High School Digital Arts Courses at Sterling Academy
Expand your knowledge of technology through our digital arts courses
Mr. Sumter has been in education for 22 years. He started teaching at Wil Lou Gray Opportunity School in South Carolina in October 2011. Before starting at “The Gray,” he taught for two years at C.A. Johnson High School in Columbia, SC as the Project Lead the Way and Media Arts Instructor. He also taught for 11 years at Ridge View High School, also in Columbia, as an Engineering instructor for the Architectural, Mechanical, and Pre-Engineering programs.
However, education was not his first career choice. Rather, he was a Design Engineer for four years with Food Service Supplies in Columbia, SC in designing restaurants and commercial kitchens. He then worked for six years at Whiting Metals in Camden, SC where he designed stainless steel chemical reactors and storage tanks under ASME Section VIII and API 620 and 650 before deciding to cross over into the educational field.
Mr. Sumter received his Associate’s degree in Architectural Engineering from Midlands Technical College and a Dual Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from Limestone College. He is a former member of the Architectural Engineering Advisory Board at Midlands Technical College. He also spent 10 years as the finance chair of his church. In those ten years, he did a Pre-Design of their Holistic Wellness Center as well as helping to secure financing for the facility.
Develop digital design skills through our high school Digital Arts courses at Sterling Academy! We offer 4 courses in this subject area, each worth one semester (0.5 credit).
Full-time students at Sterling Academy can take these courses for their electives. If you are a full-time student at another school but your school does not offer these courses, you can enroll at Sterling Academy part-time and take the courses you wish. These courses are 100% online, and since we are an accredited school, you can generally easily transfer credits earned back to your high school.
What can you learn in our courses? Well, not only will we teach you how to apply established graphic design principles and how to use the digital graphic programs that are out there today, but also how to learn so that you can quickly adapt to the ever-changing list of new graphic tools. Our courses give you many opportunities to create vector based graphics, apply effective graphic design principles, and create 3-dimensional models and animations. Most of the digital tools we use in our courses are free.
A typical course will ask you to create a project by first breaking down the specific skills you will need to know to succeed. You practice these skills separately, then you practice integrating the skills. At this point, you will feel confident as you successfully complete the required project.
