Integrated Art is how Bio-Med brings creativity and artmaking into the classroom. Students complete projects that are co-taught between Mr. O'Mara and the student's other core teacher, e.g. Science, Mathematics, Language Arts, Engineering, etc.
Each year, a student earns a fraction of a credit that accumulates toward the 1.0 credit required by the state of Ohio for graduation.
In addition to classroom projects, students can design and execute independent projects to earn additional credit. It is therefore imperative that students complete all art projects to the best of their ability.
Technical skill means less than concept in an integrated framework for art education such as the one implemented at Bio-Med. Students do not need to make work that is necessarily beautiful, although care-in-craft and attention to detail are important. Instead, the goal is to develop the ability to communicate visually and think creatively. Students are assessed only on the topics, methods, and learning outcomes taught in class.
If a student does not complete enough assignments to earn credit for a given school year, they will either:
a.) be required to give up two slots in the following Accelerated Term for credit recovery, or
b.) be given an independent, year-long Visual Journaling assignment to recover credit.
Students transferring in may arrive with the credit they need, or may be required to make up credit as needed.
Individual situations will be addressed appropriately by school administration and guidance departments.
Students may not use work completed in a prior school year towards Art Integration credit, just as a paper written in 7th grade cannot count towards an assignment in 8th grade, and so on.
Students may not use work completed in arts courses outside of school towards in-school art credit, the same as if a student attended summer camp and used a project they completed there towards a current school-year project.
Finally, students may not retroactively apply course work that was not part of a specific art assignment to their art credit, just as a paper written for Art that isn't part of an integration cannot be counted as a Language Arts assignment.
Each year, a student earns a fraction of a credit that accumulates toward the 1.0 credit required by the state of Ohio for graduation.
In addition to classroom projects, students can design and execute independent projects to earn additional credit. It is therefore imperative that students complete all art projects to the best of their ability.
Technical skill means less than concept in an integrated framework for art education such as the one implemented at Bio-Med. Students do not need to make work that is necessarily beautiful, although care-in-craft and attention to detail are important. Instead, the goal is to develop the ability to communicate visually and think creatively. Students are assessed only on the topics, methods, and learning outcomes taught in class.
If a student does not complete enough assignments to earn credit for a given school year, they will either:
a.) be required to give up two slots in the following Accelerated Term for credit recovery, or
b.) be given an independent, year-long Visual Journaling assignment to recover credit.
Students transferring in may arrive with the credit they need, or may be required to make up credit as needed.
Individual situations will be addressed appropriately by school administration and guidance departments.
Students may not use work completed in a prior school year towards Art Integration credit, just as a paper written in 7th grade cannot count towards an assignment in 8th grade, and so on.
Students may not use work completed in arts courses outside of school towards in-school art credit, the same as if a student attended summer camp and used a project they completed there towards a current school-year project.
Finally, students may not retroactively apply course work that was not part of a specific art assignment to their art credit, just as a paper written for Art that isn't part of an integration cannot be counted as a Language Arts assignment.