AP Studio Art and Pre-AP Studio Art are available to motivated students in grades 10, 11 and 12. Students will complete a portfolio in the area of 2D –Design, Drawing, or 3D-Design that they will submit for grading by AP Canada.
Portfolio Development
Students who have aspirations of following a career in Visual Art and Design should plan to take all art courses available. This is the best way to build a strong portfolio. The portfolio is a selection of a student’s best work, from the final two years of high school. NPC art teachers will help students tailor their portfolio to meet the specific needs of any post-secondary course.
The Senior Art Show
For the past 16 years the NPC Senior Art Show has showcased the talent of our art students in a group exhibit in the school library. All art students from grades 11 and 12 are encouraged to show their work, which will include drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, computer generated art and mixed media. The show will open at the beginning of June.
AP STUDENT - Brad Watts
Opportunities in Drama
Mainstage
Every year NPC Drama presents a weekend of exceptional theatre. Students audition, rehearse and perform for audiences. Recent years we have done Pygmalion: The Rock Musical, Laramie Project, Shakespeare in Love and War, to name a few. Come out and join NPC Drama – you’ll be glad you did!
SEARS Festival
NPC has written original scripts and presented them at The Sears Festival (Ontario theatre adjudicated competition for students). In 2015, students performed Down Came the Rain and received two acting awards, including best male actor, and were short-listed for the Southern Ontario Youth Theatre Festival, top 25 youth plays in Southern Ontario. Lots of work BUT lots of fun!
We perform at the Christmas and Spring Concert Series as well as the feeder schools in our surrounding area for a day each semester. We demonstrate through these performances what we have worked on in class and in Band. We have performed at the Sanderson Centre for the Performing Arts - Norfolk Music Festival - Canada’s Wonderland. We just returned from Orlando Florida where we performed at Universal Studios main stage!! We will be going to the East Coast this year! Senior Wind Ensemble is open to students who have completed (or are at) the Grade 10/11/12 level of performance at NPC.
Saxophone Ensemble
Performs at the Christmas and Spring Concert Series, Awards Assembly and our Recognition Assembly. As opportunities arise, this group will perform at other venues as well. Examples include an art show, a local church dinner function, Christmas concert at Lansdowne Children's Centre and our ME graduation in June. This group will be working with the Comm/Tech department to make a recording in the future. Rehearsals are Tuesday a.m. and Thursday a.m.
Choir
Performs at the Christmas and Spring Concert Series as well as at the feeder schools and assemblies (Remembrance Day) that are held at our school. Open to all grade levels. It is not necessary for you to be enrolled in the Vocal music program to be a member of this group. Rehearsals are Tuesday mornings.
Grade 9/10 Band
If you are in the grade 9 or 10 music class, you will perform at the Christmas or Spring Concert depending on which class and semester you are enrolled in.
Junior Band
Any music students who wish to perform in a Band but feel that the Senior Wind Ensemble is too difficult yet, this is the ensemble for you. This group performs at our Christmas and Spring Concert Series and rehearses once a week.
