Spring Arts Season

What a beautiful year it has been in the arts department. ArtsFest teamed up with Grandparents and Special Friends Day highlighting the musical arts with a choral performance and visual arts with displays and interactive activities all over campus. During that time, the arts department also unveiled its new “Little Free Student Art Gallery” for the community to enjoy and add items to the collection. Students and adults alike are encouraged to visit and contribute small pieces of art to the gallery located right outside the Art Barn. A particularly fun highlight from the year was more than 100 student musicians traveling to Disneyland!

One visitor everyone got to meet at the end of the year, was “Piggy Stardust.” She is a fiberglass pig originally part of the “Pigs on Parade” you may have seen around Seattle in 2001 and 2007. She was in desperate need of a new look and an Overlake parent asked the department to give her a makeover before she was donated back to the Fisher House in Seattle. Visit @theoverlakeschool on Instagram to learn more about the Pigs on Parade and the Fisher House.

Matilda the Musical

The All-School Musical returned for the first time since the start of covid. Matilda the Musical was a joy-filled experience bringing together students of all ages to present the show. The show follows a precocious young child as she navigates the world with her extraordinary abilities and amazing empathy. The set was beautifully constructed by our expert stagecraft classes. The theme was books, everything from the chairs to the main backdrop was modeled after the design of books.

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