Souderton Area School District is committed
to providing each and every student with a quality visual arts education.
Students are challenged to think about the role the arts have played throughout
time, and how time and place impact the work of artists and cultures. They
learn to think critically and reflect upon their own work as well as the work
of others. Student creativity and achievement is recognized through art
displays in each school building, at our administrative offices and at Indian
Valley Public Library during the annual Youth Art Month Exhibit in March.
The elementary curriculum incorporates the 2014
National Visual Arts Standards which focus on creating, responding, connecting
and presenting. Content is built around the elements of art (line, shape, form,
color, value, texture, and space) with increased awareness of the context of
art. Students are then able to connect
art to their experiences, literature, local and global cultures, historical
perspectives, emerging technologies and the changing roles of artists in
society. Essential questions guide each unit and stimulate high-level creative
thinking.
Students are given the opportunity to experience
many production techniques while working with a
variety of media. These may include: drawing with pencil, crayon, colored
pencils, oil pastels, chalk pastels; painting with watercolor, tempera and
acrylic paint; adhesives for collage and assemblage; yarn and fibers for
textiles; ink for printmaking; clay and wire for sculpture and iPads for digital
technology.
Our quality visual arts education prepares
students to succeed with many skills needed throughout life. Our certified art
teachers guide our students to develop innovative thinking, evaluation of
ideas, decision making, collaboration and cooperation with others, careful use
of tools, and respectful communication skills. The visual arts are foundational
in SASD.