Vancouver School of Arts and Academics

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Vancouver School of Arts and Academics
VSAA Building Exterior- Main Entrance.png
Address
Vancouver School of Arts and Academics
3101 Main Street

Vancouver
,
Washington
98663

United States
Coordinates 45°23′02″N122°24′22″W / 45.38381°N 122.40602°W / 45.38381; -122.40602
Information
Type Public magnet school
Motto"Ars Longa, Vita Brevis"
("Art Is Long, Life Is Short")
Established1996;29 years ago (1996)
School district Vancouver Public Schools
NCES School ID 530927002508 [1]
PrincipalLori Rotherham
Teaching staff39.90 (on an FTE basis) [1]
Grades 6–12
Enrollment787 [1]  (Semester 2 2025)
Student to teacher ratio19.72 [1]
Color(s)Black and white   
NewspaperVita Brevis
Website arts.vansd.org

The Vancouver School of Arts and Academics (VSAA) is a public arts magnet school for grades 6 to 12 in Vancouver, Washington, United States. [2] It is part of the Vancouver Public Schools and in addition to traditional academic studies, the school's curriculum has an in-depth elective study of the performing, [3] literary, [4] musical [5] l, theatrical [6] and visual [7] arts, as well as film studies [8] (called "moving image arts" at the school). [8]

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History

The VSAA was established in 1996. From 1929 to 1995, the building originally housed Shumway Junior High School. Leslie Durst has been a substantial donor to VSAA since the school's beginning, supporting the arts and maintenance of the school building itself. The Royal Durst Theatre was funded by Durst and named after her father. Recently, she funded the replacement of the seats in the Royal Durst theatre. [9] Leslie Durst continues to be a part in helping art students succeed by giving out the Leslie B. Durst scholarship to VSAA students that will continue to pursue the arts in college. [10]

Motto

The Latin motto "Ars Longa, Vita Brevis", originally from Greek, translates to "Art Is long, Life Is Short". Although, staff at the school frequently translate it to the somewhat less metaphorical and marginally erroneous "Life Is Short, Art Is Forever". The school has a monthly newspaper called Vita Brevis, [11] and a yearbook called Ars Longa, [12] both named after the quote.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Search for Public Schools - Vancouver School of Arts and Academics (530927002508)". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved May 8, 2020.
  2. ↑ Cox, Tara; staff, Communications. "Our school". Vancouver School of Arts and Academics. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
  3. ↑ Cox, Tara; staff, Communications. "Dance". Vancouver School of Arts and Academics. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
  4. ↑ Cox, Tara; staff, Communications. "Literary arts". Vancouver School of Arts and Academics. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
  5. ↑ Cox, Tara; staff, Communications. "Music". Vancouver School of Arts and Academics. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
  6. ↑ Cox, Tara; staff, Communications. "Theatre". Vancouver School of Arts and Academics. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
  7. ↑ Cox, Tara; staff, Communications. "Visual arts". Vancouver School of Arts and Academics. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
  8. 1 2 Cox, Tara; staff, Communications. "Moving image arts". Vancouver School of Arts and Academics. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Donation will provide new theatre seating at VSAA".
  10. ↑ "Leslie B. Durst Scholarship | Community Foundation for Southwest Washington | CollegeXpress".
  11. ↑ Blair, AnnaMarie (September 21, 2022). "Vita Brevis - Vancouver School of Arts and Academics" . Retrieved November 19, 2024.
  12. ↑ "VSAA Yearbook". sites.google.com. Retrieved November 19, 2024.
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