Vancouver School of Arts and Academics

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Vancouver School of Arts and Academics
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Vancouver School of Arts and Academics
3101 Main Street

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98663

United States
Coordinates 45°23′02″N122°24′22″W / 45.38381°N 122.40602°W / 45.38381; -122.40602 Coordinates: 45°23′02″N122°24′22″W / 45.38381°N 122.40602°W / 45.38381; -122.40602
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Type Public magnet school
Established1996;26 years ago (1996)
School district Vancouver Public Schools
NCES School ID 530927002508 [1]
PrincipalLori Rotherham
Teaching staff28.96 (on an FTE basis) [1]
Grades 612
Enrollment800 [1]  (2021-2022)
Student to teacher ratio20.06 [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). [9]

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History

The VSAA was established in 1996. The building originally housed Shumway Junior High School. Leslie Durst has been a substantial donor to VSAA since its beginning, aiding in the well being of the arts and the school. A notable piece of the building, the Royal Durst Theatre was funded by Leslie and named after her father. Recently, she even funded the replacement of the seats in the Royal Durst theatre. [10] Leslie 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. [11]

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  5. Cox, Tara; staff, Communications. "Music". Vancouver School of Arts and Academics. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
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  8. Cox, Tara; staff, Communications. "Moving image arts". Vancouver School of Arts and Academics. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
  9. Cox, Tara; staff, Communications. "Moving image arts". Vancouver School of Arts and Academics. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
  10. "Donation will provide new theatre seating at VSAA".
  11. "Leslie B. Durst Scholarship | Community Foundation for Southwest Washington | CollegeXpress".