Coronado School of the Arts

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Coronado School of the Arts
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Coronado School of the Arts

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TypePublic school
Established1996
School district Coronado Unified School District
DirectorShane Michael Schmeichel
GradesGrades 9–12
Enrollment13 (2023) [1]
Website http://www.cosasandiego.com

Coronado School of the Arts (CoSA) is a school-within-a-school in Coronado, California. It is located on the campus of Coronado High School. The school currently enrolls 155 students, [1] of which nearly 70% comes from outside Coronado. [2] CoSA is largely an after-hours program [2] with a focus on the arts, in which students take academic courses at Coronado High School in the morning. [1]

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The school offers classes in classical and contemporary dance, musical theater and drama, instrumental music, technical theater, visual art, and digital media and filmmaking. [1] It has Ph.D.s on its faculty and what The San Diego Union-Tribune calls "a formidable fund-raising auxiliary", the CoSA Foundation. [3]

History

The idea for the school materialized in 1993. [1] The school was founded in 1996 by Kris McClung [2] and had 60 students when it opened it doors in 1996. [1] In 2007, CoSA unveiled a $25 million theater arts complex that includes a 640-seat main-stage theater, a black-box theater, scene shop, music and drama rooms, administrative offices, and a fly loft. [2]

In 2005, four evacuees of Hurricane Katrina relocated from the damaged New Orleans Center for Creative Arts. [4]

CoSA Departments

Performances

CoSA generally puts on two musicals and one play every school year, with many dance, instrumental music, art, and digital media shows/exhibits in between.[ citation needed ]

CoSA Foundation

The Coronado School of the Arts Foundation provides the oversight and fundraising apparatus for CoSA. Private funding, in the form of donations, covers about half of CoSA's operating budget. The remaining money is provided by the Coronado Unified School District, and through special state and federal grants.

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References

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