San Francisco School of the Arts
| Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts | |
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| Location | |
| 555 Portola Drive San Francisco, California 94131 |
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| Information | |
| Established | 1982 |
| Principal | Barnaby Payne |
| Faculty | 80 |
| Enrollment | 619 |
| Campus | MaCateer Campus |
| Teams | n/a |
| Website | sfsota |
The Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts (also known as SOTA) is a public arts high school in San Francisco, California, United States, which offers students an alternative college preparatory experience: a full academic curriculum complemented by a pre-professional arts training program in which students develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills. The creative community at SOTA is a socioeconomically and ethnically diverse population, representative of the celebrated diversity of San Francisco.
The Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts is the only San Francisco public high school with an audition process for admission. Prospective students can choose to apply to one of the various disciplines such as: Creative Writing, Dance, Instrumental Music (Band, Guitar, Orchestra, World Music), Media, Musical Theatre, Piano, Technical Theatre, Theatre, Visual, and Vocal (Classical Voice, Jazz Vocal) etc. A new program developed in the upcoming 2016-2017 year is World Dance.
Students receive academic instruction in the morning and spend the balance of the day immersed in learning the essential skills and craft of their chosen area of creative study. The department directors have created an inspiring hands-on program that draws on the talents of over 66 Artists-in-Residence working in the broader arts community, recruited to support specific goals of each department’s curriculum. This unique teaching structure exposes students to fresh ideas and experiences, creating a learning environment where vision, creativity and passion are valued in the formation of the whole person.
SOTA ranks among the top public high schools in the district. Among the graduates pursuing higher education, 90% attend traditional colleges and universities; the remaining 10% choose to matriculate to art schools and conservatories. A number of SOTA alumni have gone on to attend the Juilliard School, Rhode Island School of Design, the Curtis School of Music, the Colburn School, Art Center College of Design, and numerous esteemed institutions for higher learning in the arts.
Many programs that now benefit students across the Bay Area, including Art and Film for Teenagers and Engineers Alliance for the Arts, were launched at this school. The Friends of SOTA Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization which manages the arts budgets and actively fundraises and provides support for the artists-in-residence and other programs, materials and equipment needed for the nine arts disciplines. The school invites the community to attend school events.
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