Every grade has a unique art experience. Highlights of the first grade program are African clay masks, Monet's painted garden, Medieval horses, and nutcrackers. Second grade always enjoys learning about Russian architecture, the lives and works of Van Gogh and Matisse and the creation of collages and painted dinosaurs. Third grade explores a variety of weaving techniques, Native American projects, and projects which center on their families and self-portraitures. Fourth grade dives heavily into art history, creating art money, recreating a famous work of art, playing art history games, and finally dressing up as a famous artist or a famous piece of art. Fifth grade can't wait to start their architectural street corners, their self-portraits "Warhol" style, and their linoleum block carving which is always a huge hit. Finally, sixth grade creates Egyptian gods using a combination of colored pencil and print making. They also create clay sarcophaguses, and canopic jars. But by far the most exciting projects that the sixth grade work on are the creation of our annual yearbook and their magazine cover self-portraits.

The art room is a place to feel free, relaxed and experimental. Students are pushed to continue to improve their skills, their knowledge and their love of art. Students are encouraged to work out their artist problems independently. We learn that there is no such thing as making a mistake, rather a "mistake" is a detour which will lead to a new path, a new skill or a new technique with which to complete their work of art.