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AFTERNOON BLOCK ELECTIVES

AFTERNOON BLOCK ELECTIVES

Grades 7 – 12

Elective courses are determined by the students and teachers each year and draw upon community artists and resources. Ungraded, these courses encourage student participation in a wide range of experiences.

These include but are not limited to the following:

  • Astronomy
  • Classical Greek
  • Community Service
  • Cooking/Sewing
  • Computer Keyboard
  • Dance
  • Drama
  • Drawing and Painting
  • Film Making (computer editing)
  • Literary Criticism
  • Music
  • Creative Writing
  • Pottery
  • Tennis
  • Woodcarving

Drama Elective (audition required)

Hillside drama teaches students a true discipline of self control and teamwork combined with profoundly creative self-expression. Through classic plays of world theater, students are immersed in natural sciences, history, dance, music, literature, language and philosophical discussion. In the process of finding and developing a character, each student discovers his or her own motives and learns to delve beneath the surfaces of human communication.

Recent drama productions include:

  • Bertolt Brecht’s Caucasian Chalk Circle
  • Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s The Physicists
  • Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream
  • Nicolai Gogol’s Inspector General
  • Thornton Wilder’s The Skin of Our Teeth
  • Mikhael Bulgakov’s Black Snow
  • Tim Supple’s Grimm Tales
  • Jean Giraudoux's The Madwoman of Chaillot
  • Shakespeare's As You Like It

 

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