Baker High Hosts Winter Arts and Music Festival This Week

Baker High School will hold its Winter Arts and Music Festival on Dec. 17 in the commons area, running from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The event will feature visual art created by students over the semester, performances by choirs and musical ensembles, and a culinary student table selling homemade treats. Proceeds from the culinary sales are designated to support school programs.

School staff organized the festival to provide a public venue for exhibiting student work and to highlight classroom learning in arts and culinary instruction. Teachers and student leaders have underscored the educational value of presenting finished projects to the community and said the evening is intended to be both celebratory and instructional. The festival format pairs visual displays with live performances, allowing families and neighbors to see how school curriculum translates into public outputs.

For local residents the event functions as a community gathering and a practical way to invest in school activities. Small scale fundraising through student sales can supplement classroom resources and extracurricular offerings, while visible demonstrations of student work give voters and taxpayers tangible examples of program outcomes. Community attendance also creates informal opportunities for dialogue between school staff and citizens about program priorities and needs.

The festival is timed to engage families and the wider community in a convenient evening hour and to showcase a cross section of student skills from studio work to ensemble performance and culinary preparation. For students, presenting completed work before a public audience builds experience in exhibiting, performing, and managing sales for a cause. For the district, events like this help sustain public interest and support for arts education.

Baker High officials encourage the public to attend, view student work, enjoy the performances, and support the culinary table. The festival is free to enter and open to all community members during the scheduled hours on Dec. 17.