Art Enrichments

List of 16 items.

• A World of Dance: Pre-K4 - 4th grades, 3:00 - 3:45pm on Thursdays

  A World of Dance
  Instructor: Britney Wolfe
  Grades: Pre-K4 - 4th
  Day and Time: Thursdays from 3:00 - 3:45 p.m.
  Tuition: $400 for ASC kids, $450 for non-ASC kids
  Location: Main Building Gym
  
  Are you ready to make your feet move to the rhythm of the world? Students will get to explore different dance styles, from the groovy beats of Hip Hop and fiery passion of Salsa, to the graceful glide of Waltz, and eclectic vibes of Jazz, just to name a few. Each week, students will learn the foundational techniques of a new dance style and discover their own unique flair. By the end of the 14-week class, students will have a well-rounded understanding of diverse dance styles and the confidence to express themselves through movement. Meet me on the dance floor!
  
  Instructor Bio:
  Britney Wolfe has been a member of the faculty at St. Andrew's for many years, in many different roles. She is currently the Early Childhood Fitness Teacher.

• After School Art: Pre-K3 – Kindergarten, 3:15 - 4:00 p.m. on Mondays

  After School Art for Early Childhood
  Instructor: Nicole Robinson
  Grades: Pre-K3 through Kindergarten
  Day and Time: Mondays from 3:15 - 4:00 p.m.
  Tuition: $400 for ASC students, $450 for non-ASC students
  Location: Kennedy Hall
  Dismissal: via Kennedy Hall 
  
  Come create with us! We will be using different mediums: clay, pastels, watercolors, wood, mother nature, etc. to allow our imaginations to explore. We will talk about different artists and styles as we learn new ways to see and discover the world around us. *New lessons and studies each semester.*
  
  Instructor Bio: Hi. I have been teaching at St. Andrew's for 9 years and love this sweet community. I live in Fondren and enjoy exploring the world near and far. One of my passions is creating using different mediums...wood, fabric, yarn, etc...I love watching students raw imaginations come to life as they experience new and different ways of looking at the world.

• Art for Middle School, 5th – 8th Grades, 3:15 – 4:15 p.m. on Tuesdays

  Art for Middle School
  Instructor: Cyndi Irons
  Grades: 5th – 8th
  Day and Time: Tuesdays from 3:15 – 4:15 p.m.
  Tuition: $350 
  Location: NORTH CAMPUS — Middle School Art Studio
  
  Enjoy the art-making process by drawing, painting, collage, & more! This class is open to all students that love art and want some more hands-on time to develop their skills and experiment with different techniques & materials.
  
  New lessons/projects each semester!
  
  Instructor Bio:
  Cyndi Irons is the Middle School Art Teacher at St. Andrew's. She has taught art to artists of all ages from kindergarten through adults, both in the classroom and in the community. She has worked in education for many years as a teacher and a counselor. As an artist drawing, painting, and mixed media is her passion.
  Cyndi graduated from MSU and held National Board Certification in Middle School Art.

• Ballet: Pre-K3, 2:45 – 3:45 p.m. on Mondays

  Instructor: Lisa Howell
  Grade: Pre-K3
  Day and Time: Mondays from 2:45 – 3:45 p.m.
  Tuition: $375 for ASC students, $425 for non-ASC students
  Location: South Campus Dance Studio
  
  The ballet program at St. Andrew's was established over thirty years ago by Lisa Howell. This is an amazing, small and intimate program that your young dancer is sure to love!
  
  Please refer to this document for everything you need to know about the ballet uniform and fall semester programming.
  
  If you'd like to contact Mrs. Howell directly, her number is (601) 573-9912.

• Ballet: Pre-K4, 2:45 – 3:45 p.m. on Wednesdays

  Instructor: Lisa Howell
  Grades: Pre-K4 
  Day and Time: Wednesdays from 2:45 – 3:45 p.m.
  Tuition: $375 for ASC students, $425 for non-ASC students
  Location: South Campus Dance Studio
  
  The ballet program at St. Andrew's was established over thirty years ago by Lisa Howell. This is an amazing, small and intimate program that your young dancer is sure to love!
  
  Students in Pre-K4 are encouraged to take a second class on Fridays from 2:45 - 3:45pm for an additional $100 per semester.
  
  Please refer to this document for everything you need to know about the ballet uniform and fall semester programming.
  
  If you'd like to contact Mrs. Howell directly, her number is (601) 573-9912.

• Ballet: K, 2:45 – 3:45 p.m. on Thursdays

  Instructor: Lisa Howell
  Grades: Kindergarten
  Day and Time: Thursdays from 2:45 – 3:45 p.m.
  Tuition: $375 for ASC students, $425 for non-ASC students
  Location: South Campus Dance Studio
  
  The ballet program at St. Andrew's was established over thirty years ago by Lisa Howell. This is an amazing, small and intimate program that your young dancer is sure to love!
  
  Please refer to this document for everything you need to know about the ballet uniform and fall semester programming.
  
  Students in Kindergarten are encouraged to take a second class on Fridays from 2:45 - 3:45pm for an additional $100 per semester.
  
  If you'd like to contact Mrs. Howell directly, her number is (601) 573-9912.

• Ballet: 1st – 2nd Grades, 2:45 – 3:45 p.m. on Tuesdays

  Instructor: Lisa Howell
  Grades: 1st – 2nd 
  Day and Time: Tuesdays from 2:45 – 3:45 p.m.
  Tuition: $375
  Location: South Campus Dance Studio
  
  The ballet program at St. Andrew's was established thirty years ago by Lisa Howell. This is an amazing, small and intimate program that your dancer is sure to love!
  
  Please refer to this document for everything you need to know about the ballet uniform and fall semester programming.
  
  Students in 1st and 2nd grades are encouraged to take a second class on Fridays from 2:45 - 3:45pm for an additional $100 per semester.
  
  If you'd like to contact Mrs. Howell directly, her number is (601) 573-9912.

• Ballet: 3rd – 4th Grades, 2:45 – 5:00 p.m. on Thursdays

  Instructor: Lisa Howell
  Grades: 3rd – 4th  
  Day and Time: Thursdays from 2:45 – 5:00 p.m.
  Tuition:
  ASC students: $375 for one day, $475 for two days, $575 for three days per week. 
  Location: South Campus Dance Studio
  
  The Ballet Program at St. Andrew's was established over thirty years ago by Lisa Howell. This is an amazing, small and intimate program that your dancer is sure to love! 
  
  *NEW* In addition to this Thursday class, 3rd and 4th graders are now encouraged to join one of the older classes for advanced learning with upper grades. Those options are Mondays, Tuesdays, or Wednesdays from 4:10 - 5:30pm. They may also join the mixed-grade Friday class from 2:45 - 3:45pm.
  
  Please refer to this document for everything you need to know about the ballet uniform and fall semester programming.
  
  If you'd like to contact Mrs. Howell directly, her number is (601) 573-9912.

• Ballet — 2nd/3rd Day Option: Pre-K4 – 4th Grade, 2:45 – 3:45 p.m. on Fridays

  Instructor: Lisa Howell
  Grades: Pre-K4 – 4th Grade 
  Day and Time: Fridays from 2:45 – 3:45 p.m.
  Tuition: $100 (This is in addition to the tuition for their grade-level ballet class.)
  Location: South Campus Dance Studio
  
  Students from Pre-K4 through 4th grade who are enrolled in Mrs. Howell's ballet classes may opt to add an additional day each week. 
  
  If you'd like to contact Mrs. Howell directly, her number is (601) 573-9912.

• Ballet: 5th – 12th Grades, 4:10 – 5:30 p.m. on Mondays – Wednesdays

  Instructor: Lisa Howell
  Grades: 5th – 12th
  Day and Time: Mondays – Wednesdays from 4:10 – 5:30 p.m.
  Tuition: $375 for one day/week, $475 for two days/week, $575 for three days/week. 
  Location: South Campus Dance Studio
  
  The Ballet Program at St. Andrew's was established over thirty years ago by Lisa Howell. This is an amazing, small and intimate program that your dancer is sure to love! 
  
  Please refer to this document for everything you need to know about the ballet uniform and fall semester programming.
  
  If you'd like to contact Mrs. Howell directly, her number is (601) 573-9912.

• Make a Play on Fridays: 5th - 8th grades, 3:15 - 4:15 p.m. on Fridays

  Make a Play on Fridays
  Instructors: David Kelly and Marie Venters
  Grades: 5th - 8th
  Day and Time: Fridays from 3:15 - 4:15 p.m.
  Tuition: $275
  Location: North Campus, CPA
  
  Make a Play on Fridays gives students the opportunity to create stories on stage. Students will see their ideas come to life by learning the fundamentals of playwriting and devising. A show of students' work will be presented at the end of the semester with potential showcases in Middle School and Upper School Fall play performances.

• Piano Lab: Pre-K4 - K, 2:30 - 3:30pm on Tuesdays

  Piano Lab: Pre-K4 - K
  Instructor: Sarah Walker
  Grades: PK4 - K
  Day and Time: Tuesdays from 2:30 – 3:30 p.m.
  Tuition: $450 
  Location: Lower School Music Room
  
  Group piano lab teaches piano basics in a fun atmosphere! Each student will be assigned to their own digital piano with headphones and be given group and individualized instruction. It is literally the BEST of both worlds!

• St. Andrew's Cathedral Children's Choir: 1st – 4th Grades, 3:30 – 4:15 p.m. on Tuesdays

  St. Andrew's Cathedral Children's Choir
  Instructor: Jessica Nelson
  Grades: 1st – 4th
  Day and Time: Tuesdays from 3:30 – 4:15 p.m.
  Tuition: free
  Location: Lower School, Jean Jones Chapel
  Dismissal: via Front Office
  

   

  St. Andrew's Cathedral Children's Choir will meet weekly in the Lower School Chapel for rehearsal. This ensemble is open to all students of all faith traditions, not just Episcopalians or members of St. Andrew's Cathedral. These choristers will learn music selected from the breadth and depth of the Anglican music-making tradition and will sing for selected Big Chapel services, as well as selected Sunday services at the Cathedral.
  
  

  Instructor Bio:

  Jessica Nelson is a native Mississippian with degrees in music and liturgy from Millsaps College and Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, as well as the Colleague Certificate from the American Guild of Organists. She has been organist/choirmaster of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Cathedral since 2017 and directed the Mississippi Conference on Church Music and Liturgy from 2014-2022. In 2015, she was appointed by Presiding Bishop Michael Curry to a 6 year term on the Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music of the Episcopal Church and currently serves on the board of the Association of Anglican Musicians, the professional organization for musicians serving Episcopal churches in the United States. She is the editor of Church Publishing, Inc.’s Ponder Anew: Conversations in 20th Century Church Music, (2022) a collection of essays, interviews, and sermons focused on the changing landscape of the Church and its music. Recent commissions include “Grounded in Love,” a setting of a text of St. Julian of Norwich commissioned by Christ Church Cathedral, New Orleans for the upcoming consecration of the Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana, as well as works for choir + organ for All Saints’ Episcopal Church, Tupelo and the Association of Anglican Musicians. Her other choral works are available from Paraclete Press and St. James Music Press.

• Strings — Kinder Violin Karate: Pre-K4 and Kindergarten, 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. on Mondays or Fridays

  Strings - Kinder Violin Karate
  Instructor: Sarah Walker
  Grades: Pre-K4 and Kindergarten
  Day and Time: Mondays or Fridays from 2:30 – 3:30 p.m.
  Tuition: $450 
  Location: Kennedy Hall
  Dismissal: via Kennedy Hall 
  
  St. Andrew’s Lower School music teacher, Sarah Walker, created the Violin Karate method to motivate kids to learn the basic skills needed to play the violin. After each skill is mastered, each child will earn a colored belt (tassel) to hang from the end of the violin scroll indicating that he/she has mastered a new skill. This highly motivating method is fun, fast and easy! All music and supplies are provided and included in the tuition. Violins will be needed and can be rented from Sarah Walker. Contact her at walkers@gosaints.org.

• Strings — Violin Karate: 1st – 4th Grades, 2:45 – 3:45 p.m. on Wednesdays or THURSDAYS

  Strings - Violin Karate: 1st - 4th
  Instructor: Sarah Walker
  Grades: 1st – 4th Grades
  Day and Time: Wednesdays or THURSDAYS (new class, just opened) from 2:45 – 3:45 p.m.
  Tuition: $450 
  Location: Lower School Music Room
  
  St. Andrew’s Lower School music teacher, Sarah Walker, created the Violin Karate method to motivate kids to learn the basic skills needed to play the violin. After each skill is mastered, each child will earn a colored belt (tassel) to hang from the end of the violin scroll indicating that he/she has mastered a new skill. This highly motivating method is fun, fast and easy! All music and supplies are included in the tuition price. Violins are not included and will be needed. You may easily rent from Sarah Walker. Contact her at walkers@gosaints.org.

• Strings: Middle School

  Strings - Middle School
  Instructor: Sarah Walker
  Grades: 5th – 8th Grades
  Day and Time: Monday from 3:15 – 4:15 p.m.
  Tuition: $450 
  Location: North Campus
  
  A multi- level strings course designed to be customized to meet the needs and wants of each registered student. All music and supplies are included in the tuition. A violin will be needed. You may easily rent from Sarah Walker. Contact her at walkers@gosaints.org