Mr. Denis Mullins is the Supervisor of the Fine, Practical & Performing Arts. The departments within this grouping include Art, Music, Theatre, Family and Consumer Sciences and Technology. Each of these five areas offers exciting electives as well as extra-curricular clubs and activities. FPPA classes are project based, requiring students to perform or create based on the concepts and skills studied and mastered in each class. Whether drawing, painting, singing, acting, playing an instrument, sewing, designing or cooking, students gain the valuable experience of practical application of what they have studied. Students grow in their individual talents as well as having multiple opportunities for teamwork.
Fine, Practical, & Performing Arts Department Supervisor
Mr. Denis Mullins, Supervisor
Mr. Denis Mullins, Supervisor of Fine, Practical & Performing Arts, earned his BA in Fine Arts from Fairleigh Dickinson University and his teacher’s certification and an MA in Vocal Performance from Montclair State University. In addition, he received his Supervisor’s and Principal’s certification from William Paterson University. Working as a vocal and instrumental music teacher since 1977, Mr. Mullins has the distinction of having taught in every school building in Rutherford. Joining the faculty of the High School as choral music director in 1991, he presided over the expansion of the Concert Choir to over 100 members in his final year before his appointment as Supervisor. Perhaps best known as the director of “Popcert”, the annual school wide talent show, Mr. Mullins also served as music director for the annual RHS Musical. As FPPA Supervisor Mr. Mullins champions the arts as powerful ways and means for students not only learning “about” a particular discipline, but also for experiencing the creation, application and synthesis of the concepts and skills learned in each class.
