Cultural Arts
Saint Clement School offers our students experiences in cultural arts as a part of the daily curriculum, as well as through extra-curricular activities. Our students have the opportunity to participate in music, performance arts, and visual arts. Additionally, because we are located in such close proximity to amazing cultural arts opportunities, our faculty and students are continually taking advantage of the many offerings of the fine city of Chicago including The Chicago Symphony Orchestra and local theaters such as The Greenhouse, The Athenaeum, and The Auditorium. In addition, students have opportunities to express their interests and creativity via the forums below.
Music & Theater
Jubilate Children's Choir (grades 3-8) This group sings at our weekly all school Masses and at some Sunday liturgies.
Clementines (grades 4-5) perform a mini musical for the student body.
Anchords (grades 6-8) is a pop group that performs at Christmas and spring concerts. We also go Christmas caroling at a nursing home.
Our big musical (grades 5-8) takes place in the spring.
Music adventure classes are offered after school to students in younger grades.
These groups give students who love music extra chances to perform!
Concerts
All Saint Clement students perform in an annual Christmas concert and a formal Spring concert. The performances are held in conjunction with our Visual Arts Gallery and Show. All students in Pre-K through 8 receive music instruction at Saint Clement during the school day. We feature singing, music theory and history, composition and music technology, ukuleles, and xylophones. Our formal concerts throughout the year allow us to come together as a community and honor all of their hard work, dedication, and learning.
Visual Arts
The Visual Arts program at Saint Clement is rooted in the fundamentals but allows students to gain confidence and self-awareness through exploration, risk taking, and imagination. The curriculum focuses on the seven Elements of Art and seven Principles of Design. Students are encouraged to explore a variety of media and techniques all while implementing the Elements and Principles, at an age appropriate level. Influential and significant genres and artists in the history of art are integrated into the lessons where possible. Students create in an environment that not only helps them to problem solve and demonstrate creativity but also to appreciate art and understand how it functions in society.