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What is the significance of arts in the MYP?
Arts stimulate young imaginations, challenge perceptions and develop creative and analytical skills.
Involvement in the arts encourages students to understand the arts in context and the cultural histories of artworks, supporting the development of an inquiring and empathetic world view.
Arts challenge and enrich personal identity and build awareness of the aesthetic in a real-world context.
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Chorus
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Band
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Digital Arts
Digital Arts is a semester course that is designed to help students gain skills to independently think through challenging technology by critically analyzing programs. Students will become familiar with a complex program such as Photoshop. Additionally, students will explore local to global periods of art, from past to present, as they gain an understanding and appreciation of art forms and fundamentals.
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Orchestra
Orchestra is a performance-oriented class in which students learn the skills to play a string instrument. Each student will learn to perform individually and in a group for audiences large and small. Emphasis will be on confidence, musicality, practice skills, and performance etiquette.
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Visual Arts
The visual arts program offers explorations in painting, drawing, printmaking, ceramics, and sculpture. Students will also learn about the history, analysis, and interpretation of art.
