Performing Arts
Fine Arts Graduation Requirement: The inclusion of the arts as an essential component of the curriculum promotes HKIS’s Student Learning Results. Each discipline of the arts offers specialized knowledge and skills, set within a broader context of guided creativity and aesthetic awareness. The study of the arts fosters a deeper understanding of self, empathy for others, global understanding and spiritual awareness. You must have a course from Visual Arts column and a course from the Performing Arts column to meet the 1.5 credit graduation requirement.
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Visual Arts, Design and Technology
Performing Arts
VADT Foundation (.5) 3D Form and Function (.5) Advanced Computer Science Studio (1.0) Advanced Film Photography (.5) Advanced Studio (.5) Advertising & Layout Design (.5) AP Art History (1.0) AP Computer Science A (1.0) AP Computer Science Principles (1.0) AP Studio Art (1.0) – Drawing – 2D Art + Design – 3D Art + Design Coding in Action (.5) Digital Photography (.5) Drawing & Painting (.5) Fashion & Textiles Studio (.5) Graphic Design (.5) Independent Studio (.5) Introduction to Fashion & Textiles (.5) Introduction to Photography (.5) Mobile App Development (.5) Mobile Games Development (.5) Printmaking (.5) Product Design (.5) Robotics (.5) Spatial & Urban Design (.5) Street Art (.5)
High School Beginner Band (.5 or 1.0) Symphonic Band (1.0) – Brass, Woodwinds or Percussion Wind Ensemble (1.0) – Brass, Woodwinds or Percussion Orchestra (.5) Orchestra Winds (.25) String Ensemble (1.0) Chamber Strings (1.0) Concert Choir (.5 or 1.0) Men’s Choir (1.0) Women’s Choir (1.0) Madrigal Singers (1.0) Guitar I & II (.5 each) Digital Music Production and Recording Design 1 (.5) Drama Workshop I & II (.5 each) Drama Production Musical (.5) Drama Production Play, Non-Musical (.5) Makeup Design and Application (.5) Stagecraft for the Theatre (.5) Effective Speech Communication (.5) *Performing Arts Ensemble Leadership
