About Fine Arts

Art Education

The high school Art Gallery is one of a kind within public schools, displaying student-produced works of art in a professionally designed exhibit area.

Visual art lessons are offered to students from the Kindergarten to the 12th grade.
Elementary School art curriculum encompasses a scope and sequence that includes the study of historically significant world artists.
Middle School curriculum focuses on cooperative learning in an exploratory atmosphere.
High School curriculum offers classes in every medium: drawing, oil, jewelry, 3-dimensional design, graphic arts, and air-brush.

Music Education

In 2007, KPS was designated as one of the best 100 communities in the United States for excellence in music education.

Music lessons are offered to students from the Kindergarten to the 12th grade.
Elementary School music curriculum includes research-based music learning theory.
Middle School curriculum includes Band, Choir, Orchestra, and General Music, and is offered to all students.
High School curriculum includes 7 choirs, 5 bands, and 2 orchestras that have received superior ratings at festivals for over 30 years.
High School music classes have been show-cased at the state music conference 10 times since 1993.

Theater Education

There are several theater productions each year, including two plays, story-book theater, children's theater, all-school musical, and summer stock theater.

Theater classes are offered in 9th - 12th grade.
Theater curriculum offers comprehensive course work with novice, intermediate, and advanced acting classes.
Acting classes are taught in a professionally designed "black box" classroom.