Fine & Performing Arts

Featured Courses

AP 3D Art & Design

AP 3D Art and Design is an advanced studio course in which students develop and sustain an individual artistic investigation through practice, experimentation, and revision guided by inquiry. Students explore and synthesize materials, processes, and ideas while applying 3D design principles with intention. Emphasis is placed on reflection and written communication as students document their process and present a portfolio that demonstrates sustained investigation, technical growth, and visual coherence.

Advanced Topics in Band

Advanced Topics in Theater

In this course, students will be cast in the main and supporting roles of the spring musical. These students will help direct scenes, help with or create some choreography, help with the costume design and help with the promotion of the show and ticket sales. This also involves learning music, harmonies, dance, choreography, and acting in 13 Theater Tech skits. Students will continue to hone their acting skills but will go even deeper into character development and learn techniques of how to develop a character and make acting choices. This class will also learn the history of Musical Theatre.

Theater Tech

Students will learn the basic skills required to run the backstage needs of productions. Qualified students may have the opportunity to serve in a volunteer capacity backstage for at least one CSN event, including an assembly, school concert, play, or musical. Coursework will include learning the types of stages, the theater hierarchy, areas of the stage, parts of a stage, set design, script analysis, lighting design, costume design, analysis of an actual set, scenic design and designing and building a scale model of a play’s set. Students will also learn about the technical jobs in the theatre and what the responsibilities are and gain basic stage management skills.

Full Course Catalog

The mission of the Fine & Performing Arts Department is to encourage students to challenge their own creative and cultural expectations and boundaries, to develop an enduring appreciation for the Arts, and to prepare students with strong personal interests in the arts to successfully pursue entry into an institute of higher learning and/or a career. Through this endeavor, students will acquire the skills to perform and create quality fine artwork, develop problem-solving techniques for intellectual and artistic pursuits, appreciate the works of other artists and value the arts in their lives.