Exploring Art: an artworxLA & APEX Art Appreciation Collaboration

Syllabus

Teacher: Ms. Anitha Matilda

Contact: [email protected]

Prep Period: (5th period, from 1:15-2:45)

Course Details:

Earth Science class meets Monday through Friday, during Period 3. Successful

completion of this course yields 5 credits.

This course will be a blended learning environment, including:

1. A course curriculum and assessment via APEX Learning, with instructional support from a classroom teacher (50%)
2. Artwork LA (50%)

Course Description:

Students will be responsible for completing all coursework for four units of APEX curriculum, as follows, during a 10-week quarter:

Semester 1

1. Introduction to Painting
2. Prehistoric to late Middle Ages
3. The Renaissance
4. Baroque and Rococo

Students will work in small teams to complete a Project-Based Learning Activity during the quarter,

which will constitute 50% of the grade.

Grading Policy:

All selection quizzes and tests in APEX will be graded by the online provider and entered into Aeries

by the classroom teacher (Ms Matilda). Discussions, writing assignments, and other activities

specified in the curriculum will be graded by Ms. Matilda, according to rubrics provided by APEX, and

entered into Aeries.

Specifications for the Project Based Learning assignment will be created by Ms. Matilda, with

formative and summative grades posted in Aeries by Ms. Matilda.

Grading Scale:

A 90-100% C 70-79% F 59% or less

B 80-89% D 60-69%

Attendance Policy:

Students will be marked tardy if they arrive to class five or more minutes after class has begun.

Students who arrive 30 minutes after class has begun without an excused tardy slip from Culver

Park’s main office, will get credit for the work they complete in class that day, but will be marked

absent for attendance purposes. Students who leave class without permission, or a pass, will be

marked absent for attendance purposes, no matter the length of duration. Unexcused absences will

result in detention hours, and may result in SARB (School Attendance Review Board) actions.

Communication Protocols:

All students are required to check their ccusd e-mail address daily, for any information I may send

about assignments, or your progress. Please be sure to check Aeries at least weekly, since my

gradebook will be updated regularly. Your grade through the course, as well as final grade, will be

posted in Aeries; we do not issue report cards at Culver Park High School. Please also check our

website for information (although it is currently under construction - please e-mail Ms. Morris with any

ideas you have for the web site).

Electronic Device Policy: As per school rules, cell phones are not to be seen, heard, touched, spoken

into or charged in classrooms. Chromebooks are to be used for school assignments only (no

accessing other web sites), and are to be signed in using a ccusd email account (not as a guest).

Food and Drink Policy:

Snacks and water may be consumed during class hours.