Fine Arts
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Students benefit greatly when offered opportunities to engage in the fine arts, including improved creativity, enhanced fine motor skills and emotional growth and development. St. Mary’s teachers encourage students to explore extracurricular activities including drama, music and choir, band and speech.
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St. Mary's School Drama Department holds one performance each year, a joint 6-12 play in the spring. This extracurricular activity is a wonderful way to build self-esteem and confidence by learning skills like listening, communicating verbally and nonverbally, memorizing, improvising and more. Stage crew helpers are also an important part of the production which offers opportunities to use other skills and talents outside performing.
At times, we may be able to participate with SLCSD high school productions, but this depends on year-to-year programming opportunities, themes, and time of productions.
To learn more about our drama department opportunities, contact Mrs. Leah Schimmer at [email protected]
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Early exposure in grade school introduces students to vocal and instrumental music. The pre-K–8 choral music program and grades 5–8 band program expose students to music fundamentals including rhythm, notes, pitch and more.
Students interested in band and choir at the high school level can participate in larger performance opportunities through a shared program hosted by Storm Lake Community School District.
To learn more about K-8 Music opportunities, contact our instrumental and choir director Mrs. Gayle Strom at [email protected]
If you are interested in 9-12 music opportunities, contact our Activities Director Mr. Josh Walls at [email protected]
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St. Mary's offers group and individual speech programs, which help develop self-confidence, strong communication and listening skills as well as the ability to speak in public to a variety of audiences. Students have opportunities to compete at the district and state levels.
To learn more about speech opportunities contact Speech Coach Ms. Sophia Mujica at [email protected]
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