Fine Arts
Creativity, Confidence, and Expression
Fine Arts at ALA Queen Creek
Fine Arts have had a home at Queen Creek since the performing arts center opened at the 7-12 campus in 2013, and the program has grown into seven disciplines at beginning through advanced levels. An award-winning theatre program with its own Thespian troupe anchors it, alongside a full instrumental and vocal lineup that runs from marching band and color guard to orchestra and choir. Dancers can audition for the Motion 8 Dance Team, and photography students work in a dedicated studio.
A Pathway to Success
Arts, Character, and Graduation
Fine Arts are an active part of a student’s high school graduation plan. ALA Queen Creek's current graduation requirements include one credit in CTE/Fine Arts for all diploma pathways.
Beyond the transcript, the arts provide a natural environment for students to put ALA's R.A.I.S.E. values into action. Respecting the ensemble, taking care of equipment, accepting corrections, and helping a production succeed behind the scenes teaches students that excellence usually looks like practice before it looks like talent.
What Students Build Through the Arts
The performance may be the visible part, but most of the learning happens before anyone ever sees it. Fine Arts give students hands-on practice with skills that extend well beyond a single concert or production:
- Creativity
- Confidence
- Communication
- Collaboration
- Preparation
- Focus
- Technical skill
- Time management
- Responding to feedback
- Persistence
Creative work is rarely perfect the first time. That is exactly the point. Students rehearse, revise, adjust, and try again. Eventually, something that was difficult becomes something they confidently know how to do.
Meet Our Fine Arts Director
Cumorah McOmber
Cumorah McOmber is a seasoned educator and leader with a decade of experience at American Leadership Academy. With a background in marketing, a degree in Theater Education from BYU Provo, and years of experience teaching visual arts, she brings a dynamic blend of creativity, strategy, and innovation to the Fine Arts Department. As Fine Arts Director, she is committed to elevating arts education, empowering teachers, and shaping a program that fosters excellence, creativity, and real-world success for students. She is dedicated to making ALA’s arts community stronger, more influential, and deeply connected to its mission: Discipline, Excellence, Achievement.
“The arts are an essential element of education, just like reading, writing, and arithmetic, music, dance, art, and theater are all keys that unlock profound human understanding and accomplishment.”
~William Bennett, Former US Secretary of Education.
Experience the ARTS
Find Your Creative Path at Queen Creek
Some students know early that music or theatre is going to be part of their life. Others find out because they tried a class they almost did not take. ALA Queen Creek gives students several ways to explore performing arts, whether they want to sing, play an instrument, march, perform, work backstage, or become part of an ensemble.
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Kindergarten through Grade 12 · Public Tuition-Free Charter School