601 – Art Appreciation
Credit: .5 per semester
Meets Daily (5 times per week)
In this course students learn the art history time line to get an overall perception of art through the ages. They learn identifying factors of the art periods and then of prime artists in each period. Correlating art projects may be incorporated through the semester.

602 – General Art I
Credit: .5 per semester
Meets Daily (5 times per week)
Prerequisite: Art Appreciation
Included in this course are: principles of art, perspective, compositional format, creating illusions of depth, rules of color mixing and paint mixing, the effects of light and dark, high lights, shadows and shading, and a variety of medium techniques.

603 – General Art II
Credit: .5 per semester
Meets Daily (5 times per week)
Prerequisite: General Art I
This course focuses on particular art mediums and techniques and provides beginners with a more intense study and skill training in various mediums including a choice of acrylic and oil painting, pastel and charcoal, oil pastel, pencil drawings and silverpoint, printmaking, scratchboard, photography, mixed media, wire sculpture, clay building, potter’s wheel throwing, and more.

604 – Clay/Pottery/Sculpture
Credit: .5 per semester
Meets Daily (5 times per week)
Prerequisite: Art Appreciation
This course focuses on clay building techniques and potter's wheel throwing. It also teaches clay preparation, slip casting from pre-cast molds and student made molds, glazing and fundamentals of firing. Sculpture is featured in this course, though it isn’t exclusively clay. It includes a variety of sculpture media, such as wire sculpture, papier mache, cardboard and/or plaster of Paris, mixed media and more.

701 – Community Choir
Credit: .5 per semester
Meets Daily (5 times per week)
Community chorus is a beginning choral ensemble for junior high and high school students. Students study a variety of styles of unison choral music for mixed voices and learn fundamentals of performance. Participation in 3 concerts per year is required. Daily attendance is crucial.

702 – Concert Choir
Credit: .5 per semester
Meets Daily (5 times per week)
Prerequisite: admission by audition only
Concert Choir is an advanced choral ensemble for junior high and high school students. Students study a variety of styles of 3 and 4-part choral music for mixed voices and learn fundamentals of performance. Participation in 3 concerts per year and singing at graduation is required (unless prearranged with teacher at least 2 months in advance). Daily attendance is crucial.

703 – Music Theory
Credit: .5 per semester
Meets Daily (5 times per week)
Prerequisite: teacher recommendation
This class is offered to students who want to study music in college. It covers the fundamentals of music notation, major and minor scales, fingerings, chords, ear training and basic piano skills. This class is available by teacher recommendation only.

704 – Drama
Credit: .5 per semester
Meets Daily (5 times per week)
Prerequisite: None
This class is open to high school students. The class covers the history of drama, elements of drama, physical aspects of staging a play, learning and performing monologues and small skits, the art of improvisation and how to select a play. Sometimes the class will learn and present a one-act play. This is optional and depends on the size of the class and interest from the student body.