Tuacahn High School for the Performing Arts (Utah)
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Ivins, Utah United States |
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| School type | Charter, four-year, arts specialty |
| Motto | Lux et Veritas (Light and Truth) |
| Established | 1999 |
| Founder | Hyrum Smith Gail Smith Kevin Smith Gerald R. Sherratt |
| Principal | Drew Williams |
| Staff | 35 |
| Faculty | 22 |
| Number of students | 376 |
| Student to teacher ratio | approx. 15:1 |
| Color(s) | Blue, gold, black, white |
| Mascot | Titan |
| Website | www.tuacahnhs.org |
 Front view of Tuacahn High School |
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Tuacahn High School for the Performing Arts was the first public charter high school in the state of Utah. Tuacahn High School is located in Ivins, just outside St. George. The school offers a full college preparatory curriculum while focusing in depth on the various areas of the performing arts. Students attending the school must choose an academy (Actor Training, Dance, Music, Musical Theatre, Technical Theatre, or Visual Arts) and must meet specific corresponding requirements, including a related senior project, in order to graduate.
Tuacahn High School students produce numerous music and dance concerts each year as well as plays and musicals in the Orval and Ruth Hafen Theatre (328 seats). Because Tuacahn High School is directly connected to the Tuacahn Center for the Arts, it is allowed to perform in the 1,920-seat amphitheatre.
In 2010, they took home 10 awards among the 99 competing schools. In 2011, they were given 9 awards. In 2012, they won the first place sweepstakes in the Cambridge division.
The academics program is designed to be a full and comprehensive college preparatory course. Class offerings include four possible years of math credits and an honors alternate; four years of English credits and corresponding honors courses; a three 1/2 credit hour history curriculum; five possible science credits; and assorted technology, health, and social science courses.
In 2007, Tuacahn was selected as Innovative Charter School of the Year. In 2010, it was selected as Outstanding Charter High School. In 2011, math instructor Christi Hall was selected by Utah State Office Education as Outstanding Charter School Teacher in Utah.
Due to the fact that Tuacahn High School is an arts-specialty high school, there is an opportunity to graduate from an "academy" specializing in a category of the arts. These include an Actor Training Academy, Dance Academy, Music Academy, Musical Theater Academy, Tech Theater Academy, and a Visual Arts Academy.
The Actor Training Academy at Tuacahn seeks to provide the foundations for theatre actors through a four-year curriculum. The academy mentor is Kyle Lewis, a theatre actor and director with over 25 years of experience in a variety of projects including full scale classic musicals, Shakespeare, and both traditional and experimental plays. The actor training program at Tuacahn provides not only a four-year curriculum but also a multitude of possible acting experiences. Theatre Foundations I acts as an introduction to the fundamentals of drama for beginning actors with little to no previous acting experience. Theatre Foundations II focuses on the development of skills used in the performance of modern plays. Theatre Foundations III focuses on the further development of classic theatre skills including improvisation and Shakespeare performance. The final class in the curriculum, Theatre Foundations IV, seeks to prepare students with the skills necessary for the college and eventually professional work in the field.
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