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Art Course Outline, Policies & Descriptions
Mission: To provide students with skills and knowledge with which to express themselves and better understand the contemporary environment they experience daily.
Classroom Policies & Guidelines:
Grading:
Students are graded according to criteria set up for each assignment. Planning, Effort, Craftsmanship, Medium Use, Composition, and Subject Matter are common criteria for project or skill-based assignments. More creative assignments may have criteria such as meeting stated goals, communicating ideas, creativity. Students are given feedback as they work, expected to self-evaluate assignments, and offered feedback after work is graded. Students can then use opportunities to re-work, re-do, or repair a design, if they choose.
Late Work Policy:
Projects:
Due dates are given for projects/assignments and work is expected to be completed by those dates. If work is late it will have 1 point/day subtracted. If work is not turned in, students cannot receive points for that project.
Sketchbook Assignments:
All classroom sketchbook assignments are given a week in advance and are worth 20 points. These assignments are to be completed solely outside of the classroom, unless the student has completed the current project early. Late sketchbook assignments will only be eligible to receive half credit back (10 out of 20) when turned in.
Art Fee:
There is a fee for each semester of art a student takes. The art fee usually consists of a $10/semester. This fee covers costs for art materials such as paper, utensils, paint, clay, etc. and is subject to change.
Academic Integrity:
Students are expected to design, plan, create, & turn in work that only they have created. Work
should be completed in the classroom. Respect for the work of others is also expected.
Rules:
- Art materials should be used as intended.
- Be good stewards of the time, abilities, materials, & relationships with which you have been blessed.
- Respect all other artists and their work.
- Each project will have specifications for clean-up. Students should leave art materials and classroom areas in as good or better condition than when they started using them.
Instructor Contact:
The best way to contact Ms. Griffin is through email – griffinl@newlhs.com. Please include information about how/when you can be reached for further questions. The school phone number is 920-469-6810, if you would prefer to leave a message with our school office staff I will get back to you as soon as possible. Ms. Griffin is often at school early in the morning prior to the start of the school day.
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