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ART 1  ART 2  ART 3   Pre-AP  AP studio

HHS Art Philosophy and Goal:

Art can enrich the lives of individuals, families and communities. Our goal is to cultivate a supportive environment for Art to flourish and the human spirit to soar.

All art classes-

Why is art a valuable subject for students, teens, and even adults? Art helps to:

• Teach learners to be more tolerant and open.
• Allow learners to express themselves creatively
• Promote individuality, bolster self confidence, and improve overall academic performance.
• Help all students develop more appreciation and understanding of the people and the world around them.
• Help students develop a sense of craftsmanship, quality task performance, goal setting, communication skills, and teamwork-skills needed to succeed in the classroom and beyond.
• Strengthens student problem solving and critical thinking skills, adding to overall academic achievement and school success.
• Help students develop a positive work ethic and pride in a job well done

Lessons the Art classes Teach Us

The arts teach students to make good judgments about qualitative relationships.
Unlike much of the curriculum in which correct answers and rules prevail, in the arts, it
is judgment rather than rules that prevail.

The arts teach students that problems can have more than one solution
and that questions can have more than one answer.

The arts celebrate multiple perspectives.
One of their large lessons is that there are many ways to see and interpret the world.

The arts teach students that in complex forms of problem solving
purposes are seldom fixed, but change with circumstance and opportunity. Learning in the arts requires the ability and a willingness to surrender to the unanticipated possibilities of the work as it unfolds.

The arts make vivid the fact that neither words in their literal form nor numbers exhaust what we can know. The limits of our language do not define the limits of our cognition.

The arts teach students that small differences can have large effects.
Looking at the big picture

The arts teach students to think through and within a material.
All art forms employ some means through which images become real.

The arts help children learn to say what cannot be said.
When children are invited to disclose what a work of art helps them feel, they must reach into their poetic capacities to find the words that will do the job.

The arts enable us to have experience we can have from no other source
and through such experience to discover the range and variety of what we are capable of feeling.

Visual art is essential to human development. Artistic achievements have been with us since long before the printed word; art has been called our first language. Through inquiry into thru origins and traditions of art, students become more literate. They learn about concept, cultural traditions, historical perspectives and the progress of civilizations. This promotes student understanding and enables them to shape their visual environment while enriching their experience in the present and future.

Marking period Grade

MP grades are determined in the following manner:

60% -Effort and Time on task

30%- CLASS PROJECTS

10%- HOMEWORK

Behavior Expectations

 Students are advised to treat the art rooms like their homes. They are expected to be respectful, responsible, safe, cooperative, hard-working, and peaceful. These expectations apply not only to the physical space, but to their peers and teachers alike. Students should be aware that their attitude contributes to the collective climate of the classroom

School and community art shows

Each student is encouraged to save all their artwork at home upon completion and grading. Often, opportunities for exhibitions both in school and in the community occur and students are offered the opportunity to display their work