Children’s School

Feelin’ the beat: Director of Arts Education Fassett-Wright uses drumming to teach more than just rhythm

by Kristen Triplett on August 13, 2021

KRISTEN TRIPLETT - STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Children’s School students got to drum along to popular music, take turns playing solos, and echo their classmates with call and response on Monday during a drumming class based on

Good clean fun: Children’s School hosts Art in the Park

by Kristen Triplett on July 16, 2021

Children’s School Blue Room students paint a large canvas during Art in the Park Thursday on Bestor Plaza. The children,

Hello Mr. President: Children’s School Takes Colonnade

by Evan Dean on August 17, 2019

“I’m from Santa Monica, I took a Jet Blue and it went really fast. Now I’m at Chautauqua,” 3-year-old

Painting in the Rain: Children’s School Paints Clear Skies During ‘Art in the Park’

by Evan Dean on August 13, 2019

The normal traffic of Bestor Plaza slowed as Chautauquans passed by easels and chalk drawings. As people started to wonder

Bonner to Talk U.S.-Mexico Border Crisis, Relief Efforts at CWC

by Deborah Trefts on August 13, 2019

Bonner Monday, June 24, was the first day of the 2019 season for Chautauqua Institution’s Children’s School and Boys’ and

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Chautauqua Community Honors Jessica Trapasso with Pavilion Dedication

by Evan Dean on July 30, 2019

Members of the Trapasso and Hermance families join Chautauqua Institution President Michael E. Hill in a ribbon cutting Friday, July 26, 2019 during a dedication ceremony for the Jessica Trapasso Memorial Pavilion at Children’s School.

Children’s School hosts annual Teddy Bear Picnic

by Georgia Davis on August 24, 2018

The rain didn’t dampen the moods of young Chautauquans as they attended their annual Teddy Bear Picnic Wednesday, Aug. 22,

Children’s School learns to grow food from master gardeners

by Georgia Davis on August 16, 2018

So far in the 2018 season, Nick and Sandi Stupiansky have taught an average of 56 kids a week at

Children’s School celebrates art on Bestor Plaza

by Georgia Davis on August 10, 2018

Usually plungers are found near a toilet and not in a bucket of paint. Children’s School celebrated Week Seven’s theme,

President Michael Hill meets with kids at Children’s School to discuss current state of Chautauqua

by Georgia Davis on August 3, 2018

President Michael E. Hill met with the sitting members of the Children’s School advisory board at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday,

Good Clean Fun: First Annual Mud Day

by Brian Hayes on July 29, 2018

Children’s School students have messy good time at the first-ever Mud Day.

Children’s School learns about music from MFSO students

by Georgia Davis on July 22, 2018

Violinist Alex Tonno looked out on the audience before he played part of Beethoven’s “Spring Sonata.” It wasn’t a typical

Children’s School to learn about opera with ‘Where The Wild Things Are’

by Georgia Davis on July 11, 2018

Chautauqua Opera Guild Intern Katherine Joslyn teaches a group from the Children’s School about the opera The Firework Maker's Daughter

Griffith discusses how to expand youth program opportunities during Wednesday’s porch meeting

by Lexie Erdos on July 6, 2018

Vice President and Emily and Richard Smucker Chair for Education Dave Griffith speaks about youth programming during a porch discussion

Children’s School Fourth of July Parade

by webchq on July 4, 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcUKXFlL2qc The Children's School celebrates Independence Day with its annual parade, which begins at the Children's School and ends

Children’s School to take to streets for annual Independence Day parade

by Georgia Davis on July 3, 2018

Hours before reworks will illuminate the sky, children will fill Bestor Plaza with sounds of patriotism. Children’s School will begin its annual Fourth of July parade at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 4, and arrive about

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