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.
- Reading notes on the treble clef.
- Using note values, rhythmic skills, pentatonic scale
- Using skills to play Orff instruments and the recorder
- Singing songs, including rounds, as part of a class ensemble
- Using skills to create compositions
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 continue studying authors and literary genres. Their reference and search skills continue be honed, and they begin to critically evaluate sources of information.
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: Keyboarding, word processing, spread sheet, advanced drawing and painting techniques, research skills, internet skills, and multi-media presentations.
