In lower grades (K-4), art activities are integrated into
academic lessons. Two periods per week are allocated for art.
Students use various materials in their cross-curricular
projects, which enhance their learning. Grades Five to Eight
students have art classes one or two times a week. Students are
introduced to pencil techniques of shading, sketching,
3-dimensional perspectives from the view of a worm, a human and
a bird, and tone values. Then these techniques are repeated in
color. This is followed by material exercises in paper, clay,
acrylic, oil and canvas. Students are encouraged to go outside
and observe their surroundings; they learn to draw pictures of
still life. These techniques are taught at each grade level, and
projects are assigned, the degree of sophistication depends on
the age group. Kindergarten through grade Two students have P.E
classes with their homeroom teachers, and a Physical Education
instructor teaches students in grades Three to Eight. Grades
Three to Eight students are taught t