Chicago Academy for the Arts
The Chicago Academy for the Arts, founded in 1981, is an independent high school for the performing and visual arts located in the River West neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. It was named a National School of Distinction by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The Academy offers a co-curricular program: college-preparatory academic classes and professional-level arts training. The school day consists of six academic periods followed by a three-plus hour immersion in one of six arts disciplines: Dance, Media Arts (filmmaking, animation, creative writing), Music, Musical Theatre, Theatre, and Visual Arts. Students participate in more than 100 productions throughout the course of the school year, including concerts, plays, readings, screenings, recordings, and exhibitions.
| Chicago Academy for the Arts | |
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| Address | |
1010 W. Chicago Avenue , 60642 United States | |
| Information | |
| School type | Private, Independent |
| Opened | 1981 |
| CEEB code | 140–627 |
| NCES School ID | A9303202 |
| Head of school | Jason Patera |
| Teaching staff | 40 |
| Key people | Randy Duncan (Dance), Jessi Meliza (Media Arts), Rose Colella (Music), Andy Robinson (Musical Theatre), Ben Dicke (Theatre), Margy Stover (Visual Arts), Nicholas Roux (English), Anthony Pinto (Science and Math) |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Gender | Coed |
| Enrollment | 150 (2015–2016) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 4:1 |
| Campus type | Urban |
| Color(s) | Black White Chocolate |
| Accreditation | Independent School Association of the Central States (ISACS), Illinois School Board of Education (ISBE), National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS), Arts Schools Network (ASN), Illinois High School Association (IHSA) |
| Website | chicagoacademyforthearts |