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Verdugo Hills High School WASC/CDE Self-Study ReportMilitary ScienceMilitary Science and leadership courses are taught through the Army JROTCprogram at Verdugo. There are two instructors who are partially paid for bythe US Army. The JROTC Program is a highlight of Verdugo, often garneringmany district-wide awards and accolades. Verdugo students in the JROTCprogram are often winners of district competitions.Art DepartmentThe Art Department at VHHS is discussing a preliminary redesign of thecurriculum and sequence of courses. The proposal includes a unifiedintroductory class freshman year. The class will be co-taught. There will be atraditional art strand which includes Introduction to Art: DrawingFoundations or Introduction to Art: Design Foundation. There is also anopportunity for students to pursue the Digital Arts in an Introduction to Art:Photography Foundation and in Introduction to Art: Digital ImagingFoundation. Courses will be offered two periods, the same periods for allclasses. Students can take the course in any order. All students need Part Aand Part B.Sophomore year students will be asked to make a yearlong commitment (atleast three terms) to a 4th or 3rd period “studio”, multi-roster, “major”classes. These classes include: Cartoon Animation, Drawing, Design,Sculpture, Photography, Filmmaking, Digital Imaging, and Web Design.Junior year students will focus on AP Studio Art courses. These courses areavailable by audition or with instructions permissions. The courses include:Life Drawing, AP Studio: Drawing, Sculpture 2, AP Studio: 3D Design,Photography 2, AP Studio 2D Design, and Digital Imaging 2.Senior year will be dedicated to projects. This is a yearlong studio courseopen to art majors only. Included in the course will be a focus on collegeapplications.Students who complete the entire sequence will graduate with an additionalcertificate. The department is proposing a series of regular field tripsVerdugo Hills High School WASC Self-Study Page 80
Verdugo Hills High School WASC/CDE Self-Study Reportincluding: drawing/painting/photography on location like museums and toview a variety of landscapes. Students will be given the opportunity to jobshadow, go on college tours and visit art galleries. Students will also be ableto intern and apprentice at a variety of places like: Ryman Arts, CSSSA, andInner City Filmmakers.Music DepartmentThe Music Department offers courses in instrumental music including band,concert band, marching band, orchestra, jazz band, and beginninginstruments/band/strings. This year the department also offered AP MusicTheory and Jazz Choir. There are also clubs, including a Guitar Club and GleeClub. The Glee Club is active throughout the year performing on and offcampus.Small Learning CommunitiesEach of the four Small Learning Communities (SLCs) at VHHS has a leadteacher and a counselor. The SLCs meet regularly together during PD and asneeded throughout the school year.Humanitas SLC/ProgramThis SLC integrates the themes of law and justice into the curriculum whileensuring that the classes are rigorous and standards based. This SLCfocuses on challenging students to become global citizens who are skilledcollaborators and independent thinkers. Students learn to writeinterdisciplinary essays and some classes are linked and share a commongroup of students. Teachers in different disciplines work together to provideintegrated, project-based instruction.Health and Bio MedicalAll general education students and the majority of special needs studentsparticipate in a sequential, four-year, standards-based curriculum at alllevels. Each student is expected to achieve benchmark levels of performancefor every course. All students have access to opportunities for enrichmentVerdugo Hills High School WASC Self-Study Page 81
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