Cultural Arts
Every year the PTA brings several assemblies and grade-based workshops to RCF as part of our “Cultural Arts Program”.
Sample/Past PTA funded programs by grade:
- Kindergarten: Maryland Zoo of Baltimore – Critter Visit, including a penguin
- 1st Grade: Mad Science – “Lights, Color…Action”
- 2nd Grade: Paper MOLAS – Discovering the Complexity/Beauty of an Indigenous Panamanian Textile
- 3rd Grade: NOAA – Learning and Experiencing what NOAA does
- 4th Grade: Journey into Native American Territory – Plains/Tipi Program
- 5th Grade: STEM Song – Writing Residency with Mary Amato
Here are some of the inspiring all-school assemblies we’ve shared with our kids:
- Smithsonian’s Discovery Theater – “Cuentos¡” for Pre-K to 2nd grades
- Smithsonian’s Discovery Theater – “Retratos: My People, Myself” for 3rd to 5th grades
- Joe Romano (magician/illusionist) – “Books! The Magic is Real!” for all grades
- STEAM Assembly – Mad Science: “Spectacular Science” for Pre-K to 2nd grades
- STEAM Assembly – Mad Science: “Spin Pop Boom” for 3rd to 5th grades
- Mobile Science Center – Aquatics: “Who Lives in the Wetlands?” for Pre-K to 2nd grades
- Mobile Science Center – Aquatics: “Wetlands in a Pan” for 3rd to 5th grades
*Cultural Arts Program – this is the term used by MCPS to describe the special theater, dance, music, fine arts and science programs that a PTA can bring to a school.)
If you’d like to help bring great Cultural Arts Programs to RCF, please reach out!