Art class will provide opportunities for students to develop divergent thinking, creativity, imagination and technical abilities in a variety of aspects in the visual arts. Standards provide a clear and consistent understanding of what students are expected to learn. The standards are proficiency-driven and a portfolio provides evidence of which standards are met and if necessary, shows evidence of what they need to work on if remediation is necessary.

- Disciplinary Literacy: Students will understand the elements/principles of art and how they are used in artwork, artistic processes and related terminology, art history (including art movements, artists biographies).

- Creative Expression: Students demonstrate the ability to transform inspiration and incorporate ideas into own work of art.

- Creative Problem Solving: Students approach artistic problem-solving using multiple solutions and the creative process.

- Aesthetics and Criticism: Students describe, analyze, interpret and evaluate artwork.

- Interdisciplinary Connections: Students understand the relationship among the arts, history and world culture; and they make connections among the arts and to other disciplines, to goal-setting, and to interpersonal interaction.