CAA takes a student’s academic education just as seriously as their artistic one. Our dedicated faculty prepares students for whatever path they may choose in life through a college preparatory academic curriculum in an environment that is challenging and innovative.
Fred Schill, English Dept. Chair & Media Arts Dept. Chair
Advanced placement and honors courses ensure student success in competitive university programs and allow our graduates to choose careers in both arts and non-arts related fields.
Over the last three years 97% of students continue their education at colleges and conservatories and 90% are admitted to their first choice institution.
Our education is unique, as it allows students to explore subjects in a small classroom setting with supportive faculty. Our goal is to graduate students who have a better sense of themselves and the world around them. Ultimately, our students leave with a well-rounded education that has prepared them to succeed in life.
“How fortunate we are to have found a school such as CAA. They have challenged our son both academically and artistically, enabling him to find a focused direction for his talent. The dedication of the faculty as they educate and encourage their students in their chosen disciplines, while preparing them for college is admirable. The administration, faculty, and students together create an energetic, warm, accepting, nurturing, and yet challenging atmosphere at the school not often seen.”
– Steve Stratton, Alumni Parent
SCIENCE
The Science program at CAA appears traditional at first glance; however, the program is designed to recognize the unique profile of the student body and attempts to align its high program standards with student goals and aspirations in the arts.
Themes include science rooted in history, systems in equilibrium, patterns in nature, energy conversion, and resource conservation. Issues investigated include rapid global climate change, efficient conversion of chemical energy to the kinetic energy of artistic movement, and effective use of lights for artistic presentations. The sciences at CAA train for scientific literacy regardless of whether or not students continue to pursue professional training in the arts. Students who chose careers in artistic professions are uniquely qualified due to the training they receive in our programs.
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MATH
The mathematics department at the CAA prepares young artists with the skill
of computational reasoning with an emphasis in four primary areas: artistic
correlation, conceptual accuracy, problem solving, and tool utilization.
The curriculum complements the instruction of the academic and artistic
development within our school, forging a link between deductive reasoning,
composition, proportion and expression. Students learn the foundation of
mathematic principles through terminology and application, and we stress
the attributes of determination, process and self-discipline as essential
and integral components to both art and arithmetic. We provide a challenging
environment where students receive instruction to prepare for the demands
of our society and culture. Each course design contains differentiated instruction
to assess, inspire, challenge and encourage individuals, regardless of skill
level, to attain excellence and satisfaction in their work.
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HUMANITIES
Within the Humanities Department, students study English, History, Social Science and World Language. Our Department introduces students to a thorough curriculum that is both challenging and stimulating, and offers discussion of important ideas and texts using methods that are primarily analytic, critical, and speculative. Our faculty believes that language, discussion, reflection and imagination lead to the development of skills which help our students understand and interpret the human experience. Our curriculum employs students to develop a personal consciousness or an active sense of civic duty. The ability to understand the human experience outside of one’s own individual social and cultural context allows students to develop a conscience more suited to the multicultural world in which we live.
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