Arts
ARTS
VISUAL ARTS
Student Eagles who participate in the Visual Arts Program at Lewis and Clark School develop their artistic skills as well as a variety of interdisciplinary skills at the physical and intellectual level.
Skills developed include:
- recognize, use, apply concepts and critique the color wheel to prove how it is used to create harmony, balance, and esthetics in a work of art;
- identify the (3) three universal shapes and their corresponding derivatives (circle, square, triangle; and sphere, cube and pyramid)
- develop fine motor skills through the use of scissors, templates, color pencils, crayons, markers; brushes etc;
- engaging in higher level thinking through a variety of projects: i.e. explain phenomena in terms of concepts (projecting 2D objects to 3D objects);
- create a hypothesis and use the scientific method to create, design, and build projects;
- develop and test prototypes and make necessary adaptations to meet design functions;
- apply mathematical calculations (i.e. algebraic and geometric solutions) for the purpose of design in architecture and engineering;
- identify specific artists' work, key features and form and critique their style;
- participate in district-wide art/design competitions (display work in school, at District Office and in local businesses); and
- identify the realization of art in one's daily life.
Student Eagles who participate in the art program make various interdisciplinary connections to other subjects. The Visual Arts Program enables students to expand their critical thinking and enhance focus building student stamina to attend for longer periods of time. The Visual Arts Program helps students develop their sense of responsibility and student capacity to see a project from a concept to completion. Students work on their organizational skills and neatness.
MUSIC PROGRAM
Vocal/Percussion Music
Students participating in the music program learn to clap, count in patterns, play percussion instruments, read & play notes and sing a variety of songs. They develop their listening skills by playing in percussion band. The students learn to multitask: play an instrument and sing at the same time. Students in the music program learn about dynamics: the many levels of soft and loud; and they learn how to follow the conductors' hand gestures that indicate how loudly or softly they are to play and/or sing.
Specific skills that are taught include:
- Clap, count and play in patterns of 4 and 8
- Techniques of playing wood sticks, maracas and bells
- Read and play whole, half, quarter and eighth notes
- Sing All Together Now; Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah; and Santa Claus is Coming to Town
