SCHOOL PROFILE 2020-2021 Head of School: Jason Patera 1010 W. Chicago Ave. Chicago, IL 60642-5414 [email protected] P: 312.421.0202 College Counselor: Sarah Langford F: 312.421.3816 [email protected] chicagoacademyforthearts.org Assistant Head of School: Chris Arnold CEEB/ACT Code: 140-627 [email protected]

ABOUT THE CHICAGO ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS Established in 1981, The Chicago Academy for the Arts is a nationally recognized, internationally influential independent high school acclaimed for its unique co-curricular program composed of rigorous college-preparatory academics and professional- level arts training. Designated a National School of Distinction by the John F. Kennedy Center, The Chicago Academy for the Arts provides a challenging and stimulating environment in which young scholar-artists master the skills necessary for academic success, critical thought, and creative expression.

MISSION FACULTY ACADEMIC CURRICULUM The Chicago Academy for the Arts The Academy’s faculty consists of 55 The Academy’s rigorous, college- transforms emerging artists through a members, including full-time, certified preparatory academic program is curriculum and culture which connect academic teachers and arts instructors, built upon core studies in English, intellectual curiosity, critical thinking, as well as part-time artist-teachers mathematics, science, social studies, and creativity to impart the skills to of local, national, and international and world languages. Honors courses lead and collaborate across diverse acclaim. The student-to-faculty ratio are offered in selected disciplines. AP communities. is 4:1. Fifty-three percent of Academy courses are offered during a student’s teachers hold graduate degrees. junior and senior years. STUDENT BODY Students are admitted to The Academy ACCREDITATION each year based on demonstrated The Academy is accredited by the ability in both academics and the arts. Independent Schools Association of the For the 2020-2021 school year, 50% Central States (ISACS) and is a member of applicants were accepted to The in good standing of the National Academy. Association of Independent Schools The 136 students of The Academy form (NAIS). The Academy is recognized by a diverse community: 65% Caucasian, the Illinois State Board of Education 13% African American/Black, 7% Latino/ (ISBE) and is a member of the Illinois Hispanic American, 2% Asian American, High School Association (ISHA) and the 10% Multiracial American, and 3% Arts School Network (ASN). International. Academy students live in Chicago, its suburbs, and beyond: 47% Chicago, 53% suburbs and beyond. ARTS CURRICULUM Many students commute over three Each student is a member of one of hours each day to attend The Academy. The Academy’s six arts departments: Dance, Media Arts, Music, Musical Approximately 49% of students Theatre, Theatre, or Visual Arts. Each receive need-based tuition assistance department provides core courses each year. A total of $1.2 million was that immerse the students in the awarded for the 2020-2021 school year. discipline of the respective department. Faculty members assess students One hundred percent of the students individually in each course each semester. In addition to their regular of the Class of 2020 were admitted to The Pirates of Penzance, 2019 universities, colleges, art institutes, arts classwork, students participate or conservatories. The 143 students in numerous productions throughout DAILY SCHEDULE comprising the classes of 2017-2020 the school year. The Academy has The Academy’s school day begins at collectively earned over $31 million in over 100 productions each year, 8:30 a.m. and consists of six 45-minute college scholarships including concerts, plays, musicals, academic periods followed by a three- readings, screenings, and exhibitions. hour immersion in the student’s The average academic class size is 15 Additionally, The Academy’s urban respective arts discipline. students. location offers students unparalleled access to, and partnerships with, some While the standard school day officially of the world’s most renowned arts ends at 4:30 p.m., students are required organizations and professionals. to stay later on the majority of school days for rehearsals, performances, Seniors in each arts department also private lessons, or student-led projects. present major final projects (such The Academy’s extended school day as recitals, exhibits, and films) as a and the significant commutes of many graduation requirement. of our students limit their availability for extra-curricular activities. GRADING POLICY HONORS AND AP COURSES GRADING SCALE The Academy provides a cumulative The Academy offers eight honors-level GPA that includes both academic and courses and nine AP courses. These Grade Standard Honors AP arts courses as well as a cumulative courses are offered to students based A 4 4.5 5 GPA that includes academic courses upon teacher recommendation. Due to B 3 3.5 4 only. The Academy does not rank its AP course availability and scheduling C 2 2.5 3 students. conflicts, students are typically able D 1 1 1 to take a total of no more than five AP F 0 0 0 courses. Honors and AP courses are weighted in the GPA. COURSE OFFERINGS SUBJECT/REQUIREMENTS COURSES Honors and AP courses are highlighted in red. A one-semester course is equal to .5 credits. Course titles reflect changes made at the beginning of the 2017-2018 school year.

• African American Literature* • Introduction to Literary Analysis • Myth and Hero* ENGLISH • American Literature • Latin American Literature* • Native American Literature* 4 credits • Analysis and Composition • Literature and Composition • Postcolonial Literature* • AP English Literature & Composition • Literature and the Comedic Form* • Shakespeare as Literature and *One-semester course. • Chicago Literature* • Literature of World War I* Drama* Offered in alternating years. • Detective Fiction • Literature Through Film* • Women’s Literature* • Gothic Literature MATHEMATICS • Algebra I • AP Statistics • Honors Algebra II • Algebra II • Discrete Mathematics • Honors Geometry 3 credits • AP Calculus AB • Geometry • Honors Precalculus *Not offered in 2020-2021 • AP Calculus BC • Honors Algebra I* • Precalculus

SCIENCE • Anatomy & Physiology • Chemistry • Scientific Discourse and Debate • AP Computer Science Principles • Health and Wellness • Thought Experiment 3 credits • Astronomy • Physics • Biology • Plagues, Pests, and Politics SOCIAL STUDIES • AP Art History • Global Affairs • Studies in Value: Introduction to • AP European History • Honors Philosophy* Ethics and Aesthetics 3 credits • Being and Knowing: Introduction to • Honors World Religions* • U.S. History *Not offered in 2020-2021 Ontology and Epistemology • Intro to Sociology and Pyschology • World History • Civics • Modern American History Through • Global Affairs Film WORLD LANGUAGES • AP French • French I-III • Honors Spanish IV 2 credits • AP Spanish • Honors French IV • Spanish I-III ARTS ELECTIVES • Business & the Arts • Music Composition • Studio Art (Offered to students of • Digital Arts and Media • Rhetoric, Discourse, Speech, and • Urban Design all arts departments) • Introduction to Acting Debate

Each student is a member of one of the following arts departments and must complete the courses shown. DANCE • Ballet A, B, & C • Men’s Class • Pas de Deux • Dance Composition • Modern Graham Technique A, B, & C • Pointe A & B • Jazz A, B, & C

MEDIA ARTS • Animation Studies • Expanded Narrative • Publications Lab • Animation Techniques • Fiction • Screenwriting • Audio Production • Film Aesthetics • Sequential Narrative • Cinematography • Introduction To Creative Writing • Studio • Creative Non-Fiction • Media Design • Video Production • Directing • Poetry • Workshop MUSIC • Chamber Ensemble • Jazz Combo • Piano Lab • Classical Vocal Workshop • Jazz Vocal Workshop • Studio • Composition • Music History • Theory and Ear Training I, II, and • Contemporary Writing and Production • Musicianship I, II, III, and IV Advanced

MUSICAL THEATRE • Advanced Acting • Introduction to Acting • Private Voice Instruction *Through Dance Dept. • Dance (Ballet, Moden, and Jazz)* • Musical Theatre Dance • Voice Repertoire and Music • Intermediate Acting • Musical Theatre Studio I and II Theory

THEATRE • Acting for the Camera* • Improvisation* • Scenic, Lighting, & Sound Design • Advanced Acting • Intermediate Acting • Script Analysis • Circus* • Introduction to Acting • Stagecraft *One-semester course • Combat for Stage and Screen* • Makeup for Stage and Screen* • Stage Management • Costume Concepts* • Playwriting* • Voice and Movement • Directing • Scenic, Lighting, & Sound Design VISUAL ARTS • Color Theory • Drawing • Painting • Design • Four-Dimensional Studio • Printmaking • Digital Photography • Interdisciplinary Art • Sculpture ACT SCORES 2019 *2020 ACT scores will be released toward the end of 2020. Section Academy Average National Average Academy % Higher English 25.3 20.1 26% Math 24.2 20.3 19% Reading 25.9 21.2 22% Science 23.5 20.6 14% Composite 24.8 20.9 19% ACT COLLEGE READINESS* SCORES 2019 Section % Academy Students % National Students Academy % Higher English 91% 60% 52% Math 77% 39% 97% Reading 73% 45% 62% Science 64% 36% 78% Graduation, 2016 Meeting all four 59% 26% 127% *The ACT’s “College Readiness” statistic predicts the likelihood of a student earning an ‘A’ or a ‘B’ in a particular college course.

COLLEGE ACCEPTANCES 2010-2020 AMDA College and Conservatory of the Dominican University of California University of Mary Washington Saint John’s University Performing Arts Drake University Maryland Institute College of Art Saint Mary’s College American Academy of Dramatic Arts Drew University Marymount Manhattan College Saint Xavier University The American Musical and Dramatic Drexel University Massachusetts College of Art and Design Sam Houston State University Academy College of DuPage University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth San Francisco Art Institute The American University of Paris Earlham College McGill University San Francisco Conservatory of Music Antioch College Eastman School of Music Mercyhurst University University of San Francisco Arizona State University Eckerd College Miami University, Oxford Santa Fe University of Art and Design The University of Arizona Edinburgh College of Art University of Miami Sarah Lawrence College Augustana College Elmhurst College University of Michigan Savannah College of Art and Design Baldwin Wallace University Elon University Middleburg College School of the Art Institute of Chicago Ball State University Emerson College Millikin University School of the Museum of Fine Arts Bard College Emory University Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design School of Visual Arts Barnard College University of Essex Minneapolis College of Art and Design Scripps College Belmont University Eugene Lang College The New School for University of Minnesota Shenandoah University Beloit College Liberal Arts University of Missouri, Columbia Skidmore College Bennington College University of Evansville University of Missouri, Kansas City University of South Carolina Berklee College of Music Evergreen State University Montana State University, Bozeman University of South Florida, Tampa Biola University Florida State University The University of Montana, Missoula University of Southern California Boston Conservatory Fordham University Moody Bible Institute Southern Illinois University, Carbondale Boston University Friends University Muhlenberg College Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville Bowling Green State University George Mason University New England Conservatory of Music Southern Methodist University Bradley University Goucher College The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Smith College Brooks Institute of Photography Grand Valley State University Music Spelman College Burlington College Green Mountain College The New School Springfield College Butler University Grinnell College New York University Stanford University California College of the Arts (Oakland) Guildford School of Acting University of North Carolina School of the Suffolk University California Institute of the Arts Guilford College Arts SUNY-Purchase College, State University California State University, Long Beach Hampshire College North Central College of New York University of California, Berkeley University of Hartford North Park University Syracuse University University of California, Los Angeles Harry S. Truman Community College of University of North Texas The Ohio State University University of California, San Diego Chicago Northeastern Illinois University Temple University CAP21 Performing Arts Conservatory Hawaii Pacific University University of Northern Colorado The Theatre School Carnegie Mellon University University of Hawaii at Manoa Northern Illinois University Triton College Central Saint Martins College of Art & Hofstra University Northwestern University Tulane University Design Howard University Oberlin College and Conservatory University of the Arts London Centre College University of Illinois at Chicago University of Oklahoma The University of the Arts Champlain College University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Oklahoma City University Ursinus College Chapman University Illinois State University Ontario College of Art & Design University of Utah Chicago College of Performing Arts at Illinois Wesleyan University Otterbein University Valparaiso University Roosevelt University Indiana University at Bloomington Pace University, New York City Vassar College University of Chicago The University of Iowa Pace University, Westchester Campus Virginia Commonwealth University Chicago State University Ithaca College Parsons The New School for Design Viterbo University University of Cincinnati College Johns Hopkins University Peabody Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Wagner College Conservatory of Music Conservatory of Music Pennsylvania State University, University University of Washington Cleveland Institute of Music The Juilliard School Park Washington University, St. Louis Coe College Juniata College Pepperdine University Wayne State College for Creative Studies Kansas City Art Institute Point Park University Webster University University of Colorado at Boulder University of Kansas Pomona College Wesleyan University Colorado College University of Kentucky Pratt Institute Western Illinois University Colorado State University Kenyon College Prescott College Western Michigan University Columbia College Chicago Knox College Princeton University University of Wisconsin, La Crosse Concordia University (Montreal, Quebec) Lake Forest College University of Redlands University of Wisconsin, Madison Concordia University (IL) Lawrence University Reed College University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee The Conservatory of Music Lewis University Rhode Island School of Design The College of Wooster The Cooper Union for the Advancement of The Liverpool Institute for the Performing Ripon College Science & Art Arts Rochester Institute of Technology Cornell College London Contemporary Dance School University of Rochester Cornish College of the Arts University of Louisiana, Lafayette Rockford University Dean College Loyola Marymount University Roehampton University (UK) University of Denver Loyola University Chicago Roosevelt University DePaul University Manhattan School of Music Rose Bruford College Dominican University Marquette University Rutgers University-New Brunswick 1010 W. 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