The Class

This full-year course offers students an introduction to the basic elements of visual communication and the print world. Students will learn the fundamentals of photography as they document important events from the school year. Students will develop their pre-collegiate communication skills via reporting, writing, class discussions, presentations, and publications. Students will create the yearbook and a variety of narrative projects that show how photography and the written word combine to inform society.

The Name

Chaparral is a highly appropriate name deriving itself from the surrounding environment of Castaic High School -- the natural habitat for the Coyote.

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