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Welcome to the South Miami Senior High Magnet School of the Arts Homepage. The South Miami School of the Arts is a total Communications, Performing and Visual Arts program. The seven strands are Photography, Drama, Dance, Music, Visual Media Arts, Visual Fine Arts, and Television Production. Students selected for the program spend two hours per day in their selected strand and spend the rest of the day in their academic and elective classes. South Miami Senior High offers a full program of gifted, advanced academics, honors, electives, extracurricular activities and sports.

  

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  • DRAMA - The Drama Department will teach students the skills needed to work in professional theatre, film and the television industry. The department offers professional training in performance as well as design and stage production.
  • DANCE - The Dance Program at South Miami Senior is designed for students who are in dance careers with a strong concentration on the three modern schools of dance, specifically Limon, Graham, and Horton techniques. Emphasis is on traditional technique and the development of the performer.
  • MUSIC (Band, Orchestra, & Chorus)- Musical performance opportunities exist in the areas of Band, Orchestra and Chorus. Courses are also offered in Music Theory that seek to enhance student skills. Ensembles include Advanced Wind Ensemble, Orchestra, Concert Chorus, Jazz Band, Jazz Vocal and Marching Band.
  • PHOTOGRAPHY - Photography Students will learn the photographic skills needed to create scholarship portfolios. Students will work in many areas of photography such as: Journalism, Studio and Fine Art. Students will work in black and white and learn to work in high-end digital photography using the latest software and equipment.

  • TELEVISION PRODUCTION - Students in Television Production will study the history of television and develop skills in the areas of scripting, production, camera handling, lighting and sound. Students will produce a series of videos such as: commercials, news, public service announcements, and documentaries. Students will also produce films and learn filmmaking techniques using video.
  • VISUAL FINE ARTS (Drawing & Painting)- In the Visual Fine Arts strand students will work in the more traditional areas of the Visual Arts. The emphases will be on painting, drawing and design. Students will produce high quality portfolios for scholarships and Advanced Placement classes.

  • VISUAL MEDIA ARTS (Computer Graphics & Commercial Art)- In the Visual Media Arts strand, students specialize in image processing techniques as they are applied to a variety of communications, design and fine art areas. Students will work in a multitude of media as well as with the latest technology as they produce high quality portfolios for scholarships.

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