All children are artists.
The Unquowa curriculum provides students with regular opportunities to express themselves through visual and performing arts from the earliest ages—twice weekly in grades PreK through 5 and three times weekly in the Upper School. We see the arts as essential to a child’s development and character formation. Artistic practice bolsters academic success by increasing critical thinking skills, concentration, self-discipline, self-expression, and self esteem. The arts help children understand their emotions and teach empathy by engaging with the emotions of others. Both visual and performing arts build confidence, increase neural connectivity, and put children more in touch with themselves and the world around them.
View the Show – Newsies Jr!
Posted by Megan Kirk
I could not be more excited to share the video of Newsies Jr! All of the cast and crew did a simply remarkable job putting on this very challenging show! Bravo!!!!!
Celebrating the Unsung Heroes in History
Posted by Krissy Ponden
Unsung heroes are individuals who accomplished incredible acts of bravery and compassion during their lifetimes but remain largely unknown to contemporary generations. Each student selected an Unsung Hero and researched their story by identifying important events, historical context, and relevant artifacts. They also reflected on how the hero’s story is relevant today and what we can learn from their character traits and actions. The students then created a work of art in a media of their choice that illuminates the hero’s story and honors their contributions. Students wrote artist statements demonstrating their learning and sharing the insights they gained from doing this project. The projects were shared with our school community during an evening art reception and presentation where students read their statements alongside their work.
where students read their statements alongside their work.
Click Here to view the complete “Unsung Heroes” online gallery.
Down By The Bay!
Posted by Megan Kirk
On January 24th, the PreK and K students were so excited to get up on stage to sing “Down By The Bay”! This is a song that really emphasizes how we often use rhymes in songs! In class, students would come up with their very own silly rhymes to add to verses of this song! It was a great way to reinforce their learning of what a rhyming word is! I was so proud of the PreK and K students for wanting to share this song with their Unquowa community!
The Road Not Taken
Posted by Megan Kirk
The 6-8 grade chorus sang a beautiful and challenging piece called “The Road Not Taken” at assembly recently. This complex piece of work had very challenging three part harmonies that the upper schoolers worked very hard to learn. We also have been working on vocal placement in class, and this song showed how the students knew how to use vowel placement to blend their sound. Great job Upper School Chorus!
Climb Higher!
Posted by Megan Kirk
The 4th and 5th grade chorus sang a very uplifting and inspiring song at assembly! Using the song “Climb Higher” the 4th and 5th graders were learning about how the melody, harmonies, and lyrics of a song can send strong messages to the listener. They were also working on their tone color as well as how to blend as a choir while learning this song. They did an excellent job on their performance and the audience definitely felt uplifted after listening to this piece!
What Note is That?!
Posted by Megan Kirk
Students in lower school music have been having a lot of fun with note identification! In PreK,K, and 1st grade, students are working on identifying the space notes in the treble clef! In 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade, students are having a review session of both the line and space notes in the treble clef. Students were very excited to learn two games we played to reinforce their learning! “Toss in the treble clef” and “jump to that note”! When students are having this much fun the learning comes easy!
