The Visual and Performing Arts Department believes that the arts are an integral part of everyone’s education.

The Department intends to foster the development of each student artistic, musical or dramatic capabilities in order to allow the student to express his or her creative side. The Department also believes that every single person has the ability to expand his or her own talents when given the time and proper encouragement.

Department Goals

• The Department will promote individual voice, beyond class assignments, in both the visual and performing arts.
• The Department will promote quality in art, including original thinking, sound craftsmanship, experimentation, and risk-taking.
• The Department will introduce the students to a variety of arts media within the context of history and contemporary art and culture.
• The Department will provide a safe environment for all by maintaining both an emotional and an environmentally safe place where students feel comfortable expressing themselves.
• The Department will promote service learning within the school and the community at large by participating in Art Day, Earth Day, Project Santa, and the Spring Carnival, to name just a few. (Examples of participation may include making balloon animals, providing face painting, or decorating cookies for seniors.)

These goals encompass the entire program, and are not meant to be accomplished in any one year.