Whitehaven High – Guitar

Mar 2026 · 2nd Semester

This course will provide instruction in creating, performing, listening to, and analyzing music in addition to focusing on beginning instrument production while playing melodies and primary harmonizations. Public performances and participation in local festival activities will be used as part of assessment. # DANCE Admission to all dance courses is restricted by audition. All students must attend a placement audition after acceptance into the dance program. Credits earned in the Dance grouping may be used to satisfy the Fine Arts/Performing Arts requirement for a high school diploma and for college entrance requirements. # Dance II Grades 10-12 One credit/One year Prerequisite(s): Dance I and instructor permission This course will provide additional instruction in ballet technique. Students examine the role and meaning of dance forms while developing analytical, creative, and critical thinking skills. Public performances and participation in local activities will be used as part of assessment. # Dance III Grades 11-12 One credit/One year Prerequisite(s): Dance II and instructor permission Dance III is an introduction to modern dance techniques. This course focuses on proper skeletal alignment, body-part articulation, strength, flexibility, agility, and coordination in locomotor and nonlocomotor axial movements. Previous dance study is required. Public performances and participation in local activities will be used as part of assessment. # Dance IV Grade 12 One credit/One year Prerequisite(s): Dance III and instructor permission At this level the student is expected to perform with expression and technical accuracy a large and varied repertoire in a variety of styles, use choreographic principles, processes, and structures as a way to communicate meaning. Public performances and participation in activities with a level of difficulty of 5 or 6, on a scale of 1 to 6, will be used as part of assessment. # THEATRE ARTS Theatre Arts as a performing arts grouping, utilizes words and texts as a form of expression and communication. Students learn to analyze and evaluate the structure, plot, characterization, and language of plays in a historical/cultural context. Students learn to express themselves by improvisation, acting, directing, playwriting and/or working behind the scenes of a theatrical production. Credits earned in the Theatre Arts grouping may be used to satisfy the Fine Arts/Performing Arts requirement for college entrance.