Renaissance Club
In the Renaissance Club, students are led by Italian patroness of the arts, Lady Isabella D'Este. Each student assumes the identity of a famous and influnetial Italian Renaissance person (eg; Dante, Giotto, Brunelleschi, da Vinci, Michelangelo, Galileo) and spends the year learning all about this amazing time in the history of the world...
They go from learning all about Florence and the Medici family and 15th century Italy to the social structures and economic systems to the really fun stuff: putting on a puppet show of Dante's Inferno, building a dome to top the great cathedral, designing and racing flying machines in the style of da Vinci, sculpting Davids, learning the fine art of fresco and more!
The class is held in a room designed to resemble an art studio in the Palazzo Medici and the students develop a life-long love of art and a deep appreciation of all of the academic priciples involved, including scientific thought, literature, mathematic calculations, powers of observation, and making artisitic choices.