Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts

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Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts
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Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts
555 Portola Drive

San Francisco
,
California
94131

United States
Coordinates 37°44′43″N122°26′55″W / 37.7454°N 122.4486°W / 37.7454; -122.4486
Information
Type Public Arts High School
Established1982 (1982)
School district San Francisco Unified School District
NCES School ID 063441001276 [1]
AdministratorStella Kim
Assistant PrincipalsAmber Mosby
Carlos Herrera
Timothy Kelley
Teaching staff29.18 (on an FTE basis) [1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment795 (2018-19) [1]
Student to teacher ratio27.24 [1]
MascotDragon
NewspaperRASOTA Daily Dragon
Website asawa.sfusd.edu
Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts

The Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts, is a public alternative high school in San Francisco, California, United States. It was established in 1982 and is part of the San Francisco Unified School District. It is currently located at 555 Portola Drive, San Francisco CA 94131.

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History

For many years, Ruth Asawa, sculptor and advocate for arts in education, as well as others had campaigned to start a public high school in San Francisco devoted to the arts, with the ultimate goal of such a school to be located in the arts corridor in the heart of San Francisco's Civic Center.

At its inception in 1982, School of the Arts was created as a part of J. Eugene McAteer High School, on its present site on Portola Drive. Ten years later, in 1992, the school - now a full-fledged public school separate from McAteer - was relocated to the former SFUSD Frederick Burke Elementary School at 700 Font Boulevard on the campus of San Francisco State University. Due to the dissolution of McAteer High School in 2002, SOTA was offered to return to the more appropriate, fully equipped high school site.

In 2010, School of the Arts was renamed the Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts in honor of Ruth Asawa. [2] In 2011, the school was recognized as a "California Distinguished School" by the California Department of Education as one of the state's most "exemplary and inspiring" public schools, demonstrating significant gains in narrowing the achievement gap among its students. [3]

In 2005 a new public high school, the Academy of Arts and Sciences, was started and shares the McAteer campus with SOTA. Although it shares the campus with the Ruth Asawa School of the Arts, it is a completely separate school. [4] Now called The Academy - San Francisco @ McAteer, it admits students through the normal high school admissions process.

Arts and Academics

Ruth Asawa School of the Arts offers visual and performing art classes daily in addition to a rigorous college-preparatory curriculum. Asawa SOTA has eight art departments with ten strands. The departments are:

With a graduation rate of 98% and 91% of those students going on to two- and four-year colleges and universities in 2023, academic success is as important as the arts education component. During the 2022–2023 school year, nine Advanced Placement courses were offered with 30% of the 700+ students taking an AP test that year. [5] Of the 236 students who took an AP test in 2023, 79% of them scored a 3 or above. Each year SOTA posts these scores and extensive information on the Annual School Profile where prospective students and parents can see an academic snapshot of school performance and a list of colleges, universities and conservatories where SOTA graduates have continued their education. [6]

Admissions process

All students who complete the audition assignment are offered an opportunity to audition in person for admission to SOTA the following year. Auditioning students are admitted based on audition results; no academic criteria are used.

Applications are due in mid-December. Auditions are held in early February for placement the following school year. Ruth Asawa School of the Arts application process is different from other SFUSD high schools. Applicants must apply to both the school site and the San Francisco Unified School District. [7]

SOTA's track, field, and garden Ruth Asawa SOTA field.jpg
SOTA's track, field, and garden

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