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We provide students with opportunities to explore creativity, develop confidence, and share their talents with others. Through music, visual arts, forensics, and theater, students build skills in communication, collaboration, and artistic expression while creating meaningful connections with their school and community.
Music Department
Music Department
The Oostburg Music department provides students with a well-rounded, high quality music education which follows the WMEA Wisconsin Music Standards. Students engage with music through Creating, Performing, Responding, and Connecting.
Elementary school students begin to develop music literacy through study of folk music and listening, singing, and moving. They become responsible for their own part and learn how their contribution fits in and enhances the work of the class as a whole. By providing varied and high-quality musical experiences, children develop a wonder and love of dancing, singing, and music.
Starting in 6th grade (MS), students are able to participate in band and choir. These ensembles have multiple performances throughout the year in the Bruce Krier Performing Arts Center. The high school band and choirs also participate in other performance opportunities, such as Solo and Ensemble, at sporting events, nursing homes, and other events in the community. Additional ensembles include middle school jazz band, high school jazz band, and Voice.
Our music department computer lab allows students to explore digital tools for creating music.
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Concert Band
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Jazz Band
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Concert Choir
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Students learn professional music software such as Logic Pro X to learn how to create and produce their own music.
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Piano lessons are offered after school as an extracurricular to any interested students in grades K-12.
Visual Arts (HS/MS)
The Art Department is based around the idea of exploration and experimentation. At each and every level students are encouraged to think creatively through project prompts and problems to grow in their art making skills and confidence.
Oostburg Middle School art classes function as survey classes. These classes are some of the first that students get to choose on their own and they are meant to be fun, and engaging so the students want to continue on in arts education through their middle and high school careers.
The Oostburg High School art department has 4 different course offerings serving to further focus students' learning and making to create a stronger understanding of art and a stronger final product.
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We build from project to project both in art vocabulary and art making materials with the goal of exposing the students to as much as possible in the limited amount of time they spend in the class (trimester for 6th graders, semester for 7th and 8th graders).
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Students first high school art class at any point in their high school careers, and functions as a full length version of what they would have experienced in middle school art. Students will be exposed to a multitude of art media, with a focus on 2D art materials (drawing, painting, printing materials) during semester 1, and a focus on 3D art materials (metals, papier mache, ceramics materials and processes) during semester 2. We also base every project around the foundational vocabulary of art making, the Elements and Principles of Art and Design. This serves to further focus students' learning and making to create a stronger understanding of art and a stronger final product.
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Half 2D and half 3D art making, should give the student an idea on what they are interested in exploring more in depth and/or where their art making strengths and passions lie. The titles of the courses are indicative of the content, Art 2D is a class solely focused on 2-dimensional art making media and skills, and Art 3D is a class solely focused on 3-dimensional art making media and skills. Semester 1 in both classes is meant to refresh students on key vocabulary and techniques while expanding on materials and techniques that they may have previously seen in other classes. Semester 2 introduces the idea of exploration and independence, where just like in a math or english class, students will be posed with a question or a problem and they will have to create something as their answer to that problem or prompt. This introduction to independence leads into the final class in the OHS Art Department, Art Studio.
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Independent class for students that are ready to guide their own art making experiences and build on their skills independent of a traditional class structure. This class is structured as if it were an AP class, with a rigorous pace and high standards for making. Semester 1 is about expanding the students' breadth of work, asking them not only to create art with multiple ideas, but also multiple techniques and art making materials. Semester 2 is about going in depth with one or two main ideas that all work will be based around. This class structure is loosely based on the AP Art class format.
High School Theater
The theater department produces two shows each year, including a fall musical and a spring play. To improve theatrical skills, other workshops and activities may be included throughout the year. Students may participate on and off stage! The stage crew is in charge of building the set and running the behind-the-scenes magic for each production. The musical in the fall runs from the beginning of the school year through the middle of November. The play in the spring runs from the middle of February through the beginning of April. Auditions are held for each production. Sign up and prepare what is necessary. Not everyone may be cast in a musical or play, but there are many other ways to work on the productions. Please contact Ms. Szyman for more information.
High School Forensics
Forensics provides a fun, unique, and valuable opportunity to practice speaking in front of other people while maintaining your composure. That is a skill you will need no matter what you do in life. Plan to meet weekly after school to practice with your coach. Speaking categories to choose from include: Demonstration, Persuasive. Extemporaneous, Informative Speech, Poetry, Prose, News Reporting, Play Acting, Reader’s Theatre, Storytelling, and more! Please contact Ms. Szyman for more details!
Destination Imagination
DI is a program at the elementary, middle, and high school level that develops creative problem solving and teamwork skills. Teams of less than seven students work with an adult team manager to solve challenges short term and long term challenges throughout the school year. Teams compete to showcase their work at a regional tournament in March. Teams form in late September, and the season generally ends in late April. Mr. Bretall is the Destination Imagination Coordinator for our district. Interest forms are sent to students in September. Please explore the Destination Imagination website for more details.