Art and music is taught at MVWSD through generous support of the Mountain View Educational Foundation (MVEF). TK-5th graders receive art and music education from the Community School of Music and Arts (CSMA). Middle school students have dedicated MVWSD instrumental, vocal and art teachers.

Fifth-grade music

Starting with the fifth-grade program, students have a choice of art classes, a band instrument, or a string instrument. Please see the below document about instrumental music

5th grade instrument catalog (English)
5th grade instrument catalog (Spanish)

Proposition 28 (California, 2022)

This initiative provides additional funding for arts and music education in California public schools. It ensures that a portion of the state's general fund is allocated annually to support these programs, with a focus on benefiting underserved communities. Schools have flexibility in how funds are used, including hiring staff or purchasing supplies, but the funds cannot be used to replace existing programming or effort - it’s intended to be additive, boosting overall investment in arts and music education. To learn more, visit the CDE website. 

Proposition 28 monies fund a variety of arts and music programs across the district. Bubb and Landels each employ an after school art teacher to provide a variety of programming to all students. At Castro, Imai, Mistral, Monta Loma, Stevenson, Vargas, and Theuerkauf, a program called the After School Arts Wheel provides students with opportunities to make STEAM-related crafts, design and create comics for storytelling, create photographic art, and learn graphic design from three traveling  after school teachers. At Graham, the monies fund a music specialist who works with students in various ensembles and a choir accompanist. At Crittenden, students can sign up for after school dance and animation classes.