Arts & Academics Academy (AAA)

 

Mission Statement

Students in the Arts and Academics Academy will pursue a rigorous curriculum designed to promote creative and independent thinking:
  • Students will explore and discover their creativity in the visual, performing and literary arts.
  • Students will apply their creative and intellectual abilities in all academic pursuits.

 

Read the Arts & Academics Academy school profile, originally published in the May 2010 eHighlights.

 

Core Class Offering:

 

The Arts and Academics Academy offers core classes required for admittance into four-year universities.
  • Language Arts: Freshman and Sophomore English Literature with honors options, Junior and Senior Literature and Composition with Advance Placement options.
  • Social Studies: Modern World History, Geography and Contemporary International Problems, US History, Sociology, Psychology, Advance Placement European History, and Advanced Placement United States History.
  • Mathematics: Algebra, Geometry, Algebra II, Math Analysis and Trigonometry, Pre-calculus, and Calculus.
  • Science: Integrated Science, Biology, Chemistry, Anatomy, AP Biology and AP Chemistry.
  • World Language: Spanish I-III.
  • Fitness and Health: Aerobics, Dance Conditioning, Health and Yoga
Art Class Offerings
Art classes that are offered at the Arts and Academics Academy are: Introduction to Visual Arts, Drawing, Painting, Ceramics, Photography, Web Design, Digital Design, Dance Performance and Technique I & II, Beginning Band, Jazz Band, and Rhythm. Advance arts classes depend on student interest and enrollment. Past arts classes have included World Music and Dance, Choir, Industrial Arts and Creative Writing.
 
Present
The Arts & Academic Academy is building the art program to provide students with a rigorous, deep and rich art education. Our pathways are defined so students will have an opportunity to focus on the area they are passionate about. We are also building relationships with our community and will offer internships and workshops by visiting artists.
 
History
Nine years ago (2003) staff, students and community members began developing a theme-based school that concentrated on integrating the arts into a rigorous core curriculum developed to prepare all students for college, career and citizenship. This gradual shift from a comprehensive high school to an autonomous small school began with the freshman class of 2008 and rolled up one grade level each year. Five years ago (2007), all students were part of a small school and leadership was restructured to reflect three small schools operating on one shared campus.

 

 

Demographics (October 2010)
 
 
State Test Scores
07-08
08-09
09-10
10-11
Current Enrollment
301
 
Reading
55.7%
63.0%
39.4%
54.5%
Race/Ethnicity
 
 
Writing
75.6%
67.6%
67.6%
57.1%
American Indian/Alaskan Native
3
0.9%
Science
9.0%
25.3%
13.0%
23.4%
Asian
79
23.7%
Math HSPE
17.8%
21.1%
4.4%
 
Pacific Islander
21
6.3%
EOC Math Year 1
 
 
 
29.2%
Asian/Pacific Islander
100
30.0%
EOC Math Year 2
 
 
 
30.1%
Black
42
12.6%
 
 
 
 
 
Hispanic
125
37.5%
Special Programs
 
Total
%
 
White
39
11.7%
Free & Reduced-Price Meals
 
238
77.5
 
Two or More Races
24
7.2%
Special Education
 
42
14.7