Strings/Orchestra is a two-year sequence of course, but students are encouraged to take 3-4 years of the pathway courses.
Students learn to play keyboard, guitar and/or other stringed instruments like violin. Students also learn digital music recording and editing techniques. These skills are useful in the music industry, as well as for online content creation.
The teacher is Ms. Campfield:
BA in Music Education, CSU Fullerton
Single Subject and CTE credentials in Music
6 years as Assistant Director of SBCUSD Drumline
Former Blue Devil instructed by Tom and Catherine Float
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All pathway classes teach students the CTE standards, including:
Using what they learn in school in life after graduation
How to speak and write confidently and professionally
Creating and managing their own individual future plan to attain their goals
Using new technology to make life and work easier and more effective
Critical thinking to make sense of problems; and persevere in solving those problems
Improving personal health to improve life and workplace performance
Financial literacy
Acting as a responsible citizen in the workplace and the community
Behave with integrity, ethical leadership, and effective management
Work productively in teams while integrating cultural and global competence
Demonstrate creativity and innovation
Employ valid and reliable research strategies
Understand the environmental, social, and economic impacts of decisions made by us, or by others