When students can exhibit and perform creative applications of knowledge, then learning has taken place. Art helps students understand themselves and the world they live in by challenging their perception of things both physical and intrinsic. The discipline of art involves teaching students how to create art utilizing various media through the visual language of the elements of art and principles of design. All Middle School students are required to enroll and complete a minimum of one semester of Physical Education, one semester of a Visual/Performing Arts course, and one semester of Technology over the course of their three years of Middle School.