Visual and Performing Arts
Monterey Trail High School offers visual arts classes in photography, art, ceramics, digital art, and mixed media. The projects made in these classes are displayed throughout the school, namely in the halls of the HF complex and the school library.
It also offers performing arts classes in dance, band, theater, and choir. The Performing Arts division of the VAPA department often participate in school rallies, school sports events, perform competitively against other schools and groups, or hold their own performances in the Black Box Theater.
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