SPECIAL PROGRAM in the ARTS and its Alluring Diversity of Talents

By Arnel James Rositasi

Calubian National High School is indeed preserving the importance of culture through dances, music and arts. Despite the individuality of its learners, CNHS still manages to bring out the best of every one as the school implemented a Specialized Interest Program which is known as Special Program in the Arts (SPA) in S.Y. 2018 – 2019 in order to hone the knowledge, skills, and talents of CNHSeans.

This program offers a comprehensive basic education centered on the arts, covering a range of art forms and disciplines. Arts education is an integral component of a balanced educational program, which aims to prepare graduates for the world of work or for higher education. SPA envisions an excellent young artist with aesthetic potential and renewed spirituality committed to the preservation of Filipino culture and heritage.

The curriculum has a basic education curriculum with enhanced art education curriculum offered in six (6) art areas:

▪️ VOCAL & INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC - designed for musically inclined students with an interest in solo and collaborative singing performances and instrumental music.

▪️ DANCE - develops students’ techniques, movement, vocabulary, and a deeper understanding of dance as a form of communication and expression.

▪️ THEATER ARTS - emphasizes group work skills and live performance of spoken text in a number of styles and genres, contemporary and classical acting techniques will be introduced.

▪️ VISUAL ARTS - helps the students discover what they can produce through their own creativity through paintings, printmaking, creative crafts and designs, computer graphics, sculpture, etc.

▪️ MEDIA ARTS - teaches students to use elements and tools of current and emerging technologies to create works that express feelings and ideas; students will be trained to create work through photography, video, audio, computer arts, interactive media, and film production.

▪️ CREATIVE WRITING/MALIKHAING PAGSULAT - trains the students to explore and write their own ideas and experiences; they will study and work on all genres like poetry, fiction, non-fiction, etc.