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CREATIVE ARTS PROGRAM (CAP)
Explore the Arts at Taft Charter High!
Taft’s Creative Arts Program provides an opportunity for all students to excel artistically across the spectrum of the visual and performing arts in a challenging academic environment. CAP also includes hands on, real life experiences with the culinary and business arts.
Performing Arts Courses
Dance
- Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced)
- Dance Team
Drama
- Beginning Drama
- Advanced Theater Ensemble
- Stage Crew
Music
- Marching Band (plus Color Guard, Winter Guard and Drum Line)
- Concert Band
- Orchestra
- Jazz Band
- Guitar
- Vocal Ensemble (advanced)
- Choir (beginning/intermediate)
- Music Technology
- AP Music History
Visual Arts:
- Advertising Design
- Design Craft
- Drawing
- Sculpture
- AP Art History
- Yearbook
Graphic Design
- Graphic Design
- Advanced Graphic Design (Design Studio)
Animation (Career Technical Education)
- Animation 1
- Animation 2
Business Arts:
- Fashion Design
- Advanced Fashion Design (Fashion show production)
Faculty:
Dianna Arena, Linda Cleary, Eileen Capinha-Viadero, Myra Flores, Daniel Gruber, Lina Hajj, Dennis McKinley, Natalia Ramos, Bill Sehres, Lauren Serowik
Among our many accomplishments
- Taft Charter High School is a GRAMMY Signature School.
- Fashion Design has been featured on ABC news and LAUSD Journal
- Digital online certification opportunities for students.
- Vocal Ensemble: 16 straight years of Superior ratings.
- Participants in the CSUN arts exhibit.
- Winner of the Brad Sherman Congressional Art Competition