Physical Education
Twice a week our students focus on the physical aspect of education with Physical Education (PE) class where we are teaching the importance of moving our bodies. PE Class improves overall fitness, helps students develop their gross and fine motor skills, builds their cognitive abilities, and increases our students’ self-confidence. But more importantly to the kids, PE class is a time for fun, adventure, and enjoying the outdoors!
Running, jumping, skip-roping, hula-hooping, and completing obstacle courses challenges each individual student’s motor skills and determination. Playing sports like soccer, basketball and volleyball teaches teamwork, rules of the game, and offers leadership opportunities. And the wide variety of experiences in PE class helps our students find new ways to move their bodies and start life-long healthy practices.
Art
Art is also twice a week and allows our students to express their creativity while learning about the beauty of our world. Our students are exposed to different types of art and artists, and also have the pleasure of creating their own art. Art class is also an opportunity to express themselves in an entirely different way, to problem solve, and to refine their motor skills. During National Arts Month, LTCS constructs its own Art Gallery and conducts an art auction to celebrate the creations of our students.
Spanish
Our Spanish special is happening four days a week – two days for language acquisition and two days for cultural understanding. Learning the Spanish language and culture is an expression of the way we value diversity at LTCS. According to our Spanish teacher, Ms. Perez Cochrane, “the lessons are an adventure in world travel as we learn about the many Spanish speaking countries across the globe.” The students will be studying language skill and development as well as conversational use, and cultural studies will touch on history, art, music, architecture, and traditional clothing and cuisine.
Our students are engaged in expanding their language skills, but also in learning about and appreciating different cultures. Learning about the food, song, and dance of one culture often leads to an examination of many cultures, and it’s our goal for students to be exposed to as much as possible culturally.
Whether we are outside doing field work or inside painting a self-portrait, we are learning through experience at La Tierra Community School. Our small, nurturing school community provides a wonderful base from which our students explore the world and develop a lifelong passion for learning.
About La Tierra Community School
At La Tierra Community School, teachers, parents, staff, and students work together to create a school culture of collaboration, respect, and high expectations. Through our expeditionary learning-inspired approach, trust, respect, responsibility, and joy in learning permeate our community and our students know they can impact their world. Enrolling K-7 in Prescott, today!
