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?

• The Fine Arts are fundamental components of all cultures and time periods.

• The Fine Arts teach us that all we think and feel cannot be reduced to words.

• The Fine Arts develop a value of perseverance and hard work.

• The Fine Arts teach children to make good judgments about qualitative relationships.

• The Fine Arts teach children that problems can have more than one solution.

• The Fine Arts celebrate multiple perspectives.

• The Fine Arts teach students that small differences can have large effects.

• The Fine Arts help children learn to say what cannot be said.

• The Fine Arts help teach students to think through and within the material.

• 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