Primary students enjoy music and movement every Friday in addition to music in the classroom. Elementary children are taught by a music specialist; they participate in many aspects of music appreciation from learning to read music to playing songs on the recorder. The children also take part in performance sessions to reinforce a natural love of rhythm. All Upper Elementary students play an instrument as part of their academic experience. Our Middle School students enjoy three blocks of music education per week. Handbell, band, and Orff-Stomp music and violin programs are available in addition to the regular music class. There are two performances each year.
The art program helps students develop specific art skills as well as learn about artists, and art movements. Process over product, the cultivation of art appreciation, and knowledge of art history are the elements of our art program. Student art work is displayed throughout the school and has been exhibited at the East Greenbush Library and the Little Book House in Stuyvesant Plaza.
The children participate and learn about a variety of games and activities to help develop a range of physical skills. Examples of the rotating physical education classes include: yoga, dancing, gymnastics, aerobics, health and wellness, soccer, basketball, volleyball, and field hockey.
The program follows a Montessori curriculum and is staffed by a language specialist. The twice-weekly program focuses on oral comprehension, vocabulary acquisition, and cultural appreciation.