FINE ART EDUCATION IN SST

ART CLASS: Most students attend art class from 1 to 2 times per week. Art class serves as an introduction to the methods, materials and meaning of the arts to our students as they transform from childhood to adolescence. Art is a way to explore the world through nonverbal experiences which are personal to each one. Emphasis is placed on spontaneity, imagination, invention and flexibility of each student.

Art encourages imagination, cognitive skills, creative abilities, problem solving, fine motor skills, language, social skills, sense of time and place, focusing, listening, risk taking, tolerance, uniqueness and more.