Additional Courses
Physical Education: Physical Education program from First to Third grade level, focuses on developing in students the necessary skills to become a physically active person, related to aspects of good health, performing and enjoying recreational activities, as well as practicing various sports. Skills to be strengthened are: gross motor skills, fine motor skills, and simple organization skills.
Fourth through Sixth grade level program aims to develop students physically and socially through different types of sports, such as: volleyball, swimming, basketball, jump rope, indoor soccer, and other recreational grades.
Art: Through the Art program, First graders will become more familiar with the elements of art. This class will focus on the following skills: lines, shapes, forms, colors, values, textures, and space. Second graders will become familiar with the principles of art: balance, emphasis, proportions, movement, unity, variety, rhythm, perspective, and harmony.
The Art curriculum program from Third to Sixth grade level, will explore the art of Native Americans. The native art topics to be elaborated are: Eskimos, Inuit, Navajos, Hopi Indians, Haida Indians, Pueblo Indians, Nootka Indians, and Tlingit Indians.
Music: The processes of learning, creating, performing, and responding to, and understanding music are the primary goals of the elementary school Music program. Elementary School students will learn to recognize and demonstrate the basic music elements of rhythm, beat, melody, harmony, texture, tempo, dynamics, timbre, and form. They will participate in musical activities that represent a variety of time periods and cultures, and accompany music with classroom instruments (chimes, hand bells, and flute) and body percussions. Children identify repeating and contrasting sections in music, sing a song accompanied by piano, and play music in groups.