In band, students are taught the fundamentals of playing and maintaining their individual instrument, music reading, and ensemble performance. Music of a variety of styles is employed and the work of great band composers and arrangers is explored. Students are taught the fundamentals of critical listening and music analysis. Great emphasis is placed on active participation and working together. Opportunities for individual performing are offered and all students are encouraged to take advantage. There is an expectation of performance outside of the school day for all students, in particular, marching band; students enrolled in band will be required to participate in marching band unless they participate as a competitor in a fall sport. On the other hand, coaches and the band director will make every effort to allow a student to participate in both athletics and marching band.

This is an introductory course designed to explore fundamentals of composition using digital photography. Students will be introduced to the basic technology necessary for the production of their art work, as well as learning about the visual arts, how to look at and critique photography, photographic vocabulary, using tools such as framing, composition, “rule of thirds”, light, texture, pattern, lines, symmetry, depth of field, distance, perspective, culture, space, balance, color and black and white photography, and be introduced to many works by well-known photographers. This course stresses the application of the elements of design and the principles of composition through traditional photographic assignments. Instruction includes use of a digital camera and basic image manipulation programs. Students will be expected to demonstrate an ability to use the tools competently in the production of their art work, however, the production and analysis of expressive and thoughtful art work is the main objective of this course. Students must provide their own camera.

In chorus, students are taught the fundamentals of singing, music reading, and ensemble performance. Music of a variety of styles is employed and the work of great choral composers and arrangers is explored. Students are taught the fundamentals of critical listening and music analysis. Great emphasis is placed on active participation and working together. Opportunities for individual singing are offered and all students are encouraged to take advantage. There is an expectation of performance outside of the school day for all students.

This course focuses on the Introduction of Drama and Theater. The course consist of students reading and interpreting plays, comparing film adaptations of plays, learning how to write their own plays in proper script style format, and the inner workings of a Theatre; including important roles, direction, set and costume design, and publicity.