Music (twice a week)
Music is a universal language of creative expression. The SCIS music program aims to nurture all students' natural love of music through vocal, instrumental, and creative movement activities.
- Develop an understanding of time signatures through singing, movement, and composition
- Use skills to play Orff instruments
- Create own compositions to demonstrate an understanding of musical skills or concepts
- Understand different styles of music from different cultures
Physical Education (twice a week)
The physical education program is focused around motivating students to achieve physical confidence and competence through a wide variety of developmentally appropriate activities. Students continue the process of learning movement concepts such as body and space awareness and effort qualities. They also focus on a broad scope of specific skills related to locomotion, fitness, rhythm and dance, gymnastics, and elementary games.
Languages
- Mandarin Language and Culture (beginning, intermediate, advanced) three times a week. Students receive instruction in conversational Mandarin and Chinese culture.
- ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) classes are also available for students with limited English proficiency.
Art (once a week)
A medium through which societies and individuals - past and present - communicate values and beliefs, express ideas and emotions, record events, and explore imagination. Students receive specialized art instruction weekly as well as having art integrated into classroom subjects. The following are the goals for viewing artwork and creating art:
- To understand and use a variety of styles, mediums, and techniques.
- To develop self-expression
- To understand and appreciate art from various historical time periods and cultures
- To develop skills for quality production
Library (once a week)
Students are exposed to increasingly sophisticated authors and literary genres. Students learn the differences between the basic reference sources and learn to use these sources in conjunction with non-fiction books for a unified approach to research.
Computer (twice a week)
The SCIS technology program is designed to help enhance classroom activities by introducing the use of computers and other multimedia equipment. Skills include the following: Keyboarding, word processing, drawing and painting techniques, and application of software related to classroom learning.
