Focuses on personal/self-awareness, exploring and developing personal and academic skills foundational to successful transition into the working world. Covers critical thinking, mental health maintenance, goal setting, and time management.

Focuses on self and social awareness. Designed to help students understand the relationship of their individual talents and interests with others. Facilitates understanding of learning styles and social responsibility.

Designed to help students acquire skills for successful transition to postsecondary working life. Examines money management, budgeting, consumer awareness, and finances.

Culminating intellectual experience where students formulate a multifaceted learning portfolio. Includes employability skills like public speaking, research, and computer literacy.

Introduction to design, glazes, basic hand building, and wheel throwing skills. Covers pinch, coil, and slab techniques.

Continuation of Ceramics I with emphasis on technique, form, and design. Includes conceptual form development and advanced wheel-throwing.

Continuation of Ceramics II with emphasis on advanced technique and design. Encourages large scale modeling and working in a series.

Students work on individual advanced projects with an emphasis on portfolio development.

Year-long creation of a portfolio demonstrating inquiry through art and design, material synthesis, and revision through practice.

Focuses on basic drawing techniques and introduction to painting. Covers value drawing, color theory, and airbrush.

Intense involvement in drawing and painting media and artistic styles. Includes watercolor, acrylic, charcoal, and abstract interpretations.

Serious art study to develop skills, ideas, personal philosophy, and creativity. Includes airbrush and advanced techniques.