The sports and physical education programs include competitive school-sponsored sports for both girls and boys. Regular offerings include basketball, volleyball, cross-country, soccer, track and field, tennis, and canoeing & kyaking. The school has a "no cut" sports team policy.
Program Goals- To develop and support an awareness of the benefits of a physically active lifestyle
- To develop and support a positive and productive attitude toward teamwork and cooperation
- To develop and support confidence and perseverance in a variety of movements
- To develop whole-body and fine motor skills utilizing a variety of movement experiences
Grades 5 through 8
Using an atelier approach to drawing instruction, students continue to practice and develop advanced drawing skills using pencil, charcoal, pastel, and conte crayons. They also make and glaze ceramic pieces and have the opportunity to choose an area of focus (drawing, painting, ceramics, etc.) for part of a trimester. Art history topics include a close look at Roy Lichtenstein, Jackson Pollack, Jacob Lawrence, and Romare Beardon. To further the study of architecture begun in seventh grade, students learn about the first skyscrapers, metal structures such as the Eiffel Tower, and the works of Frank Lloyd Wright. A field trip is planned to Taliesen, Frank Lloyd Wright’s estate in Spring Green, Wisconsin.