THE ARTS play a vital role in student life at Forman: arts classes are considered part of the core curriculum and meet the same number of hours as other classes.

Each teacher creates a unique studio environment within which students grow as creative, thinking citizens. Faculty members model the creative process for students through their own experiences as working artists; many Forman students excel in the arts and graduate with more than the two years of required arts classes.

THE MISSION of the Performing Arts Department is to give students a firm grounding in the basics of a number of art forms and encourage them to use this knowledge to express themselves. Each student has the opportunity to find their unique voice and evolve an appropriate expression during their time at Forman. A student of the arts is on a journey that transcends mastering specific skills. Here they are given the time and space to reflect on what it means to be human and to develop the confidence that enables them share their discoveries with others.