At School of the Holy Child, we strive to instill in each student a life-long love of the arts. We maintain a long history of excellence in the fine and performing arts, and we know that a strong Arts program is an essential component of any well-rounded education.

For this reason, we are consistently expanding our curricular and co-curricular offerings to ensure that our student-artists are both challenged and inspired. Students can choose from a wide range of arts offerings in drama, dance, instrumental and choral music, studio arts, photography and film.

The Visual Arts program at Holy Child offers students a variety of 2-D and 3-D media to explore, including print-making, sculpture, drawing and painting, and digital design and photography. Students also have access to coursework in art history and appreciation that supports students as they learn how to look at a work of art, identify and compare key characteristics in artworks, and understand the role art has played throughout history. Through hands-on activities, museum visits, discussion, and research, learners will develop an overall appreciation for the art they encounter in their daily lives.

Holy Child's music department offers choral and instrumental options for grades 5 through 12, as well as a Music Theory course that explores topics such as scales, chords, key signatures, and musical form through the analysis of musical examples and composing original pieces. Students perform at multiple events throughout the year and all music students showcase their talents in our Christmas and Spring Concerts.

Holy Child offers students courses in dance that range from beginner to advanced level. The beginner courses teach students the basic fundamental skills in movement and expression through exposure to a variety of dance styles. Intermediate and advanced courses build on the dance skills and training that the student already possesses and enhance the student’s understanding of movement and form. Girls can explore a variety of dance styles, including ballet, modern dance, jazz, and hip hop. 

Holy Child offers courses in theatre that range from beginner to advanced, and provide students the opportunity to hone skills in acting, directing, improvisation, set design, and musical theatre. Additionally, Holy Child mounts a number of full-scale productions each year. Known as The Gryphon Players, our students present an Upper School fall play, an Upper School winter musical, and a Middle School spring musical.