Faculty & Staff

The Ashley River Art Guild has 12 members who audition at the beginning of the year. Throughout the year, students create props for drama performances, projects for community events, and independent art works.

Elementary School Library and Media Center.
Book Collection of approximately 9000, selection of DVD and VHS Videos, Audio Books on Tape selection, children's magazines, and eight computer stations.

By audition only, this ensemble is one of the two small performing groups which Mrs. Menick takes off-campus for various community events. It consists of 4th and 5th grade Suzuki strings students whose notereading ability has reached the level of reading and performing elementary-level chamber music. Auditions occur in the first two weeks of the school year.

Named for the Baroque term meaning "soloist group", this small, select performing ensemble is one of the two groups which Mrs. Menick takes off-campus for various community events. It consists of 2nd through 5th grade Suzuki strings students who have high ability. They perform a variety of pieces from the Suzuki, classical and folk repertoirre.

WUNI (the unicorn network) is a student produced daily news show distributed throughout the school to each classroom.The WUNI news team is made up of 12 fifth grade students. These students are selected from interested fifth graders who audition for this program each year. News team members are involved in every aspect of the program including writing, reporting, camera operations and video editing. The program features school news and announcements,birthday book book club, lunch selections, weather, word of the week, and special reports. Reports include teacher profiles, interviews with special visitors,and book talks/book reviews.
Students are also part of the KWN (Kid Witness News), a hands-on video education program developed by Panasonic. Each year students submit a video project for review by Columbia University's School of the Arts Film Division.