The course emphasizes choral techniques as well as vocal mechanism and techniques. Public performances are held throughout the school year. Beginning Chorus may be followed by Intermediate and Advanced Chorus in seventh and eighth grade. Beginning Band Sixth-grade band is for the beginner. Students learn the proper care and maintenance of instruments and develop skills and knowledge to perform Grade 1 music.
Students participate in public performances during the school year.
Intermediate Art Intermediate Art is a two-semester course for those students continuing from Beginning Art. It includes the exploration of two and three dimensional processes and prepares students for the advanced Art course in eighth grade. Media will include watercolor, tempera, pencil, pen and ink, charcoal and relief print making. Using a variety of three dimensional techniques and media, the students will explore geometric and organic forms, surface textures, relief sculpture, asymmetrical sculpture and mobile construction, American architecture, and art careers. Media will include clay, fibers, paper wire, paper mache, wood, straw, and plaster.