The Studio Art Program, also known as the art major, is designed for students with a passion for art.  The four-year program challenges students to have high expectations which require that they go beyond a regular level art class and produce work of quality that is refined and sophisticated. So why is Studio Art not credited as an honors class? 

Not everybody is selected to take studio art.  Girls with a special love for the subject apply to the program.  Many studio art students continue after senior year in further study of art.  The Beaumont program offers excellent preparation for students who have this goal.  The program requires students take art classes two quarters each year. The Beaumont student’s fine arts requirement is completed after two years.  After these two years, most students move on to studio art III and continue to enhance their skills and develop their artistic abilities by learning how to paint with oils and use other mediums. The program’s requirements take up the students’ elective choices. Their schedules and their lives are driven by art.

            The studio art program is a large commitment that is, beyond a doubt, worth the time for girls who are interested in and dedicated to art. Is there any reward for the time put into the school schedule and the additional time spent on homework each night?  Some girls even put off homework in their honors classes to get their studio art work finished.   There is a great deal of stress on a student to fulfill the expectations of the teachers and get their good grade. 

            So why is Studio Art not credited as an honors class?  Does it not take the extra time and effort that any academic honors class would take?  It was decided by the art teachers that studio art one, two, and three should not be honors classes, but that studio art four would be as somewhat of a reward.  Is there anything to lose by making all four classes an honors class?  The girls are already working hard enough and producing excellent work, why not give them the credit for it?