Specials & Electives
Lower School and Middle School students attend special classes like Adaptive Physical Education, Industrial Arts, Visual Arts and Performing Arts, with students in their homeroom. However, students in Upper School and Capstone get to choose the electives they take. This gives them the opportunity to try something new and explore their individual interests and passions. Some examples of recent classes offered as electives include: Engineering and Design, Nutrition and Cooking, Sign Language, Mindfulness, Podcasting, History of Sports and Journalism.
Learning to throw pottery on the wheel is just one of the many activities Cotting students enjoy throughout the year in Fine Arts class.
In Science class, students learn about the world around them through hand-on experiments and research.
Performing Arts gives students an opportunity to step out of (or, perhaps more like, into?) their comfort zone!
In Adaptive Physical Education, students incorporate the skills they have acquired through Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy and Communication Therapy as they learn to play team sports and games.
Students take pride in being able to use tools, machinery and clean-up equipment safely and with confidence in our Industrial Arts class.
In this year’s Debate elective, Capstone students learned how to research, write and present an argument in front of their classmates on a wide range of topics.
In an Upper School elective class, students learned how to design and make their own artistic projects using salvaged wood and epoxy pours.
Podcasting is a popular option for Upper School and Capstone students when choosing their electives.
In our Cooking & Nutrition elective, students work as a team to go through a recipe, prepare the ingredients and cook a meal, leading to a sense of pride and accomplishment.