Setting and Context

Demographic

Characteristic

Culture and Community

Classroom Environment

Public K-5

7702 West Highway 34
Loveland, CO 80538-9454

(970) 613-5600

District: Thompson School District R-2j

SchoolDigger Rank:
166th of 917 Colorado Elementary Schools

Student/teacher ratio: 18.3
Number of students: 220

Racial breakdown:

White:

85.9%

Hispanic:

9.5%

Asian:

2.3%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 25.9%

The Mission of Thompson School District is to

Empower to learn
Challenge to achieve
Inspire to excel

Vision

The Thompson School District will be a school district that empowers, challenges and inspires students, faculty, staff, parents, school leaders and community members to learn, achieve and excel.

Empower through:

Focused, safe and technologically rich environments
Strong instructional leadership
Recognizing, honoring and respecting differences
Community collaborations
Robust learning

Challenge by promoting:

Ownership of learning
Local and global citizenship
Critical thinking
Adaptability

Inspire

Creativity
Innovation
Ethical and healthy lifestyles
Lifelong learning
Leadership - Developing leaders

Big thompson elementary school is a promotes stem learning. the art classroom supports the same philospophy by incorporating new techniques and technologies into the classroom. The art room has six desks that are surrounded by art posters, and past students works that connect back to the schools philosophy. Though the classroom is small it utilizes good use of space by having a plethora of storage for both two and three dimensional work. This classroom environment is meant to support all students by incorporating visual, audio, and technological differentiation.

Hero

Relief

In this lesson students looked at modern and historical rock carving to create a sheet rock art work that represented what the term hero meant to them using symbols. In the box below you can take a look at the lesson plan for hero relief carvings.

Hero Relief Lesson Plan

Hero Relief Reflection and Design

Beginning hero relief Design

Final hero relief Design

Batik

lesson

In this lesson plan students looked at the art of Batik to create a their own version of dyed cloth that represents what the term home means to them using symbols and patterns. Click the button below to see the extended lesson plan of Batik Cloth.

Batik Lesson Plan