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The main emphasis of our Elementary, Kindergarten, and Pregrades music program is instilling a love of music in all
children. Movement activities, playing rhythm instruments, learning notation, and performance
opportunities all help to develop an interest in music. There is nothing like the sound of
children's singing and laughter!
The Intermediate music program at St. Luke's offers students the opportunity to explore
many different avenues of expressing creativity. Fifth and sixth grade students learn
through their use and mastery of the choir chimes, two-part songs, Solfege sightsinging,
and choral choreography. Seventh grade music students explore the wonder of music through
the three octave Malmark handbells, three-part music, and continued Solfege. The music program nurtures each student as they express themselves through music.
"All the world's a stage.." The drama program at St. Luke's is a vibrant and active part of the
Intermediate School. All 5th, 6th and 7th grade students have drama classes weekly with a Drama
elective class offered to 8th and 9th grade students. The drama elective class explores the
fundamentals of acting, analysis of play structure, playwriting, directing, technical theater,
and musical theater. The elective students perform two one-acts during the school year, and
also perform in the annual mainstage play/musical. The drama program seeks to instill self-confidence,
concentration, team spirit, and a love of good theater in all the students.
Click Here to link to Willy Wonka
The visual arts room is full of color and creative activity. Our students have art resource in kindergarten through 7th grade with an 8th/9th elective studio art class. The kindergarten through fifth grades learn the elements of visual art, such as line, shape, value and color with classic masterpieces as well as their own hands-on projects. Emphasis is placed on effort and participation. As the students progress to the 6th and 7th grade, art history is taught with projects to accompany each major era (Egyptian Cartouche or Andy Warhol pop art projects). The 8th/9th grade elective class explores various media including drawing, painting, and decorative arts in more depth as the students mature. The main focus of the art program is to build a knowledge base of the richness of the human experience through the arts while having a wonderful time on the way. All students' artwork is featured in our school-wide Art Gala in the spring.
"Hola" is just one greeting you may receive from St. Luke's students.
Beginning in preschool with an introduction to everyday
vocabulary through song and games to the extended proficiency
in the four language skills of listening, speaking, reading
and writing in ninth grade, Spanish is integrated throughout
the school. Spanish is taught once a week in
pregrades through fourth grade. The program is expanded
to three periods
a week in fifth and sixth grade. Spanish I and II are offered
to seventh, eighth and ninth graders in their daily schedule.
The Latin elective in large part follows the National Latin Exam Syllabus. The NLE plan falls
under three main headings: Language, Culture, and Civilization. At the same time that students
encounter features of language, they also acquaint themselves with Roman culture, with words
derived from Latin, and with expressions, quotations, and concepts which have come down to us
in the original language. The goal is to integrate all features of the study of Latin so that
students will find it intrinsically interesting as well as practical. Latin is offered to
eighth and ninth grade students.
Juggling, Sponge Ball, Hula Hoops, Kickball, and the BIG Pink Ball are just a few of the games
and equipment that are used in P.E. Fifth through 9th grades participate in P.E. five days a
week, Kindergarten through fourth three days a week, while Junior Kindergarten students attend once a week. In P.E. our students test their physical
limits and strive for personal goals. The Presidential Fitness Testing and the P.E. Challenge
occur alternating years for grades 1-6 while grades 7-9 participate in the Presidential Fitness
Testing annually. Our Winter Sports program is an integral component of the educational program
at St. Luke's. It provides meaningful opportunities that enhance the daily physical education
curriculum for students in first through ninth grade. It typically takes place for several days between January and February and includes on-site and off-site programs for students. The winter
sports may include skiing, snowboarding, swimming, bowling, lacrosse, gymnastics, soccer, karate, tennis, walleyball, dance and
cheerleading.
Both school libraries, the IS Garton Library and the Lower School Library, are open to all students, with formal library instruction given to Pre-Grades through Grade 5. Students in grades 6-9 use the library for research, specific classroom assignments and projects and pleasure reading. The Library program at St. Luke's has many activities that foster a love of reading, from celebrating Dr. Seuss Week to reading special stories during Week of the Book.
Click here to learn about Battle of the Books (BOB).
Creating a Power Point presentation in the computer lab to using laptops in the classroom,
technology is an integral part of a student's day. Pre-K through ninth grade have formal
instruction in the computer lab starting with simple drawings and keyboarding skills progressing
to multimedia presentations and programming. Laptops are available for classroom use throughout
the day for research, Reading Counts tests, and classroom projects.
Eighth grade students participate in a bible survey class which follows a timeline of key events in the Bible.
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Ninth grade students complete their education at St. Luke's by taking a look at the nature of knowledge, the bases upon which knowledge claims rest, ways of knowing and areas of knowledge.
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