The music department offers courses in Band, Guitar and Choral Music. Curricular topics include performance technique, theory, listening, aural training and history. Additionally, performances, extra-curricular ensembles, guest artists and clinicians supplement the instruction offering practical and concrete learning opportunities.

Music

General Music (Guitar)

• 5 Credits
  Prerequisite: None
  
  Guitar 10 focuses on learning to read music and basic theoretical skills. Additionally, students have the option to choose three additional modules of study from: Composition, History of Western Music, Music and Technology, World Music, Careers in Music, Jazz Appreciation, and Popular Music. Assessment will include written projects, ear training quizzes and playing assignments.

Instrumental Music

• 5 Credits
  Prerequisite: Junior high band experience, piano training, or permission from the music department
  
  Instrumental Music is a continuation of the junior high band program. Students will study and practice technique and technical skills, theory, ear training, and history. Assessment includes performance quizzes, written projects, and ear training exams.

Drama

J. Percy Page offers a complete complement of Drama classes for students with a strong interest in and commitment to the dramatic arts. Extensive in-class  performances/presentations are required in these courses.

Drama 10

• 5 Credits
  Prerequisite: None

Drama 10 is an introductory course intended to develop confidence, concentration, creativity, and communication skills to enable the student to function within the theatre craft. By the end of the course, students will have studied the five required disciplines: Movement, Speech, Improvisation, Theatre Studies, and Technical Theatre.

 Drama 20

• 5 Credits
  Prerequisite: Drama 10

Drama 20 introduces the students to the theatrical disciplines of the playwright, actor, director, designer, and critic. It includes study of the context and craft of traditional theatrical expressions. Scene work form the various historical periods is studied. 

Drama 30

• 5 Credits
  Prerequisite: Drama 20

Drama 30 completes an analysis of the context, craft, type, and styles of theatrical productions and performance in plays/scenes from the early 1900's to the present. Extracurricular rehearsals, written assignments, and homework are a requirement at this level of the Drama program.

Visual Arts

 Art 10

• 5 Credits
  Prerequisite: None

This course is a beginning exploration of the entire field of art and art making. The emphasis will be on acquiring the basic skills and understanding of what is required to be creative within a high school Art program. No prerequisite exists for this course; therefore, no experience or previous success at art is required.

Art 20

• 5 Credits
  Prerequisite: Art 10

This course expands the basic understanding of art methods mastered in Art 10. The emphasis in Art 20 is on students beginning to produce mature visual solutions to problems in expression. This will require an expansion of physical skills and the development of imaginative responses to problems.

Art 30

• 5 Credits
  Prerequisite: Art 20

Students are encouraged to become more specialized and independent in one or two areas of study. Self-directed and disciplined study is the aim at this level. Students are expected to produce a portfolio of work representative of their style and development.

 Applied Graphic Arts 15

•  5 Credits
  Prerequisite: none

Applied Graphic Arts 15 introduces students to the visual design industry. Topics include photography, screenprinting, computer graphics and computer animation. Students will also develop their drawing and painting techniques.