Grade 12
This course will focus on exploring various drawing techniques, media, and subject matter to enhance student perception and drawing skills. Emphasis will be placed on the development of eye-hand coordination, composition, and mark-making to encourage personal creativity and self-awareness. Students will have the opportunity to be in various art exhibitions and competitions.
Read More about Art II Drawing.The Digital Art course will place an emphasis on the use of technology and various digital imaging programs. Students will learn to use digital software, such as Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator as a non-traditional approach to produce a body of artwork focusing on digital communication and digital media exploration. Students will be able to…
Read More about Art II Digital Art.The second level art course is designed to incorporate prior learning from Art I and involve the student in more specialized visual art processes. These processes will emphasize student learning within the following visual arts concepts; individual artistic perception, creative visual expression, artistic production, media selection and techniques, aesthetics, appreciation of historical and multi- cultural…
Read More about Art II.A prerequisite for all other art courses, Art I offers experiences in various art processes, structures, theories, and historical developments. Activities include drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture and an introduction to crafts such as jewelry (metal and clay), fibers (batik, weaving, and stitchery) and clay (hand-built and wheel thrown). Art I is a two- semester sequence…
Read More about Art I.This course familiarizes students with photographic composition, use of the camera and film processing through the opportunity to take pictures and to work on layout problems for the school newspaper and yearbook. Students automatically become members of the school photography staff.
Read More about Photo Journalism.These courses are continued studies of Advanced Journalism and Yearbook Production. Included are the study of the role of advertising in publication cost, the preparation of ads, practice in advertising sales, graphics, design and layout, with emphasis on preparation of press-ready materials. Students will master advanced desktop publishing techniques.
Read More about Yearbook / Magazine Production II & III.This course includes the study and application of the elements and processes of developing and producing the school yearbook. Students learn writing, design, and desktop publishing skills.
Read More about Yearbook / Magazine Production I.These courses are concerned primarily with publishing a school newspaper. Students study all phases of journalism, including the computerized technology of typesetting. Improving writing skills and interviewing techniques are major concerns, as is perfecting all types of communication. Also included is advanced study of feature, column, editorial, and sports writing. These courses also allow students…
Read More about Newspaper I, II & III.This full-year course, an introduction to all forms of mass media, emphasizes the type of writing necessary for publishing a school newspaper and yearbook. The class trains the student in advertising and business management of a publication, helps the student to evaluate news happenings, develops the student’s awareness of his responsibility in learning to meet…
Read More about Journalism.Students in this class will compile and publish the school’s literary magazine. Real-world skills in organizing, evaluating, desktop publishing, fund raising, and editing will be emphasized.
Read More about Literary Magazine I, II & III.