MPSS has a diverse and active Arts Department.

Students study:

Dramatic Arts     [comprehensive 4-year program]

- Acting skills
- Production skills (sets, lighting, costume design)
- Directing and script composition
- Theatre History
- Two public productions are performed annually

Music     [comprehensive 4-year program]

- Concert and Jazz Band
- Composition and Ear Training
- Music History
- Guitar Fundamentals and Vocal Programs available
- Two major concerts take place annually (watch for the Spring Concert in June)

Media Arts     [comprehensive 3-year program (Photo Specialty in Gr.12)]

- Black and White and Digital Photography training (Photoshop tutorials)
- Traditional and Computer Graphics
- Computer and Stop-frame Animation (featured on the MPSS News)
- Digital music Appreciation and composition

Visual Arts     [comprehensive 4-year program]

- Traditional Drawing, Painting, Sculpture, Print and Ceramics
- Design Theory and Art History nationally and internationally
- Regular exhibitions of student work (watch for the Senior Art Show in June)

Students studying the Arts at MPSS are thoroughly prepared for Post Secondary

Arts Studies and career training in the Arts.

NEW FOR 2010-2011 - Exploring the Arts

(this 2-year program for non-arts majors it is a survey of ALL the arts)