Grade 10
Pre-AP offers four year-long courses in the Arts: Pre-AP Dance, Pre-AP Music, Pre-AP Theatre, and Pre-AP Visual Arts. These four distinct courses share themes, underlying unit foundations, and areas of focus. Frameworks, model lessons, and performance assessments are specific to each course and are designed to be incorporated into schools’ existing performance-focused arts courses. Frameworks…
Read More about Pre-AP Art I.These courses are designed to address drawing, design, and three dimensional and compositional skills, visual vocabulary and the study of different cultures through the history and appreciation of art. Students assemble a body of work in a portfolio that will be submitted for critical analysis and have the option of submitting one of three different…
Read More about Advanced Placement Studio Art: Drawing Portfolio.These courses are designed to address drawing, design, and three dimensional and compositional skills, visual vocabulary and the study of different cultures through the history and appreciation of art. Students assemble a body of work in a portfolio that will be submitted for critical analysis and have the option of submitting one of three different…
Read More about Advanced Placement Studio Art: 2-D Design Portfolio.These courses are designed to address drawing, design, and three dimensional and compositional skills, visual vocabulary and the study of different cultures through the history and appreciation of art. Students assemble a body of work in a portfolio that will be submitted for critical analysis and have the option of submitting one of three different…
Read More about Advanced Placement Studio Art: 3-D Design Portfolio.These courses provide opportunities to become familiar with plays and playwrights, principles and practices of acting, directing, and playwriting, and some aspects of technical theatre such as scenic, costume, lighting, sound, and make-up design. The elements to be studied are focused upon within the context of the world’s great periods of theatre history. Students may…
Read More about Theatre Arts I, II, III AND IV.This course provides practical hands-on experience in acting and stagecraft through the preparation and public performance of plays.
Read More about Theatre Productions I, II, III AND IV.These courses familiarize the students with various aspects of technical theatre such as lighting, set design, sound, make-up, and costumes. Students participate in research and design and work on technical crews for stage productions. Students may be required to attend rehearsals or performances outside of regular school hours. Courses must be taken in sequence.
Read More about Tech Theatre I, II, III AND IV.This course will expose students to a wide range of musical theatre disciplines, including techniques & performances in acting, voice, and dance. Students will receive comprehensive and rigorous instruction so that they may make informed choices about the craft, college, and the profession. The course will also enhance and cultivate the creative gifts of each…
Read More about Musical Theatre I, II, III AND IV.These courses emphasize cardiovascular and kinesthetic instruction through exposure to jazz, tap, ballet, modern, and folk dance.
Read More about Dance I, II, III AND IV.This course explores the technique and the theory of Contemporary and Modern Dance. Emphasis is placed on technique and the application of movement principles essential to the training of the dancer. In this course, different styles of contemporary and modern dance will be presented with an emphasis on improving dynamic alignment, developing integrated movement patterns…
Read More about Modern/Contemporary Dance I,II,III AND IV.