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Music education at St. Theresa Catholic School offered to all students PK3 - 8th grade, and a variety of music electives are offered to 7th & 8th grade. Instead of units, students work on musical concepts: rhythm, pitch, form, movement, timbre, tempo, mood, beat, and melody through a four step process: imitation, exploration, create, and improvisation (Orff Process) throughout the school year. Students learn how to problem-solve, communicate, and be expressive. Every year, we put on a school wide performance for Christmas, as well as other performance opportunities.
The Visual Arts program at St. Theresa focuses on what students find the most fun on production of drawings, paintings, sculptures, and prints. We pull from art history as much as possible and incorporate art description, analysis, and criticism regularly. We work in a cooperative, friendly environment and are responsible with our subject matter materials.
"Students learn to express themselves in a positive way just as God, the greatest artist of all, does for us daily."
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DRAMA
Drama is offered to all STCS students in grades K-8, and a wide variety of enriching drama elective courses are offered to 7th and 8th grade students. The drama department at STCS encourages students to develop themselves as artists, with a focus on creative movement, voice and speech, theatre history, character development, and an in-depth understanding of the importance of storytelling through drama. In middle school, students will have the opportunity to become involved in extracurricular dramatic productions, where they have the opportunity to grow as actors or in their behind the scenes skillset. All STCS students are educated in the beauty of the dramatic arts with an acknowledgment of Christ as the center.
THEATER PRODUCTION ELECTIVE
Students learned all facets of stage production, including sound, light, set design, run crew basics and direction. 2023/24 Production: Student written play “The Struggles Beyond the Journal.”
ACTING 101 ELECTIVE
Young thespians explored a full range of classic and contemporary stage acting, while being a part of various school productions.
2023/24: Young actors presented scenes from plays such as "Much Ado About Nothing,” “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” “Waiting for Godot,” “The Importance of Being Earnest,” “Pride and Prejudice,” “Sense and Sensibility,” “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” “Three Sisters,” “The Odd Couple,” and more.
MUSICAL THEATER ELECTIVE
This genre specific program exposes students toa a variety of musical genres, which they get to recreate before an packed audience of friends and family.
SUMMER DRAMA CAMP
In the summer of 2023, we offered two separate week-long drama camps were offered. The first camp, students were engaged in learning music, choreography and monologues and other classic introductory theatre techniques. Afternoons were spent rehearsing a daily introduced one act play. Meanwhile, the second camp centered around the creation of a jukebox musical, “The Tale of Summerworld.” Students performed for a full-house and jam packed with adventure, song, dance and some impressive acting skills!
2024/25 PREVIEW
This year Fall Play featuring 5th through 8th grade students “Importance of Being Earnest,” as well as a Spring musical, "High School Musical Jr." -
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2024 STCS Summer Drama Camp
