Visual and Performing Arts Leadership Community
Mission Statement
To engage our entire community team with unique opportunities to:
create inspired artistic work
respond to all coursework through an artistic lens
present taught and learned concepts in ways that inspire excellence, deep understanding, and collaboration
connect a personal artistic voice to both a local and global community.
Vision
To ignite a personal passion through immersion in an innovative, arts-centered education, empowering all students to make life-long arts connections as forward-thinking participants and leaders in society.
Summary
Students in the Visual and Performing Arts engage in four years of visual or performing arts courses, including theater, music, visual art, dance, video or music production while engaging in both the practice and study of these arts. While studying students will create and present art, respond to art created by others, and connect art to our local community and society as a whole. Students from this community will develop an appreciation, understanding, curiosity of the arts and be prepared to enter a college or career in the visual or performing arts. This can include but is not limited to, pursuing an apprenticeship, 2 year, 4 year, or advanced degree in the Fine Arts. Students will have the opportunity to explore pathways that can include trade schools, apprenticeships, or directly enter the workforce.
TYPICAL COURSE PROGRESSIONS
These progressions are typical progressions, however, students should talk with their counselor about customizing or switching between regular, honors, and accelerated progressions.
COURSES
GRADE 10
GRADE 11
GRADE 12
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS
English 12
or
English 12 IB
or
English 12 H/CHS
or
Combination of .5 credit or full credit ELA Electives
MATHEMATICS
(Optional)
Calculus
or
Precalculus/Statistics
or
IB Math
SCIENCE
Life or Physical Elective (Optional)
SOCIAL STUDIES
Global History & Geography 10R
*If studio in art in 9th grad then:
Drawing
or
Sculpture 1
or
Computer Art 1
or
Ceramics 1
or
Photography
VISUAL ARTS PATHWAY
*If studio in art in 9th grad then:
Drawing
or
Sculpture 1
or
Computer Art 1
or
Ceramics 1
or
Photography
IB Art & Design
and
Drawing & Painting
or
Sculpture 2
or
Computer Art 2
or
Computer Animation
or
Ceramics 2
AP Art & Design
or
IB Art 2
MUSIC PERFORMANCE PATHWAY - IB
Primary Performing Ensemble
Optional: Secondary Music Elective
Primary Performing Ensemble
and Secondary Music Elective
or
Music Theory
Primary Performing Ensemble
and
Music IB SL
MUSICAL THEATRE PROGRAM AT PROCTORS