Teacher

NAME: Mrs. LaTonya Stith

SCHOOL: Nottoway Middle/Intermediate School

CLASS: Band; Grades 5-8

SCHOOL PHONE: 434-292-5375


About The Teacher

I graduate from Central of Lunenburg High School in 1996.  I attended 
Southside Community College for one year.  I was going to major in Biology 
and become a Forensic Pathologist.  I quickly decided to change gears and 
major in my first love, MUSIC!  I transfered to Virginia State University, 
in Petersburg, Virginia.  I graduated from VSU with a Bachelors Degree in 
Instrumental Music Education in 2001.  My first teaching job was in Richmond 
City Public Schools at Thomas Jefferson High School and John B. Cary 
Elementary School.  I taught there for 5 years.  I moved back to my home 
town of Victoria. I taught in Lunenburg Public School for 2 years.  

I now find my home here at Nottoway Middle and Intermediate Schools.

Mission For The Class

•	Develop understanding of music through experiences in singing, 
moving, listening, and playing instruments.
•	Develop the ability to read and notate music.
•	Create compositions that transcribe their thoughts and emotions into 
concrete musical forms of human expression.
•	Exercise critical thinking skills by investigating and analyzing all 
facets of the music discipline.
•	Demonstrate understanding of the relationship of music to history 
and culture.
•	Make connections between music and other fields of knowledge.