(1/2 credit)

This course is designed to expose students to a variety of media platforms. Students learn more about each of the digital tools at our disposal: publications (magazines and newspapers), photography, video, and podcasting to use their voices to raise awareness about issues important to them, to highlight personal interests, and to share their creativity. This course is for writers, vloggers, writers, photographers, and podcasters who have a story to share. It will provide the venue and instruction for communicating in the most effective manner through today’s most popular media platforms.
Open to students in Grades 7-8

(1/2 credit)

This course provides students the opportunity to examine famous authors’ use of literary elements and devices to convey meaning. The course then encourages students to experiment with those techniques to produce effective short stories, poems, and plays. Although each course is self-contained, the curriculum for each semester differs to allow students to pursue a sequence in this area of study.
Open to students in Grades 7-8