Art Education is important in the development of every child.  Some of the benefits of art include increased motor skills, cultural awareness, confidence, perseverance, collaboration, and focus.   The art room at JKES is a refuge, a place where students can develop self-confidence by making art.   It is essential that students have an atmosphere in which they can release their creative spirit.  Students enter the art room with smiling faces eager to be creative!

Pre-K - 4th grade:

All students will be studying famous artist and will create artwork that is inspired by those artist.  Lessons are created to cover all VA Visual Art SOLs, and to support the SOL’s for additional content areas that students will be learning in their base classroom.  Students will have the opportunity to creatively express themselves by using many art mediums such as oil pastels, artist chalk, paint, printing making, mixed media artwork, clay……..