Course Descriptions
Not all courses are offered every semester and are subject to change. We are in the process of updating for Fall 2022.
*Core Fine Arts Class - taught by a professional artist
Visual Arts
*Adventures in Visual Arts
Explore art making with a professional artist using a variety of media and tools in new ways.
*Ceramics
Create original fired clay works of art. Use handbuilding techniques (pinch, coil & slab), add texture, and glaze your creations to transform wet mud into fired glass.
Poetry & Painting
Poems help us see pictures in our minds. Learn to read and understand poetry and create paintings using poems for inspiration.
Cartooning
Draw cartoon-like characters and actual cartoon characters. Work on visual spacing of how to draw a face and body so the proportions are correct.
Course description coming soon.
Discover the basics of drawing as you use lines, shapes and color to create finished works of art while building fine motor skills.
Zentangles
Develop skills to draw traditional zentangle patterns as well as create some of your own. Use your skills to create art with a partner or individually. Discover how you can use zentangles as a calming tool.
The Art of Collage
Learn how to create an artistic composition made of various materials (such as paper, cloth, or cut pictures from magazines to make a collage with a theme or message).
Arts Enrichment Classes
Wheel of Performance provides something different every day- which is ideal for students who are open to exploring different types of artistic performance, or those who benefit from novelty. We have 12 different types of performance games and activities on a wheel and each day we’ll spin for a new type of performance to try out. Will it be Rap Battles with rhyming words, karaoke or learning a choreographed dance? This Arts class will keep students engaged and on their toes- performing for their small group of classmates on Mondays and Thursdays!
Use basic programming language to create projects and works of art on the computer. (Scratch is the world’s largest coding community for children and a coding language with a simple visual interface that allows young people to create digital stories, games, and animations. Scratch promotes computational thinking and problem solving skills, creative teaching and learning, self-expression and collaboration, and equity in computing.)
Performing Arts (Vocal Music, Dance & Theater)
*Primary Choir (Grades 2 & 3)
Students will develop all the skills necessary to be a successful member of a vocal ensemble, including good posture, abdominal breathing, matching pitch and singing in unison, reading a musical score, following the cues of a conductor, singing in 2-part rounds and partner songs, and basic choir etiquette.
*Centennial Singers (Grades 4, & 5)
Centennial Singers will continue to uphold the tradition of fine choral singing established by the intermediate choir in recent years. Students will develop the skills as listed in primary choir at a deeper level by learning to sing choral literature with more challenging harmonies and parts. Students in this group MUST be able to match pitch and echo-sing simple melodic phrases in order to participate.
*Lyrical/Creative Dance
Discover ballet, jazz and modern dance styles and use music with lyrics. Express your individual style, tell stories and develop proper technique in this unique dance combination.
*Open-Style Dance
Combine popular dance movements along with popping, locking, tricks, and freestyle. This upbeat class will provide fundamental movement skills that will allow you to feel comfortable dancing with other classmates and in social settings.
Awesome Actors
Learn the tricks of the acting trade! Discover traditional theater warm-up games, work with other actors to create scenes, and work on listening and focus techniques.
Stage Stars
Discover what live theater is. Explore the terms and types of theater, expand social skills through dramatic play, and bring characters and emotions to life.
*Adventures in Acting (Grades 4 & 5) - Stage Production
Want to be an actor? Get familiar with the world of live theater as you experience how to be part of a team (cast). You will learn the focus that it takes to perform in a play through auditioning for your role, memorizing your lines and entrances, exploring costumes, learning projection, working through nerves, and enjoying the applause on performance day!
"Life is an improvisation and you never know what might happen." Improv 101 helps teach you to celebrate the unknown. Learn skills to navigate situations on stage with comedy and grace. Through exercises and skits, you will develop how to think quickly, listen to other actors, and the 'give & take' needed to effectively perform in groups.
Instrumental Music
*Piano Keyboard Lab (Grades 2-5)
Develop basic piano skills in our amazing piano lab! You will learn proper piano technique, how to play simple songs and music reading skills. No keyboard is required at home. Enrollment is at our discretion. Piano students must be able to work independently and therefore utilize individual practice time in the class setting.
Intro to Percussion (non-band) (not offered Spring 2023)
This class will explore pitched and unpitched percussion instruments. Learn percussion techniques, compose your own percussion music, and learn how to collaborate as a percussion ensemble!
Beginning Band Brass Instruments (Grades 4 & 5) - Enroll only Fall semester - Year-long class
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Trumpet - Trombone - Baritone
Learn to make sound on a brass instrument by buzzing your lips into a mouthpiece. Trumpet and Baritone horns have valve buttons to press. Trombone has a slide to move from note-to-note.
Beginning Band Woodwind Instruments (Grades 4 & 5) Enroll only Fall semester - Year-long class
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Clarinet - Saxophone - Flute
Learn how to play a single-reed instrument. Learn all about how to make a good sound and how to produce different notes with your instrument. Both clarinets and saxophones have keys/buttons to press to make a sound. We will emphasize concert band woodwind and large ensemble techniques in this course.
Beginning Band Percussion (Grades 4 & 5) Enroll only Fall semester - Year-long class
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Bells - Snare Drum - Auxiliary Percussion (triangles, shakers, woodblocks, etc.)
Learn how to read concert band music and collaborate with your peers to play percussion ensemble pieces. You will be introduced to the basics of being a part of a drumline in this course. You will also show your creativity by composing your own percussion pieces!
*This class is available to students who would normally sign up for flute - they will learn on the bell kit this semester in order to follow Covid-19 safety guidelines.
*Handchimes
Create a beautiful tone from a Schulmerich hand chime. Learn how to follow a musical score written for 3-octave handbells as well as understand musical measures and phrases. We will emphasize ensemble skills as we learn to play beautiful music together.
*Jumbie Jams
Build your skills with a pair of jumbie sticks. Make videos performing pop, classical, and reggae songs in a Steel Drum Band!
Learn to play simple songs on the tiny soprano ukulele. This is a great instrument to learn in preparation for taking baritone ukulele or guitar lessons as the chords learned on the ukulele transfer easily to the other instruments!
A slightly larger instrument than the Soprano Ukulele with a richer, deeper tone. This is a great instrument to learn before guitar. We will learn to play songs and possibly sing along!
*Sticks and Tones
Learn to play instruments in an Orff ensemble. With an Orff ensemble, students use poems and short stories to inspire instrumental improvisation and composition. Students play xylophones, metallophones, glockenspiels, small percussion instruments, and drums. Improvised and choreographed movement is another component students may explore to accompany their instrumental retelling of chosen literature.
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