Lower School Arts

Lower School Arts Program

Early exposure to our arts curriculum cultivates a depth of personal expression, creative thinking, imaginative communication, and intellectual curiosity. Through the arts program, we point students to truth, beauty, and goodness.

Art

All K – 4 classes meet with an art specialist and follow a structured curriculum which introduces visual art concepts such as color, tint, tone, shade, texture, line, shape, and space, while carefully observing God’s creation. While studying a particular historical piece of art or artist, students celebrate creativity and individuality, as they create their own beautiful work of arts. This celebration culminates at the end of the school year when each student's artwork is displayed at our school-wide Evening of Artists event.

Drama

Kindergarten and first-grade students perform plays, and second-grade students present a puppet show. Our Shakespeare Immersion Program aims to cultivate in students an understanding of human virtue and frailty by examining the great works of William Shakespeare through stage performance and curricular parallels. In the winter, students in grade 4 perform Shakespeare's A Comedy of Errors for their families and friends. All Lower School students attend dress rehearsals for the grade level productions.

Music

All K – 4 classes meet with a music specialist with culminating vocal performances at Christmas and Mothers Tea in May.

Recorder

As part of the music curriculum, all students in grades 3 and 4 learn to read music and play the recorder, ukelele, and Orff Schulwerk instruments. For some students, this is their first experience playing a musical instrument.