• Arts and Science Programs

     

     
         The PTA's largest budget line is for programs, both arts and science related. Thank you to the Fishkill Elementary community for your continuous support of the PTA throughout the year. You have shown your dedication to our students by helping us meet our fundraising targets. Thanks to your support our students enjoy a broad (and fun) exposure to the Arts and Science!
     
     
    Programs vary year to year but here are some of our student and staff favorites:
     
    Kindergarten

    My Five Senses: Hudson River presented by Impact Education

    This objects-based program comes into the classroom where students use each of their five senses to discover the special features of the Hudson River that make it an estuary.  The pros are exciting and engaging!
     
     
    1st Grade  

    Starlab Planetarium presented by Impact Education                                              

    Entering the inflatable planetarium immediately engages the student as they learn about day and night cycles; seasons and star patterns called constellations. The starlab has the ability to put stars in motion so that students ‘feel’ the motion of the Earth, making this a very experiential program. Younger students sing a song while using body movements to act out the earth’s rotation and revolution. Topics are presented through hands-on experiential learning, storytelling, creative movement and manipulatives. The visual presentation of abstract pictures showing Native American and traditional Greek star patterns and constellations demonstrate particular attributes illustrating how the Arts contribute to cultures.

     

     
    2nd Grade 

    NYS Symbols by Boscobel/Impact Education

    This program uses hands-on activities to introduce young students to the significance of the iconic images of New York State. Students create projects in the classroom related to various NYS symbols (the rose, maple tree, bluebird, ladybug, and apple).

     
    3rd Grade 
     
    Water Cycle Game presented by Impact Education

    Students take an incredible journey as a tiny water droplet in this interactive water cycle game. Students make a beaded bracelet to track the telling of the story of their journey through the water cycle.  

     
    4th Grade
     
    Learning and Leisure in the 18th Century presented by Historical Huguenot Street
     
    The Huguenot Street program will tie directly to the 4th grade study of Colonial America. Students will play games from the time period. They learn about the history of writing implements for school children and get to try their hand at the art of writing with a quill pen. Students see virtual tours of a stone house and wigwam to see how colonial and indigenous people lived. Students also uses their senses to investigate 18th century items then discuss what they are and how their uses are the same or different from today.
     
    5th Grade 
     
    Day in Clay presented by Cliff Mendelson

    Day in Clay transforms the art room into a true artist studio, giving students a real taste of the creative process, and illustrates how design, ‘form and function’ relate across disciplines.

    Students are engaged in a hands – on program in Native American ceramics and discover how individual expression joins the continuum of art history.

     
     
    6th Grade 

    Hip-Hop Dance Residency presented by NY Dance Residency

    Freedom of movement, creativity, and focus of attention are the basics of this program. Students are allowed and encouraged to follow the choreography within their own comfort level and style while staying in sync with the music. They explore this art form through dance, coordination challenges, and fitness, while they learn the art and history of this American-born dance form “Hip –Hop”.