as disparate as philosophy or literature, the arts are used by and have shaped every culture and individual on earth. The fact that the arts provide important touchstones confirms their value to the development of every human being. Nurturing our children, then, necessarily means that we must provide every child with a well-rounded education that includes the arts. By doing so, we are fulfilling the college and career readiness needs of our students, laying the foundations for the success of our schools and, ultimately, the success of our nation.

Our philosophy and approach are based on decades of research about the ways within which educators can give all children key arts experiences. Through creative practices, these experiences will help students understand what it means to be artistically literate, and how that literacy can enrich their education and lives with 21st century skills developed through the arts.