Courses Offered

This course provides classroom instruction in which it introduces the elements and principles of art.  While building the base of art knowledge students will provided with opportunities to examine and explore the elements; line, color, value, texture, shape, form, and space and how to apply the principles of unity, emphasis, balance, variety, harmony and proportion to their artwork.  Students thought will be expressed in design, drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, and ceramic clay.  Students are introduced to major artist and art history along with ways to appreciate the arts.  

This course does have a required fee.  

This course emphasizes the same general areas as those included in the 6th grade beginning art class.  

This course does have a required fee. 

This course combines classroom instructions in the elements and principles of art with studio activities the provide opportunities to examine and explore.  Students will be introduced to using inventive and imaginative expression in their designs.  Students are provided opportunities to increase their understanding of art history and appreciation of art, to gain skill in evaluating the artworks of students and major artist and to apply aesthetic judgments.

This course has a required fee

This course is a continuation of the study begun in Intermediate Art.  It combines classroom instructions in the elements and principles of art with studio activities that provide opportunities to study art concepts, media, techniques, culture and history and to apply aesthetic judgments in a vide variety of art production, appreciation and evaluation activities.  Students will work with design, drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture and crafts such as ceramics. 

This course has a required fee

Art 1 at the intermediate school level is a course for students who have demonstrated a highly developed set of art skills.  Students will examine both the natural and manmade objects, explore elements and principles of art with an emphasis on observational techniques in designing, developing and creating original artworks.  Students will study the artworks of contemporary and past artist and that of fellow students to enhance their appreciation of art culture and heritage and develop visual discrimination and evaluative skills in applying aesthetic judgments.  

This course is aligned with the High School Art 1 course.

Portfolio Review

A limited number of students may be accepted.  

Course fee is required.  

This course emphasizes visual perception and fine motor skills through the production of projects that use a variety of craft techniques and materials.  

This course will not satisfy the fine arts requirement

Course fee is required.