Curriculum Detail

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Fine Arts

Middle School
The Middle School Fine Arts program gives students a variety of arts experiences in three basic areas: visual and industrial arts, drama and speech, and music. Students may choose areas of special interest for repeated exposure. To varying degrees, all courses seek to advance students’ growth in initiative, self-confidence, self-discipline, decision-making, and teamwork; all offer emotional release through ordered, non-threatening experiences. Several courses are sequential in nature: Band, Choir, Strings, Industrial Arts, and Drama. Beginning level courses in these fields are prerequisites for later courses.

Students in instrumental music classes furnish their instruments or rent them from the School or from local music stores. The majority of students rent instruments from the School, allowing changes in instruments and their size to be made over the course of a student’s musical studies. Rental fees support a fund for instrument replacement.

NOTE: Though an attempt is made to honor all fine arts selections, it is sometimes necessary to assign a student to a different course than he requests.

Upper School
The Upper School Fine Arts students are challenged to explore their creative selves through the performing, visual, and media arts. At the core of the curriculum lies the opportunity for students to express those creative instincts that make us uniquely human. The study of art at St. Mark’s includes scholarly inquiry into the history, theory, and style of artistic expression. Performing, visual, and media arts find expression in a variety of programs designed to allow students to fully express and develop artistic talents.
 
Criteria and Selection Process for AP/Honors Courses
Each spring, the department will solicit nominations from the faculty for placing students in AP/Honors courses for the following fall trimester.
 
Criteria for Nomination
The student should:
•  Be a rising junior or senior in good standing.
•  Have completed two years of study in the same field of art in the Upper School.
•  Exhibit a mastery of art.
 
Selection to AP/Honors:
•  A student may enter the honors sequence at the junior or senior level after two years of study in an art area in the Upper School.
•  When the student is nominated for the AP/Honors course, his advisor will be notified so that the student may be placed in that course selection.
 
Appeal Process:
The student must first engage in a conversation with his most recent art teacher. The student has an option to appeal through the Department Chair.
 
# Several courses of a performing or creative nature may be taken repeatedly in successive years, and since the outcome of the work is different each year, the courses carry the credit indicated each time.
 

Faculty

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    Scott Hunt
    Interim Fine Arts Department Chair; Arnold E. Holtberg Master Teaching Chair
    214-346-8483
    Texas A&M University - Commerce - B.S.
    Texas A&M University - Commerce - M.F.A.
    Bio
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    Sarah Choi
    Orchestra Director
    214-346-8209
    Bio
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    Suzuko Davis
    Lower School Art Teacher
    214-346-8221
    SUNY at Rockland Community College - A. A.
    SUNY at Purchase College - B.F.A.
    Bio
  • Sandy Doerge
    Interim Industrial Arts Teacher
    214-346-8338
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    Allison Eagan
    ISAS Fine Arts Festival Coordinator
    University of Virginia - B.A.
    University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill - M.A.
    Bio
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    Angela Hendricks
    Piano Teacher
    214-346-8278
    Dallas Baptist University - B.A.
    University of Texas at Austin - M.Ed.
    Bio
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    Seth Magill
    Middle School Drama Teacher
    214-346-8434
    Southern Methodist University - B.F.A.
    Bio
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    Timothy Mahoney
    Director of Debate
    214-346-8141
    University of Kansas - B.G.S.
    Bio
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    Rachel Muldez
    Industrial Arts Teacher
    214-346-8338
    Baylor - BA
    University of Houston Clear-Lake - MA
    University of Dallas - MA
    University of Dallas - MFA
    Bio
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    Analisa Rodriguez
    Director of Bands
    214-346-8329
    Trinity University - B.M.
    University of North Texas - M.Mus.
    Bio
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    Mark Scheibmeir
    Film Studies Teacher
    214-346-8252
    The University of Texas at Austin - B.S.
    The University of Texas at Austin - M.F.A.
    Bio
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    Tinsley Silcox
    Director of Libraries and Information Services and Director of Upper School Choir
    214-346-8372
    Carson-Newman College - B.M.
    University of Tennessee - M.M.
    University of Tennessee - M.S.L.S.
    Harvard University - Certificate
    Bio
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    Glenn Stroh
    Organist and Choirmaster
    214-346-8224
    Trinity University - B.M.
    Oberlin College - M.Mus.
    Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt, Weimar - Aufbaustudium-A (Fulbright Fellowship)
    Bio
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    Mark Sullivan
    Director of Experiential Education
    214-346-8106
    University of North Texas - B.S.
    University of North Texas - M.Ed.
    Bio
  • Photo of Katy Tye
    Katy Tye
    Middle & Upper School Drama Instructor
    214-346-8161
    Bio
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    Katherine Wood
    Middle and Upper School Art Teacher
    214-346-8353
    University of North Texas - BFA
    University of Dallas - M.A.
    University of Dallas - MFA
    Bio
  • Photo of Scott Ziegler
    Scott Ziegler
    Ceramics Teacher
    214-346-8323
    Northern Illinois University - MFA
    Loyola University - M.Ed.
    Bio

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10600 Preston Road
Dallas, Texas 75230
214-346-8000

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St. Mark’s School of Texas is a private, nonsectarian college-preparatory boys’ day school for students in grades 1 through 12, located in Dallas, Texas. St. Mark’s aims to prepare young men to assume leadership and responsibility in a competitive and changing world.

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