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Primary and Elementary Students — K3 through 4th grade

  • Students work in a variety of mediums and explore many different styles of visual art.
  • Students compete in a variety of interscholastic art competitions, including TEAM (Texas Elementary Art Meet), and exhibit their art in two on-campus art shows during each school year.

Intermediate and Middle School Students — 5th-8th grade

  • Students work with clay, ganache, acrylics, pastels and more to delver deeper into the principals of art that they learned in earlier grades.
  • Students compete in the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, the Bayou City Art Festival, Junior VASE (Visual Arts Scholastic Event) and more.
  • Middle school students who meet the requirements are eligible for induction into the National Junior Art Honor Society.

High School Students — 9th-12th grade

  • Students continue to develop artistic talents and skills in beginning art, advanced art, photography, 3D art, textiles and/or AP Art.
  • Students compete and place in the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, the Bayou City Art Festival, VASE and more.
  • Students exhibit work at the WCS All-School Art Show each March and have the opportunity to learn how to offer their pieces for sale to the public.
  • High school students who meet the requirements are eligible for induction into the National Art Honor Society.

For any questions, please contact Karen Keese at [email protected]

Explore WCS Fine Arts

Middle school students in band

Band

The WCS band program focuses on the development of the individual student musician in preparation for band participation and beyond. Students will learn basic music reading, instrument technique and ensemble skills required for successful band participation. 

Theatre

Students in this course will learn about expression, projection, and inflection including poetry and prose interpretation and pantomime. In addition, stage movement, stage areas, and theater history from ancient Greek times to the present will be studied.

Music

Lower school students meet twice a week to learn music principles and explore vocal and instrumental music through a variety of methods.