In our first unit, students will develop a video series based on specific parameters.  Statement of Inquiry: "Effective Series Program Design design is dependent on audience development and accomplished by creating sustainable content adapted with specific techniques."  Students will then build a miniature set with sourced materials, and end the year with a focus on editing, staging, and b-roll.

In our 6th grade Design units, students will develop a brand persona, learn branding strategies and create both analog and digital packaging.  Statement of Inquiry: "A brand visually communicates the identity of a larger entity, using innovations in symbolism to reflect the perspective of the consumer and achieve brand loyalty." Students will create a podcast, commercial, press release, and hold a press conference in collaboration with the Theater Department, and Theater Arts teacher Mrs. Rathus.

In 7th grade Design, students study famous comic strip illustrators, and then learn how to create comic strips of their own.  Statement of Inquiry: "Effective Comic Strip Designs exhibit form and organization, often requiring collaboration between specialists, and functioning as scalable, visual solutions to staging challenges."  Students will create a comic strip story, and then animate the story by adding movement with one or more of the following Animation styles: Cutout, Whiteboard, Puppet, Rotoscoping, Multiplane, or Claymation.

8th grade Design see students harness their leadership skills, and begin to create for clients within our school.  Students first identify their "uniqueness," by establishing and highlighting specific areas of expertise.  Statement of Inquiry: "In order to understand how time, place, and space allows designers to develop form and function, students will identify an Archetypal Personality that can serve specific needs of our community."  Students will then use these skills in the service of personalities and projects in all areas of our school.