Art

Visual arts projects provide a means for creativity and self-expression. Creating visual art allows students to actively use traditional materials and contemporary techniques to demonstrate personal interpretations of feelings, thoughts, and ideas. Integrating visual art with other disciplines helps students see relevance and connections among all curricular areas and increases their knowledge base, self-esteem, and confidence.

 The visual arts curriculum strives to develop the student’s artistic understanding and skills that are suitable for their grade level. The art curriculum consists of the “Elements of Art,” where the students are encouraged to explore these elements using paints, crayons, oil crayons, clay, pencils, markers, fabric, and wood.  The students are asked to supply their own sketchbooks and a small pallet of watercolor paints to aid them in achieving their artistic journey. 

The students are given the opportunity to study and experience visual arts which represent other cultures and time periods, they gain a deeper understanding of their own as well as other cultures. Knowledge of the interrelationships between people and their art and the influence one has on the other helps students develop an appreciation for and tolerance of differences. The visual arts provide a better understanding of and a common bridge among cultures throughout the world