Monmouth County Classes
GRADES 9-12

Acting

Male And Female Drama Students At Performing Arts School In Studio Improvisation Class

Students will be partnered with other students in the class to work on scripted scenes. Through exercises and critical feedback, the students will learn professional techniques to help them develop interesting and truthful characters in a variety of settings and situations dictated by the written script. THIS COURSE CAN BE TAKEN FOR COLLEGE CREDIT, PLEASE CALL OUR OFFICE FOR DETAILS.

Creative Writing

Young female writer in library indoors working sitting on the carpet taking notes in organizer for book thoughtful concentrated

In this class students will explore various approaches to writing poetry, short stories, and songs. They will use their memories and imaginations. Students will use literary devices to enrich their writing voices, as they create simple plotlines, complex characters, and song lyrics. Certain assignments will incorporate choices around style: self-expression, persuasive, or narrative. Students will learn how characters can exemplify their opinions or beliefs or do…

Visual Arts Anime / Manga

a woman holding guitar and learning to play song

A fascinating subject that many professional animators have captured online, on TV and in video games. Anime, a word for Japanese animation, includes comics called manga with fictional characters that exaggerate the human form. The class centers around the figure, where anatomy, construction and movement are studied in conjunction with each other. In addition to figure…

Visual Arts Drawing and Painting

Vintage artists brushes on an abstract artistic background

This course will focus on student painting and includes drawing, the use of color, and the study of composition and form. Specific historical movements of 20th-century art will be reviewed through art books and slides as reference points for the student’s own work. Objective and imaginative forms in painting will be explored incorporating individual interpretation on guided projects.

THIS COURSE CAN BE TAKEN FOR COLLEGE CREDIT. ONLY 11TH AND 12TH GRADERS CAN APPLY FOR COLLEGE CREDIT.

Vocal Music Broadway

Male And Female Students Singing In Choir With Teacher At Performing Arts School

This class will focus on the little details of a well-built performance. Students will learn to improve the vocal sound that best suits each song and how to create a world in which the song can come to life.

THIS COURSE CAN BE TAKEN FOR COLLEGE CREDIT. ONLY 11TH AND 12TH GRADERS CAN APPLY FOR COLLEGE CREDIT.