Physical Education

K-2nd Grade Program components include: spatial awareness, gross motor skills, various team sports and emphasis on good sportsmanship through all activities 

3rd-8th Grade Program components include: fitness training and testing, fundamentals, rules and skills developed to successfully engage in various team sports such as basketball, soccer, baseball with an emphasis on good sportsmanship through all activities. P.E./Special Events uniform required. 

 

Spanish Language

K-2nd grade students learn Spanish through songs, games, literature and cultural awareness activities (a natural acquisition approach). Program components include: listening, speaking, and vocabulary development 

3rd-4th grade students build on prior knowledge and are introduced to the song based Spanish learning program; Rockalingua. Students learn new Spanish vocabulary through song and language learning is then expanded to reading and writing 

5th-8th grade Spanish is based on the Avancemos program which consists of textbooks, workbooks, listening and video programs. Students develop the four basic language skills of reading, writing, speaking and listening. Students are introduced to various Spanish speaking countries-learning about culture as well language. Course completion goal by 8th grade graduation: High school Spanish I equivalency 

Art

K-2nd grade art program components include: creativity in variety of media, fine motor control and art appreciation. 

3rd-8th grade art program components include: drawing, painting, mixed media, project based and artist based thematic units plus art history.

Music

K-2nd grade begin to learn how to properly produce a vocal sound, developing an understanding the basics of the anatomy which helps one sing, study pitch, beat, rhythm, Gregorian chant and solfege ("do, re mi's"). Students will learn how to count and clap out rhythms in metered time. 

3rd-8th grade continue using Gregorian chant and solfege (do, re, me) and learn about Gregorian notation and how to interpret Gregorian chant, learn modern notation and continue to count and clap out more complex rhythms in metered time, work on rhythmic pieces which will include Marian tunes, Gregorian chant, and a few fun, more modern pieces that still have religious overtones. 

 

Art/Poetry/Literature

K-2nd grade program: foster a love poetry, poetry selection includes works by Robert Louis Stevenson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Robert Frost, and many others. Resources include: The Harp and Laurel Wreath by Laura M. Berquist 

3rd-4th grade program: foster a love poetry and literature by introducing poems and stories that concern noble actions or ideas, poetry selection includes works by Robert Louis Stevenson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Robert Frost, and many others. Resources include: The Harp and Laurel Wreath by Laura M. Berquist 

5th-8th grade program overview: foster a love of the beautiful and classical poetry, introduce poems that concern noble actions or ideas, selection includes poems by Robert Louis Stevenson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Robert Browning, William Shakespeare, G.K. Chesterton, William Butler Yeats, Robert Frost, and many others. Resources include: The Harp and Laurel Wreath by Laura M. Berquist