Center for the Arts

Henrico High School

• Faculty augmented with resident and visiting artists
• Four levels of musical theatre - vocal production, dance, acting techniques, theatre history, microphonetechniques, music theory and history, audition preparation, performance
• Four levels of dance - ballet and modern dance techniques, aesthetics, nutrition, anatomy, choreography,dance history, kinesiology, audition preparation, performance
• Four levels of theatre - acting techniques, creative expression, technical theatre, aesthetics, production,audition preparation, script and character analysis, character development, performance
• Four levels of visual arts - art and design principles, history, aesthetics, proficiency in a variety ofartistic media and technique, exhibition of student artwork
• Opportunity to take courses unique to the CFA program including Dance Ensemble Honors; Show ChoirHonors; Stagecraft & Production Honors; Entertainment, Design & Technology Honors; and DualEnrollment Modern Humanities and Dual Enrollment Women & Gender Studies

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Sample Four-Year Curriculum

Notes

• *See HCPS Academic & Career Planning Guide to determine graduation requirements.
• **All CFA Discipline courses are double-blocked classes (two blocks).
• ^International Baccalaureate (IB) Middle Years Program (MYP) at Henrico High School is offered to all 9th and 10th grade students in English, Social Studies, Physical Health & Education and Language Acquisition starting in Level II
• +All CFA students must successfully complete Health and P.E. 9 and 10 during either summer school or the school year. Thecounseling team will work with students to determine which option best suits their schedule.
• ++All students, beginning with the graduating class of 2015, must successfully complete the Economics and Personal Finance courseor an acceptable alternative as an elective or online.