Pioneer Valley High School · CTE Pathway
Real cameras. Industry software. Professional habits. Taught by CTE teachers with real industry experience, and it counts as your a-g “F” fine art.
About the program
Digital Media at Pioneer Valley is a Career Technical Education program in the Arts, Media, and Entertainment sector, inside the Design, Visual, and Media Arts pathway.
Students learn industry standard tools and professional habits through hands on projects. By the end of the pathway, a student can operate real equipment, run a professional edit and deliver workflow, and present finished creative work.
College ready elective
Our Photography and Digital Arts courses satisfy the UC and CSU a-g “F” Visual and Performing Arts requirement.
To be eligible for the University of California and California State University, students need a year of Visual and Performing Arts. Digital Media covers that fine art requirement while building real career skills on industry tools, so one elective works toward college and career at the same time.
Program 01
Operate a real camera on Manual, see like a photographer, shape light on purpose, and finish images in Adobe Lightroom Classic and Photoshop.
Explore PhotographyProgram 02
Learn the elements and principles of design, then use Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop to make clean, intentional graphics, brands, and portfolio work.
Explore Digital ArtsCareer Technical Student Organization
PVHS Digital Media is associated with SkillsUSA for both the Digital Photography and Digital Arts pathways.
SkillsUSA is a national organization for career and technical students. It helps students build leadership, teamwork, and workplace skills, and gives them a place to show their technical work beyond the classroom.
Pathway status
A student who builds depth in one pathway by moving past the first course, for example Photography 1 into Photography 2, or Digital Arts 1 into Digital Arts 2.
Pathway status
A student who finishes the full course sequence in a pathway. Completers leave with a body of finished work and real industry skills.
Students are graded on following the process and meeting the standard for each deliverable, not on being a “natural.” Clear, repeatable expectations are the point.
Learn the concept. Make the work.
Present it like a professional.The PVHS Digital Media standard
Start with Photography 1 Start with Digital Arts 1
Interested? Ask your counselor about adding Photography 1 or Digital Arts 1 to your schedule.
