Four terms of Visual and Performing Arts are required for graduation.

A yearlong Visual or Performing Arts course and a one-trimester heritage course in the opposite discipline are required.

EXAMPLE: Foundations in the Visual Arts and Music History and Appreciation Theatre Arts or Broadway Bound or Choir and Art History.

Students who complete a yearlong course in both Visual Arts and Performing Arts may select either Art or Music History to satisfy the heritage requirement.

Department courses are either one term or yearlong as indicated in the course descriptions. Arts courses may be taken as electives in all four years of high school and are recommended for college bound students.

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Instructors

Mrs. Chacon has been in the teaching profession for 17 years.  She has been privileged to teach in elementary, middle, high school and at California State University Sacramento.  Mrs. Chacon taught in Thailand for a year.  She has just finished her first year teaching at Loretto.  She earned her B.A. and credential in Art minoring in Physical Education at San Diego State University and her Masters at Loyola Marymount University in Counseling.  Mrs. Chacon is the mother of six wonderful children and spends her free time with them, camping, swimming, bike riding and more.   She also loves to read and explore new places.

Mr. Lien has been involved in music nearly his entire life, the last three of which have been spent at Loretto High School.  He holds bachelors and masters degrees in music from UC Irvine, a masters degree in theology from Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, and a Ph.D. in historical musicology from UC Davis.  He enjoys using the gift of music to support community organizations.  Before coming to Loretto, Mr. Lien founded and directed a community chorus in Davis that presented benefit concerns for non-profit organizations in Yolo County.

Ms. Romero has been a credentialed teacher over 30 years, earning her degree and credential from California State University, Sacramento.  She has been at Loretto the last 24 years.  She is also a working artist, much of what she creates represents her diverse heritage which is founded in 12 generations of California history.  She believes what Mary Ward espoused: "Women CAN do great things".  Loretto allows her the privilege of educating young women to that reality.