Art: Mr. Lacross is our art teacher here at Hope. The art room is a place for us to be creative and share some of our talents through the visual arts. Cool Art Website: Graffiti Creattor Band: Ms. Waldron leads our band students in band. She has created a syllabus that can be found by clicking the link below. Band Syllabus Choir/Music Discovery: Mr. Dombroske will lead both our choir and our music discovery classes this year! He has great new ideas to share with our students. These classes provide a wonderful opportunity for our students to explore their creativity through music. Cool Music Websites: New York Philharmonic San Francisco Symphony Kinetics: Ms. Bauer and Mr. Moore will be leading our Kinetics students to healthier living! KINETICS was created and developed to increase and improve the knowledge of the Middle School student in the area of health and exercise as it relates to lifelong habits and life-style. The goal of this program is to enhance the existing material with the Workshop Tool which will provide the student the valuable information needed to be a well-balanced, health-educated, active and fit child now through adulthood.Workshops are classes held on Wednesdays when we have half days. Student's must bring their "Kinetics notebook" and be prepared to take notes on a health topic such as "heart health, nutrition, kinesiology and bio-mechanics. Our units of activity are Boot Camp, Tumbling, Dance, Soccer, Volleyball, Track, Basketball, Jump Rope and Fitness. In this class, all kids are successful and gain self-confidence, self-respect, and self-esteem. Kids Into Nutrition & Exercise To Improve Cardiovascular Stamina!