Newspaper (The Curious George)

The rudiments of journalism and electronic publishing provide the focus for this course, as students produce the school newspaper, The Curious George. Students may take this class more than once and those enrolled for second or subsequent years are expected to take on leadership roles.

Students may prepare for an IB visual arts exam by taking at least two years of this course. To take an SL exam, only one of the two years must be in junior or senior year. To take an HL exam, the student must enroll in both junior and senior years. Juniors and seniors preparing for an IB exam in the visual arts must participate in the IB visual arts seminar, which meets for 30 minutes weekly and includes occasional field trips on Saturday or Sunday.

Yearbook (The Opus)

Students on the yearbook staff learn to organize, plan, and lay out text and artwork as they produce the George School yearbook, The Opus. Working with student-produced photos, they also develop graphic design skills. Students may take this class more than once and those enrolled for second or subsequent years are expected to take on leadership roles. Enrollment preference is given to students who have taken a photography course.

Students may prepare for an IB visual arts exam by taking at least two years of this course. To take an SL exam, only one of the two years must be in junior or senior year. To take an HL exam, the student must enroll in both junior and senior years. Juniors and seniors preparing for an IB exam in the visual arts must participate in the IB visual arts seminar, which meets for 30 minutes weekly and includes occasional field trips on Saturday or Sunday.

Prerequisite: Permission of instructor