Art

The art program at French Hill is a process-oriented curriculum which reinforces skills as well as cooperative learning. Students learn how the world can be viewed and recreated in the visual arts through examining artwork, discussing the masters and participating in the creation artwork. Some areas covered include various two-dimensional and three-dimensional mediums (painting, drawing, ceramic clay, ink, etc.), manipulation of various mediums, identifying types of art, identifying elements of art and exploring artist intention. Students attend art class once per week.

 

 

Music

French Hill’s music program emphasizes active participation (singing, movement and playing instruments) through which they are introduced to the basic elements of music: melody, harmony, form, rhythm, and timbre. Students go to music class one time per week.

 

Concerts are integral to the music program. Grade Two performs twice per year while Grade One and Kindergarten each perform one concert per year.

 

 

Physical Education

The French Hill physical education program uses the psychomotor, cognitive and affective channels to teach skills. The goal is to achieve optimum personal development through maximum participation. A variety of skills are presented to help students successfully participate in appropriate activities.

Children should wear sneakers on physical education days.

   

French Hill kindergarten students attend physical education class once per week while students in grade one and two have two sessions.

 

 

Computer Lab

French Hill students visit the computer lab once a week. They work at individual stations with software which is appealing, appropriate and related to various academic curriculum areas. The French Hill computer lab houses 24 computers and a laser printer.

 

Primary Time

Primary Time is a one-hour period in the morning set aside to enable classroom teachers to provide reading/language arts instruction in smaller, more homogeneous groups. This is accomplished by keeping half the students in the classroom for 30 minutes while the other half attends a special area class (music, art, physical education, computer, and library). The groups are reversed for the second 30 minutes