| Creative,
Performing, and Media Arts Middle School (CPMA) Magnet
provides a challenging, standardbased instructional program, coupled
with specialized training in the creative, performing, and technical
arts. The integrated curriculum approach allows students to develop
technical skills, meet rigorous academic standards, and be exposed
to a variety of visual, performing, and media/technical art careers
and related career options.
Students make
use of six studios:
- Visual
Arts – where students learn art expression, principals
of design, the fundamentals of drawing, costume design, and
stagecraft
- Graphics
Design – featuring multimedia technologies including digital
tablets, digital imaging, and desktop publishing software for
creating dynamic and collaborative publications
- Music/Electronics
– with computers, midi-keyboards, audio mixing boards,
and post-production editing equipment for music study, composition,
and performance
- Video
Production – with digital cameras and non-linear video
editing equipment for video production and filmmaking. Advanced
students create, direct, and produce video news shows of school
events, music
videos, and documentaries.
- Drama
– where students use technology to create storyboards,
write scripts, shoot and edit video “shorts,”
and learn a variety of methods for live performance
- Dance
– emphasizing dance safety, technical strength, motor
skill development and proper body
alignment, dance vocabulary, history, careers, and related arts
Features:
- Literacy/Technology/VAPA
integration throughout all curriculum areas
- Advisory
periods, character education, and a "family" feeling
- Gifted
and Talented Education program
- Yearly
Arts Festival highlighting student work
- Comprehensive
Fine Arts Library
- Highly
trained staff, including studio teachers skilled in visual and
performing arts and multimedia technology
Cluster
Order:
12% Cluster
1
30% Cluster 2
58% Cluster 3
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Tours
and Parent Events:
For tour and
application information please call the office at (858) 278-5917.
Community
Partnerships:
San Diego
Lyric Opera
Sea To Sea Foundation
Cher Threinen Design
Shut Up N Dance
SPAWAR (Space and Naval Warfare
Systems Command)
Christian Youth Theatre
Old Globe Theatres
Revised
August 7, 2008
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