Northwestern

Although I don't currently have a "school home", I did spend last semester as an intern at Northwestern High in
Rock Hill. The 2006 school report card lists 1,121 students. The classes I was able to teach were ART I and
ART II. The AP class was taught by their regular classroom teacher. Art III 2D and Art III 3D as well as Art IV are also offered. There are three art teachers for this strong program. These classes had a diverse group of students with many strong personalities. They created some impressive work.

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Andrew Jackson High is an Art Focus School located in Lancaster County, Kershaw, SC, with approximately 560 students. We offer Drama, Chorus, Piano, Guitar, Band, Dance, Visual Art, and Creative Writing. We have about 50 faculty members and are located in a rural section of the county. The student body consist of 75% whites, 24% African Americans, and 1% other.
I am the only visual art teacher and I teach Art I, II, III, IV and AP Studio Art. In years past I have also taught a GT Honors Humanites course.

the Wade Hampton High Art Department

My name is Jim Willey (willie) and I have been teaching at Wade Hampton for 4 years and along side another art teacher for the last two. We have a diverse group of students, with 6 Art I courses, 4 Art II, an Art III/IV, an Art IIIH/IVH, and a Digital Media for the Artist class. We are around 40% FARMs at our school. Although we serve many government assisted housing areas in Greenville, we also serve many wealthy areas near our school. Our school is most famous for our "institutional-looking" 2-year old building and our ability to raise money for charity (>$100,000 during our spirit week). I am ready to return to Columbia and USC along with each of you.

Hello Everyone,

My school has approximately 200 kids with 17 full time teachers. The school is located in a small town, and the student body is about 50% African American, 45% white, and 5% hispanic. There are three high schools in Abbeville county. I am the only art teacher at Calhoun Falls High School, and I teach 4 Design Principles classes and two middle school classes which consists of 7th and 8th graders. I teach year long courses with the high school and trimester classes with the 8th graders, and 2 semesters with the 7th graders.

Question #1

Describe briefly the make up of your high school/middle school and the course/s that you teach during this past year

Welcome to the online portion of the course

You will be making three posts during the week of June 1-10. You will make a post and then return to the blog to response to one of your fellow participants.