Center for the Arts

Henrico High School

  • Faculty augmented with resident and visiting artists

  • Four levels of musical theatre - vocal production, dance, acting techniques, theatre history, microphone

    techniques, music theory and history, audition preparation, performance

  • Four levels of dance - ballet and modern dance techniques, aesthetics, nutrition, anatomy, choreography,

    dance history, kinesiology, audition preparation, performance

  • Four levels of theatre - acting techniques, creative expression, technical theatre, aesthetics, production,

    audition preparation, script and character analysis, character development, performance

  • Four levels of visual arts - art and design principles, history, aesthetics, proficiency in a variety of

    artistic media and technique, exhibition of student artwork

  • Opportunity to take courses unique to the CFA program including Dance Ensemble Honors; Show Choir

    Honors; Stagecraft & Production Honors; Entertainment, Design & Technology Honors; and Dual

    Enrollment Modern Humanities and Dual Enrollment Women & Gender Studies

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Sample Four-Year Curriculum

Grade 9

Grade 10

Grade 11

Grade 12

Center Module I

  • **Acting Studio/Production

    Design I

    or

    Ballet/Modern Dance I

    or

    Visual Arts I

    or

    Musical Theatre I

  • ^IBMYP or Honors English 9

  • IBMYP or Honors Science

  • IBMYP World History II

  • Mathematics

  • IBMYP World Language

  • +IBMYP Health and P.E. 9

Center Module II

  • Acting Studio/Production

    Design II

    or

    Ballet/Modern Dance II

    or

    Visual Arts II

    or

    Musical Theatre II

  • IBMYP or Honors English 10

  • IBMYP or Honors Science

  • IMBYP Comparative Gov’t

  • Mathematics

  • IBMYP World Language

  • +IBMYP Health and P.E. 10

  • ++Economics & Personal

    Finance

Center Module III

  • **Acting Studio/Production

    Design III

    or

    Ballet/Modern Dance III

    or

    Visual Arts III

    or

    Musical Theatre III

  • AP English 11 Language and

    Composition

  • Mathematics

  • Science

  • Virginia and US History

  • IBMYP World Language

  • Elective

Center Module IV

  • **Acting Studio/Production

    Design IV

    or

    Ballet/Modern Dance IV

    or

    Visual Arts IV

    or

    Musical Theatre IV

  • AP English 12 Literature and Composition

  • Mathematics or Elective

  • Science or Elective

  • Virginia and US Government

  • IBMYP World Language

  • Elective


Notes

  • *See https://academicplanningguide.henricoschools.us/ to determine graduation requirements.

  • **All CFA Discipline courses are double-blocked classes (two blocks).

  • ^International Baccalaureate (IB) Middle Years Program (MYP) at Henrico High School is offered to all 9th and 10th grade students in

    English, Social Studies, Physical Health & Education and Language Acquisition starting in Level II

  • +All CFA students must successfully complete Health and P.E. 9 and 10 during either summer school or the school year. The

    counseling team will work with students to determine which option best suits their schedule.

  • ++All students, beginning with the graduating class of 2015, must successfully complete the Economics and Personal Finance course

    or an acceptable alternative as an elective or online.