Art 6

Art 7

English 6

English 7

English 7 Honors 

English 8

English 8 Honors

Express Yourself: Creative Writing 7/8

Foundations of Success 6

Introduction to Digital Media 8

Studio in Art 

Band 6/7/8

Chorus 6/7/8

Piano 6/7/8

Orchestra 6/7/8

Music Appreciation 6

Music Exploration 7

Modern Music Creation 8

Technology 6/7

Clothing, Textiles, and Fashion 7/8

Yearbook Club: Are you interested in creating a book of memories that can last a life time for you and your peers? Do you have an interest in photography, design, layout, or editing? Do you know anything about publishing? Would you like to learn? This is a fun and exciting opportunity to learn an important craft, develop valuable skills and produce an outstanding yearbook for your school. 

Makerspace Club: A place to tinker, build, explore and discover. Activities include coding with Ozobots, 3Doodler Pens, Squishy Circuits, and Lego building challenges. 

Jazz Ensemble:  Jazz is a uniquely American music.  It covers a wide variety of genres and styles of music. Members will gain a knowledge of jazz articulations, phrasing, and various jazz styles. 

Digital Literacy Club: Covers in school events like dances, games, etc. Given the opportunity to interview fellow HMS students and staff. 

Art Club:  The Art Club is open to students in all grades 6-8. Students will explore creative ideas through a wide variety of mediums.  We will experiment with an assortment of techniques and materials to create original works of art that express their own style and individual personality.  

Chamber Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra Club provides advanced string players with the opportunity to experience challenging repertoire.  Members of the club will also have a chance to perform at school functions for the community.  This club is audition based and requires a NYSSMA level 4 or higher.  

Drama Club: The Drama Club is open to all students in grade 6, 7, 8.  Do you like to sing, dance or act? Do you think maybe you would like to give it a try?  You never know what hidden talents you may possess.  Maybe you are not interested in being center stage but enjoy the excitement of being part of the production.  Why not become a stage hand?  Lean the trades that make the actors look good and the production a success.  There is a role for everyone – all talents and abilities are required and appreciated to make a great play!  Come celebrate with us as we create entertainment for the Middle School community. 

The asterisk (*) below reflects courses open to 9th grade students.  

Band*

AP Art History 

AP Music Theory 

AP Visual Arts

Band Honors*

Ceramics*

Chorale*

Communication Systems* 

Computer Applications I*

Computer Applications II*

Creative Crafts  1*

Creative Crafts 2*

Creative Writing

Dance

Drawing*

Elements of Music Theory*

Film Appreciation

Graphic Design*

Graphic Design 2

Independent Study

Introduction to Multimedia Production 

Introduction to Theater*

Jewelry*

Journalism*

Music & Lyrics

Music Theory*

Orchestra*

Painting*

Pen & Brush

Photography* 

Portfolio Preparation

Senior Internship

Sculpture*

Studio Art*

Survey of Fine Art*

Survey of Music*

Theater Workshop

Video Production and Post-Production Workshop

Video Technology* 

Video Technology  II

Video Technology III

Visual Journaling* 

Web Design*

Half-Day Career and Technical Education (CTE) Programs:   Students have an opportunity to attend  programs at Nassau BOCES Barry Tech, the  Levittown Gerald R. Claps Career and Technical Center  (GC Tech), or The Long Island High School for the Arts (LIHSA).  

Audio Production/Sonic Arts

Computer Animation Skills

Computer Game Design

Computer Game Design Skills

Expressive Arts/Art Therapy

Fashion Design Technology 

Multimedia Journalism 

Performing Arts (Dance, Music and Theatre)

• Dance: Concert or Commercial 

• Music: Instrumental, Vocal, Digital 

• Theatre: Drama and Musical Theatre

Production Managerial Arts

• Scenic Construction Technology

• Special Effects

• Directing

• Stage Management

• Technical Theatre

Visual and Media Arts (Fine Arts, Film and Animation)

•  Fine Arts

•  Film and Animation 

E sports: To promote positive interactions between students that play video games, explore career and collegiate opportunities surrounding e sports, and begin the process of creating a Hicksville E Sports team that can compete for local and regional competitions and scholarships.

Frontline Christian Club: The Frontline Club is founded on the basis of the following goals:

Invite all students to participate in meetings and activities. Pray for each other, our school, and our community. Worship through artistic expression. Fellowship to build strong relationships with fellow students and Christ. Study the Word of God. Reach out to the community through fundraising, charities, and service projects.

NAHS: The National Art Honor Society uses its creative skills and abilities to bring art into the community and raise money for charities.

String Ensemble: String Ensemble is a audition-only group that supports and features the best string players in the school. Students should be at a level 4 or higher NYSSMA solo. This ensemble meets on Tuesday evenings and performs at competitions, morning lobby, and in regular school ensemble concerts.

Thespians: Thespians is the "drama club" of HHS! We run all activities around our theatre productions at the school and help promote theatre in Hicksville schools. All are welcome to get involved, both on stage and off!

Tri-M: Tri-M is a nationally recognized music honor society. Tri-M features and supports student musicians who perform at a 5 or 6 NYSSMA level. Students have various performance and composition opportunities throughout many of our diverse performances, including Spooktacular concert, Pop Concert, formal recitals, and at various school ceremonies and functions. Tri-M also supports the many large ensemble performances at the school. Auditions and applications are due in January. Please join the Tri-M applicant classroom for more information.

Video Production Club: Hicksville High School Video Production Club Statement Of Purpose

1) Primarily after school production related work such as the recording of HHS-NEWS and various special school related events and theatrical productions.

2) To provide students with the time, facilities, instruction and support necessary to not only further explore the many technical and non-technical aspects of video production, but to help the students develop exemplary work ethics, and strengthen their communication, socialization, problem solving and critical thinking skills.

Yearbook Club: The Yearbook Staff is responsible for the design and layout of the High School Yearbook. As well as managing finances and distribution of the High School Yearbook.

This Cluster Contains The Following Pathways:

Career Pathways are a multi-year program of academic and technical study that prepares students for a full range of postsecondary options within each career cluster. Career pathways provide a context for exploring career options at all levels of education. Career pathways link student learning to the knowledge and skills needed for future education and employment

Pathway 1: Audio and Video Technology and Film

Broadly, individuals that work in the AV communications industry manufacture, sell, rent, design, install, integrate, operate and repair the equipment of audio visual communications. They are involved in the presentation of sound, video and data to groups in such venues as corporate boardrooms, hotels, convention centers, classrooms, theme parks, stadiums and museums. The major activity sectors in the AV communications industry are distributive service firms (AV dealers, rental companies, consultants, designers, and related firms), manufacturers of AV presentations and communications products and large end-users. 

Related Careers

• Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes

• Archivists

• Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary

• Artists and Related Workers, All Other

• Broadcast Technicians

• Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film

• Choreographers

• Commercial and Industrial Designers

• Computer Programmers

• Craft Artists

• Curators

• Dancers

• Film and Video Editors

• Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators

• Graphic Designers

• Historians

• Managers, All Other

• Media and Communication Equipment Workers, All Other

• Media and Communication Workers, All Other

• Media Technical Directors/Managers

• Photographers

• Set and Exhibit Designers

• Special Effects Artists and Animators 

Related Majors

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation

• Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians, Other

• Computer Graphics

• Design and Visual Communications, General

• Drawing

• Film/Video & Photographic Arts, Other

• Fine/Studio Arts, General

• Intermedia/Multimedia

• Museology/Museum Studies

• Photography 

Pathway 2: Journalism and Broadcasting

News analysts, reporters and correspondents gather information, prepare stories and make broadcasts that inform the public about local, state, national and international events; present points of view on current issues; and report on the actions of public officials, corporate executives, special interest groups and others who exercise power. Broadcast and sound technicians install, test, repair, set up, and operate the electronic equipment used to record and transmit radio and television programs, cable programs and motion pictures. Chief engineers, broadcast field supervisors and transmission engineers supervise the technicians who operate and maintain broadcasting equipment. 

Related Careers

• Audio and Video Technicians

• Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys

• Broadcast Technicians

• Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film

• Communications Teachers, Postsecondary

• Editors

• Film and Video Editors

• Media and Communication Workers, All Other

• Media Programming Directors

• Media Technical Directors/Managers

• News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists

• Photographers

• Producers and Directors

• Public Relations Specialists

• Sound Engineering Technicians

• Talent Directors

• Technical Writers

• Writers and Authors 

Related Majors

• Broadcast Journalism

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric

• Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other

• Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia

• Journalism

• Journalism, Other

• Mass Communication/Media Studies

• Photojournalism

• Radio and Television

• Radio and Television Broadcasting Technology/Technician

• Recording Arts Technology/Technician 

Pathway 3: Performing Arts

A variety of businesses and groups involved in theatrical and musical performances are included in this pathway. Theatrical production companies, for example, coordinate all aspects of producing a play or theater event. Agents represent actors and assist them in finding jobs. Costume design management companies design costumes. Lighting and stage crews handle the technical aspects of productions. Dance studios, schools and halls provide places for professional and amateur dancers to practice, perform and learn. Performers of live musical entertainment include musical artists, dance bands, orchestras, jazz musicians and various modern bands. Orchestras range from major professional orchestras to community orchestras. 

Related Careers

• Actors

• Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary

• Artists and Related Workers, All Other

• Choreographers

• Craft Artists

• Dancers

• Designers, All Other

• Entertainers and Performers, Sports and Related Workers, All Other

• Media Programming Directors

• Media Technical Directors/Managers

• Music Directors and Composers

• Musicians and Singers

• Producers and Directors

• Set and Exhibit Designers

• Talent Directors

• Writers and Authors 

Related Majors

• Acting

• Ballet

• Cinematography and Film/Video Production

• Conducting

• Dance, General

• Dance, Other

• Directing and Theatrical Production

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General

• Dramatic/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft, Other

• Film/Cinema Studies

• Jazz/Jazz Studies

• Music History, Literature, and Theory

• Music Pedagogy

• Music Performance, General

• Music Theory and Composition

• Music, General

• Music, Other

• Musicology and Ethnomusicology

• Piano and Organ

• Playwriting and Screenwriting

• Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology

• Theatre Literature, History and Criticism

• Violin, Viola, Guitar and Other Stringed Instruments

• Visual and Performing Arts, Other

• Voice and Opera 

Pathway 4: Printing Technology

The printing process has three stages: prepress, press and binding and postpress. Prepress workers prepare material for printing presses. They perform a variety of tasks involved with transforming text and pictures into finished pages and making printing plates of the pages. Desktop publishing poses new challenges for the printing industry. The printing industry is rapidly moving toward complete digital imaging, by which customers' material received digitally is converted directly into printing plates. Other innovations in prepress work are digital color page makeup systems, electronic page layout systems and off-press color proofing systems. Printing press operators prepare, operate and maintain the printing presses in a pressroom. Computers allow them to perform many of their tasks electronically. With this equipment, press operators monitor the printing process on a control panel or computer monitor, which allows them to electronically adjust the press electronically. In most shops, press operators also perform preventive maintenance. 

Related Careers

• Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary

• Craft Artists

• Data Entry Keyers

• Desktop Publishers

• Etchers and Engravers

• Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators

• Prepress Technicians and Workers

• Print Binding and Finishing Workers

• Printing Press Operators

• Proofreaders and Copy Markers

• Special Effects Artists and Animators 

Related Majors

• Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics & Special Effects

• Computer Typography and Composition Equipment Operator

• Graphic and Printing Equipment Operator, General Production

• Graphic Communications, General

• Graphic Communications, Other

• Platemaker/Imager

• Prepress/Desktop Publishing and Digital Imaging Design

• Printing Management

• Printing Press Operator

• Printmaking 

Pathway 5: Telecommunications

Telecommunications specialists focus on the interaction between computer and communications equipment. Telecommunications equipment is computerized and can communicate a variety of information, including data, graphics and video. The workers who set up and maintain this sophisticated equipment are telecommunications equipment technicians, installers and repairers. 

Related Careers

• Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers

• Broadcast Technicians

• Communications Equipment Operators, All Other

• Film and Video Editors

• Media and Communication Workers, All Other

• Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers

• Sound Engineering Technicians

• Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers 

Related Majors

• Communications Systems Installation and Repair Technology

• Communications Technology/Technician 

Pathway 6: Visual Arts

Visual artists create art to communicate ideas, thoughts or feelings. They use a variety of methods - painting, sculpting or illustrating - and an assortment of materials, including oils, watercolors, acrylics, pastels, pencils, pen and ink, photography, plaster, clay and computers. Their works may be realistic, stylized or abstract and may depict objects, people, nature or events. Visual artists are categorized in two groups: Fine artists create art to satisfy their need for self-expression while Illustrators and graphic designers put their artistic skills at the service of commercial clients, such as major corporations; retail stores; and advertising, design and publishing firms. 

Related Careers

• Art Directors

• Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary

• Artists and Related Workers, All Other

• Audio and Video Technicians

• Commercial and Industrial Designers

• Craft Artists

• Designers, All Other

• Fashion Designers

• Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators

• Graphic Designers

• Interior Designers

• Locomotive Engineers

• Motorboat Operators

• Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers

• Photographers

• Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators

• Prepress Technicians and Workers

• Railroad Brake, Signal, and Switch Operators and Locomotive Firers

• Set and Exhibit Designers

• Special Effects Artists and Animators 

Related Majors

• Art/Art Studies, General

• Ceramic Arts and Ceramics

• Commercial and Advertising Art

• Commercial Photography

• Crafts/Craft Design, Folk Art and Artisanry

• Design and Applied Arts, Other

• Fashion/Apparel Design

• Fiber, Textile and Weaving Arts

• Fine Arts and Art Studies, Other

• Graphic Design

• Illustration

• Industrial Design

• Interior Design

• Metal and Jewelry Arts

• Painting

• Photographic and Film/Video Technology/Technician & Assistant

• Sculpture

• Visual and Performing Arts, General