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ART DEPARTMENT

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9 Grade: 10 Grade:
Art 1 Art 1
Ceramics Ceramics CERAMICS
Advanced Ceramics Advanced Ceramics (1 semester, ½ credit, Grades 9-12)
Mixed Media w/ Mixed Media w/ Drawing
In Creative Ceramics (1 semester class), students
Drawing & Design & Design
Creative Crafts Creative Crafts will learn basic skills and technical knowledge of
traditional hand building methods: Pinch form, Coil,
Creative Painting Advanced Drawing
Slab construction, basic throwing skills on the
Digital Photo 1 Creative Painting
pottery wheel, and will use various methods of
Digital Photo 2 Advanced Painting
decorating and glazing while assessing ceramic
Digital Photo 1
form and design through cultural and historical
Digital Photo 2
Advanced Digital Photo connections. Students are expected to
demonstrate growth in problem solving, and
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11 Grade: 12 Grade:
Art 1 Art 1 controlling the properties of clay to develop forms,
strengthening artistic expression and critical
Ceramics Ceramics
Advanced Ceramics Advanced Ceramics thinking. Both historical and contemporary trends
in ceramics are studied through research and in –
Mixed Media w/ Mixed Media w/ Drawing
class presentations. Students are expected to
Drawing & Design & Design
Creative Crafts Creative Crafts express themselves through visual, verbal and
written formats. Students may need to purchase
Advanced Drawing Advanced Drawing
additional items for projects that go beyond the
Creative Painting Creative Painting
Advanced Painting Advanced Painting course requirements.

Digital Photo 1 Digital Photo 1 Lab Fee: $35.00
Digital Photo 2 Digital Photo 2 Prerequisite: “B-” average or better in Art 1
Advanced Digital Photo Advanced Digital Photo
Advanced Art Advanced Art
AP Studio Art ADVANCED CERAMICS
½ Credit of Fine Arts is required for graduation! (1 semester, ½ credit, Grades 9-12)
(Graphics 1, 2 & Advanced also meet requirement)
Advanced Ceramics is designed for students who

ART 1 have completed Ceramics 1 and want to perfect
and refine their abilities in ceramics. The
(1 semester, ½ credit, Grades 9-12) wheelwork is more rigorous and more challenging

Art I is an elective subject available to all students. assignments are given. New techniques on the
wheel and hand building will be introduced and
The class meets every day for ½ year, and for
applied, along with new glazing techniques.
successful completion of the requirements,

students receive ½ credit. Throughout the Course fee: $40
semester, the beginning student is introduced to a Prerequisite: Ceramics
sampling of two and three-dimensional media. The
lab fee for the course includes the cost of the basic
materials and supplies needed.

Lab Fee: $22.00
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