Welcome to Cook Elementary Fine Arts Magnet School!
Our student enrollment ranges from Pre-K4 through 5th Grade. All of our students learn through rigorous instruction including science through STEM-based instruction and through the infusion and the integration of Fine Arts. Learning takes place all over the building through many different mediums and experiences.
Why Fine Arts?
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The Fine Arts are fundamental components of all cultures and time periods.
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The Fine Arts teach us that all we think and feel cannot be reduced to words.
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The Fine Arts develop a value of perseverance and hard work.
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The Fine Arts teach children to make good judgments about qualitative relationships.
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The Fine Arts teach children that problems can have more than one solution.
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The Fine Arts celebrate multiple perspectives.
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The Fine Arts teach students that small differences can have large effects.
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The Fine Arts help children learn to say what cannot be said.
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The Fine Arts help teach students to think through and within the material.
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There is a strong positive relationship between the Fine Arts and academic success.
Sample Lesson Plans
Music of Civil Rights Era
Performing Place Values (Music)
Mondrian Math