Septima P. Clark Corporate Academy

      This course is designed for students who have had limited or no prior preparation in art. The course content includes concentration in the major areas of critical analysis, creative expression and production, cultural heritage and aesthetic perception. Students will study principles and elements of two and three-dimensional design through drawing, printmaking, painting, ceramics, sculpture, commercial design and textile design. Major artists, periods and styles will be studied.

      This course is designed for students with greater competency in the individual areas described in Art 1 with areas of study expanded to develop a strong knowledge and skill in an area of concentration.

      This course is designed to include the study of major art styles, vocabulary, the aesthetic quality of art, criteria for aesthetic judgment and major artists and works, past and present. The history and evolution of art forms and symbols and their relationships to other historical data are emphasized.

      This course is designed for students who have an expressed interest in singing in an ensemble and have shown, through a simple audition, an ability to read music at a fundamental level and to sing a tune on pitch. The course is organized so that students learn a variety of choral literature each year and improve their skills so that they learn to perform more easily, produce a good tone and accurate pitch, show growth in musicianship and music reading, develop an understanding of a wide variety of music, learn about the historical and cultural background of works performed and gain a greater appreciation of music as a means of expression and as a form of communication.

        Students enrolled in chorus participate in a performance and interview audition to be identified as gifted. In addition to regular choral assignments, identified students complete additional projects as determined by a committee of choral teachers.