Enrichments

Enrichments

Art
Art encompasses both aesthetic appreciation and creative expression. As Christians, we acknowledge God as the Ultimate Artist. The universe is His canvas, including our minds and souls. Created in His image, we thus possess an innate creative capacity. As a classical and Christian school, we explore great works of art by past masters filtered through a Christian perspective. Such exploration enables students to experience the intellectual and emotional power of artistic genius while cultivating their own creative potential and aesthetic discernment. Students additionally study artistic methods in various media to learn how to create artistic works of their own.


Music
Ascension teaches music to every student. God’s word exhorts us to celebratory praise, reverential worship, and skillful expression of our faith through singing and through playing instruments. God’s grace equips all of us with means to worship Him through music, and Ascension’s music program purposes to develop our students’ musical skills. This process begins with teaching students to listen and hear discriminately in order to understand musical ideas, to sing correctly and accurately, and to have a working understanding of music notation. Students also become familiar with the traditional and classical music of our heritage. This includes folk songs of Western culture, classical music composed in the seventeenth through the twentieth centuries, and the historical hymnody of our Christian heritage. Ultimately, Ascension's music curriculum challenges students to appreciate excellence in music—which often means to reject the prevalent music of contemporary culture. An understanding and love for the classic, traditional values of music teaches Ascension students to know and discern what is good, true and beautiful.
Physical Education
Physical Education is essential to the Classical Model as part of the education of the whole man. God created us as His temple and as such we are held responsible for keeping it holy. This is not only true of our bodies, but of our minds and hearts as well. Physical education provides the platform for cultivating strength of spirit, body and mind. Students are encouraged to develop healthy lifestyle habits through physical activity and nutrition. There is a heavy focus on developing age appropriate gross motor skills through sports and competition. Within the parameters of healthy competition, students are taught to be an encouraging teammate, give their best and show good sportsmanship. Ascension students will be equipped to model Christian values in physical activities and lifestyles on and off the field.
Nature Studies
Students in Kindergarten through 5th grade enjoy Nature Studies each week at Ascension. Studying nature enables our children to develop a love and appreciation for all of God’s Creation as they study each unique plant and creature with which God has filled the earth.
Our nature studies program combines science with art. Students are given a nature journal in which they record their observations from both inside and outside the classroom. Whenever possible, students draw and observe subject matter from life. Nature Studies opens the eyes of students to the wonder and creative genius of God through his Creation.

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