Specials

Music 

In the Bible, the psalmist declares “Let everything that has breath praise the Lord!” (Psalm 150:6) In keeping with this verse, the goal of the music program at WCS is to develop students’ God-given musical talents so that they can use those gifts to worship Him.

Elementary music students participate in our "Cognitive Enhancing Music Education" program which provides each student with basic keyboard and note reading skills.  Research proves that piano instruction increases other cognitive functions.  Students are also do a lot of singing and movement, learn about composers, and study the instruments of the orchestra.

In middle school, students have the opportunity to participate in instrumental music (band) or vocal music (choir). Students may also elect to participate in both ensembles. While the classes are performance based, emphasis is placed in both band and choir on learning the fundamentals of music. While rehearsing and performing a variety of musical styles, we seek to bring glory to God in all that we do.

Throughout the year, students have a chance to perform for events such as school concerts, Grandparents' Day, Fine Arts Night, and the music festival. Each year, we also make it a goal to expose students to musical performance. In the past, students have gone to a college campus and spent the day with the university marching band. We also have hosted a variety of musical performances at the school.

At WCS, we believe that music is an integral part of every person’s life and we have chosen to make it an emphasis in each child’s education. Just as the Psalmist believed that every living thing could worship their creator, we, too, believe that each child can learn to make and enjoy music to the glory of God.

Technology serves an increasingly important role in education.  We want to make sure our students are equipped with tools that enhance learning, skills that prepare them for high school and beyond, and knowledge about using the internet safely. 

Curriculum

Wooster Christian School uses a program called Easy Tech to teach digital literacy skills.  As they explain it on their site, "EasyTech is a self-paced digital literacy curriculum for grades K-8 that provides interactive lessons, application exercises, activities, discussions and quizzes to help students develop and master the technology and computational thinking skills they need for college and career."  

Lessons include:

• Keyboarding, mastering touch-typing, and effective use of word processing in real-life situations
• Online safety skills to combat cyber-bullying and to determine what information is credible on the internet 
• Business applications such as spreadsheets, presentations and multimedia tools to prepare them for the demands of high school, college, and future careers 
• Computational thinking & coding logic, problem solving and creativity so they can tackle more advanced computer science topics.

Students in Junior Kindergarten through eighth grade attend the computer lab as one of their weekly specials.

Tools

Due to the ever-changing nature of technology, our collection of tech tools and devices is constantly being updated.  Our classrooms are equipped with SmartBoards, Chromebooks, and computers.  Other devices such as iPads and video cameras are also available to our teachers.