About Me & My Pathway to Los Alamitos High School
Campus Wide Activities
- Teach Printmaking, Department Chair for Visual Arts, Beginning Teacher Mentor + we will be curating an art show (or more) as well as a Holiday Art Sale
Vision of the Visual Arts Department
- Positive experiences for ALL students
- Express and explore creativity through the visual arts (Ceramics, Drawing and Painting, AP 2-D Design, Digital Photography, Digital Arts, & Printmaking)
- Learn new skills, Struggle = Develop Perseverance and Grit
Skills your student will learn in 3-D Design
- Use their Eyes/Hands/Minds to make something meaningful
- Fine Motor Skills (soldering, sawing, carving, filing, standing, cutting with an X-Acto blade, folding, hammering...)
- Cooperation and Collaboration
Materials & Resources Needed for Success
- Thank you for your Donations to cover consumable materials for this course! (see the QR for online donations)
- Bookmark the course website and Aeries to stay on top of demonstrations (posted videos) and grade progress (always live and up to date)
- Keep up with the pace of the course and come to Open Studio (Griffin Lab) Tuesdays and Thursdays at lunch and afterschool till 3:30
Behaviors for Success
- On time, making up missed class time, send emails if you will be absent (Late projects deduct 1 letter grade, I do grade incomplete work as it appears)
- Attentive listening and watching during demonstrations
- Daily Persistent Effort & Self-Advocating for help as needed
- BYOD - for research and viewing video tutorials
Donations (Items beyond the consumable materials donation)
- Box of bandaids
- Box of tissues
- Box of Zip lock bags (sandwich size)
- Bar of Hand soap
- Old/Used towel
- Plastic Spoons (PLEASE RAID YOUR STASH DO NOT BUY NEW)
- Upcycled items * Various projects (cardboard, clothes, fabric, plastic recycling, natural items) This will be requirements per project details to follow.