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Music
The music department offers students an opportunity to learn a wind, percussion, or string instrument. The curriculum also includes a strong focus on reading and writing the language of music. Students perform throughout the year, and gain necessary life skills such as collaboration and responsibility as they work together. Advanced students use their music theory skills to write their own songs in the computer lab. All instruments are provided to the students for free.
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Computers
The computer elective classes introduce the necessary skills for our students to achieve in high school and beyond. Students become proficient in using a computer effectively to create projects, stay organized, and use the machines to their fullest potential. Keyboarding skills are reinforced, and students learn to become power users of Office applications like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
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Multimedia
Students in the Multimedia class get to explore their artistic side of their brain while learning how to use a computer to create various forms of media. Students learn how work with various software such as Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and Premier to reinforce the artistic skills and concepts taught in the class. As a hands-on class, students learn video capture and photography skills through various classroom projects. Teamwork and collaboration is integrated into the lessons and projects, such as supporting other school clubs with video, graphic art, and photography.
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