Fine Arts
Department Chairs:
Visual Arts: Libbi Lovejoy l.lovejoy@laschools.net
Performing Arts: Jason Rutledge j.rutledge@laschools.net
Department Chairs:
Visual Arts: Libbi Lovejoy l.lovejoy@laschools.net
Performing Arts: Jason Rutledge j.rutledge@laschools.net
Students must complete 0.5 credit in Fine Arts. Please note that students with no foreign language credit planning to attend NMSU may substitute one year of Visual or Performing Art credit. Many schools, including University of California schools, require one full year of a Visual or Performing Art (two semester of the same subject; however, they do not have to be completed within the same school year).
**Beginning with students entering the ninth grade (Class of 2029) in the 2025-2026 school year, students will no longer be required to complete a separate .5 credit in practical arts, technology, and fine arts. Instead, students will be required to complete a two-credit pathway concentration of the student's choice in a language other than English, including American sign language; fine arts; health; military career preparation; a career technical education program; or community or service learning, a capstone course or work-based learning; provided that financial literacy, computer science, student service learning, career technical education courses and a sequence of languages other than English shall be offered as electives. While this is similar to the Career Cluster requirement, students must successfully complete 2 credits, which may be more than 2 courses.
More information regarding the updated Graduation Requirements for the Class of 2029 as well as Concentration Pathways offered at LAHS can be found by clicking on the links below:
Class of 2029 Graduation Requirements
Concentration Pathways Offered at LAHS
The following courses fulfill the Fine Arts requirement:
Introduction to Sculpture (Was 2D/3D Design)
Band
Ceramics
Color Guard
Choir
Dance
Digital Art 1 & 2
Digital Music/Audio Production
Fine Arts
Jazz Band
Lighting, Set and Sound Design 1 & 2
Orchestra
Photography (Film)
Digital Photography
Sculpture 2 (Was Sculpture)
Stagecraft
Studio Art
Symphonic Strings
Video Productions (description under Technology)
Students must also complete .5 credit in a Practical Art. All courses listed in the College and Careers Technology Department, the Fine Arts Department and the Special Programs Department fulfill the practical arts requirement. Yearbook, an English elective, also fulfills the practical arts requirement.
**Beginning with students entering the ninth grade (Class of 2029) in the 2025-2026 school year, students will no longer be required to complete a separate .5 credit in practical arts, technology, and fine arts. Instead, students will be required to complete a two-credit pathway concentration of the student's choice in a language other than English, including American sign language; fine arts; health; military career preparation; a career technical education program; or community or service learning, a capstone course or work-based learning; provided that financial literacy, computer science, student service learning, career technical education courses and a sequence of languages other than English shall be offered as electives. While this is similar to the Career Cluster requirement, students must successfully complete 2 credits, which may be more than 2 courses.
More information regarding the updated Graduation Requirements for the Class of 2029 as well as Concentration Pathways offered at LAHS can be found by clicking on the links below:
Class of 2029 Graduation Requirements
Concentration Pathways Offered at LAHS