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Dean of Student Services SCHOOL PROFILE 2019-2020 Becca Freeland Orange County School of the Arts (OCSA), a public charter school located in the heart of Santa Dean of Instruction Ana, California, provides a six-year comprehensive academic and conservatory arts program to Sally Lopez students in grades 7 through 12. Established in 1987, OCSA is one of the premier arts schools in the nation, where aspiring young artists have the opportunity to refine their skills and flourish in Dean of Facilities and Supervision one of 16 pre-professional arts conservatories. Michael Ciecek

Dean of Arts OCSA serves a culturally diverse student body of more than 2,200 students from 100 cities Dr. Maria Lazarova throughout Southern California. Based on the belief that creative artistry is fueled by intellectual insight, OCSA provides a rigorous college-preparatory academic program that produces Dean of Special Services high-achieving, motivated scholars. Students attend five hours of academic classes in addition to Dr. Greg Endelman three hours of daily arts instruction. Enrollment at OCSA is determined by the completion of an Learning Specialist, Special Services application and participation in a placement activity. OCSA admits all applicants on a Leon Metoyer space-available basis to the appropriate level of the conservatory of choice. When applicants exceed spaces, a lottery is conducted to determine which students are admitted. School Counselors Alyx Braun Daniel Hulse ETHNICITY DEMOGRAPHICS Kara McCann ENROLLMENT Vanessa Musso 2,223 students (grades 7 through 12) Hispanic: 20% American Indian: 1% Ashley Talbert Non-Hispanic: 80% Asian-American: 21% Rebecca Vance-Freeland Seniors: 416 Pacific Islander: 1% Juniors: 434 Filipino: 2% ACCREDITATION Sophomores: 448 African American: 1% • Western Association of Schools and Colleges Freshmen: 409 White: 47% • Recognized ASCA Model RAMP Program 8th Grade: 288 Multi-Ethnic: 23% 7th Grade: 228 Undeclared: 5% RECOGNITIONS • #1 Best Charter High School in California (Niche, 2020) • Exemplary School CURRICULUM (Arts Schools Network, 2006, 2010-2011, • The Academic program is organized on an alternating block schedule that meets every 2013-2022) other day. Students take three 90-minute block classes daily. • Exceptional Charter School in Special Education (National Association of Special Education • The Art Conservatory program consists of two 70-minute blocks, four days a week. Teachers, 2017-2020) Middle school students attend one block each day while high school students attend two • Best High Schools in America blocks. These pre-professional arts courses vary in content, day, and block based on the (U.S. News & World Report, 2008-2019) conservatory. • California Gold Ribbon School (California Department of Education, 2017) HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS • GRAMMY Signature School Course Length Credits (GRAMMY Foundation, 2016) Literature & Composition 8 Semesters 40 • America’s Top Public High Schools Mathematics (Integrated I and II) 4 Semesters 20 (Newsweek, 2007-2010, 2013-2014) Life Science 2 Semesters 10 • Top 10 Charter School Physical Science 2 Semesters 10 (University of Southern California, 2013) Health 1 Semester 5 Global Studies (Required for freshmen only) 1 Semester 5 MEMBERSHIPS • International NETWORK of Schools for World History 2 Semesters 10 the Advancement of Arts Education US History 2 Semesters 10 • National Association of Special Education Government 1 Semester 5 Teachers Economics 1 Semester 5 World Language 4 Semesters 20 Fine Arts 2 Semesters 10 FACULTY Physical Education 4 Semesters 20 • All academic faculty are fully credentialed. Required Course Credits 170 • The majority of the 300 arts and academic Electives 70 teachers hold advanced degrees. Total Credits Required to Graduate: 240

• Guest artists and industry leaders share Thirty-two credits of conservatory courses are required each year of all 9th through 12th grade their expertise and creativity with students students from one of the following conservatories: Acting, Ballet Folklórico Dance, Ballroom Dance, through lectures, presentations, and Classical Voice, Classical & Contemporary Dance, Commercial Dance, Creative Writing, Culinary hands-on training. Arts & Hospitality, Digital Media, Film & Television, Instrumental Music, Integrated Arts, Musical Theatre, Popular Music, Production & Design, or Visual Arts. TESTING INFORMATION

SAT Reasoning Test – Mean Scores Grade and GPA Scale Class of 2019 OCSA 2019 State SAT Data OCSA utilizes a four-point scale to # of students taking exam 247 272,892 calculate students’ grade point averages, but does not rank students by GPA. Reading & Writing 630 534 Math 617 531 Grade Scale: A = 4.0 B = 3.0 C = 2.0 D = 1.0 Total Mean Scores 1246 1065 Advanced Placement/Honors courses (+) are weighted with an additional value of one point for each course semester. ACT Test – Mean Scores Average Cumulative Class of 2019 OCSA 2019 State ACT Data Academic GPA: 3.3 # of students taking exam 190 98,032 Advanced Placement Classes Composite Score 27.4 22.6 AP Art and Design English 28.9 22.4 AP Art History Math 25.4 22.3 AP Biology Reading 28.7 23.0 AP Calculus AB AP Calculus BC Science 26.0 22.2 AP Chemistry AP Economics AP Environmental Science Advanced Placement Exams AP French 100% AP Government AP Language and Composition AP Literature and Composition • May 2019, 714 students took AP exams 80% • A total of 1,617 exams were taken in 20 AP subjects AP Music Theory AP Physics 1 • 84% of the AP exams received passing scores 60% AP Physics 2 AP Psychology • May 2018, 726 students took AP exams AP Research • A total of 1,360 exams were taken in 19 AP subjects 40% AP Seminar • 84% of the AP exams received passing scores AP Spanish 20% AP Statistics • May 2017, 854 students took AP exams SCORE PERCENTAGES PASSING AP U.S. History • A total of 1,258 exams were taken in 19 AP subjects AP World History • 83% of the AP exams received passing scores 0% 2017 2018 2019 Honors Classes Literature and Composition l Honors Literature and Composition ll Honors (+) STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT Integrated III Enhanced (+) Pre-Calculus (+) Chemistry Honors (+) National Merit Scholarship Awards Class of Class of Class of Class of Spanish IV Honors (+) 2016 2017 2018 2019 French III Honors (+) National Merit Finalists 2 5 7 6 National Merit Semi-Finalists 2 5 7 6 Extra Curricular Opportunities National Merit Commended Scholars 13 13 20 15 • Student Body Leadership • National Honor Society National Hispanic Recognition Scholars 4 4 12 3 • California Scholarship Federation • Camp OCSA Counselor • Over 100 student-led clubs and organizations Advanced Placement Awards 2016 2017 2018 2019 National Honors 9 16 22 28 TUITION Scholar with Distinction 82 96 114 139 OCSA is tuition free, donation Scholar with Honors 82 66 62 67 dependent. No student is offered or denied Scholar 111 120 96 109 enrollment based on financial capacity. COLLEGE PREPARATORY (CP) COURSE OFFERINGS BY SUBJECT AREA OCSA offers seven year-long Honors courses and 22 Advanced Placement courses. Courses indicated with an asterisk * receive an extra point in the grade point average calculation.

English World Languages • Folklórico Repertory • Literature and Composition I • *AP French Language and Culture • Graphic Design • Literature and Composition IH • *AP Spanish Language and Culture • Illustration • Literature and Composition II • French I • Improvisation • *Literature and Composition IIH • French II • Jazz Combos • Literature and Composition III • French III • Jazz Dance • *AP English Language • *French IIIH • Jazz Orchestra • *AP English Literature and Composition • French IV • Jewelry • 19th Century Literature/Science Fiction • Mandarin I • Landscape Painting Composition • Mandarin II • Modern Dance Technique • Popular Culture/Film LiteratureComposition • Mandarin III • Music History • Media Analysis/Modern Plays • Mandarin IV • Music Theory • Mythology/Science Fiction Composition • Spanish for Native Speakers A • Painting • Spanish for Native Speakers B • Percussion Ensemble Science • Spanish I • Photography • Anatomy • Spanish II • Piano • *AP Biology • Spanish III • Piano Masterclass • *AP Chemistry • Spanish IV • Playreading and Analysis • *AP Environmental Science • *Spanish IVH • Saxophone Ensemble • *AP Physics 1 • Standard Ballroom Dance • *AP Physics 2 Visual and Performing Arts • String Orchestra • Biology of the Living Earth • 3-D Design • Chemistry • Strings Chamber Music • Acting Technique • *Chemistry Honors • Tap Dance • Advanced Painting • Environmental Science • Theatre History • Animation • Food and Nutrition Science • Vocal Ensemble • *AP Art and Design • Physics • Voice • *AP Art History • Zoology • Watercolor • *AP Music Theory • Winds Ensemble Mathematics • Art History • Woodwind Quintet • *AP Calculus AB • Ballet Dance • Yearbook • *AP Calculus BC • Ballet Technique • *AP Statistics • Ballroom Dance Electives • Financial Algebra • Brass Ensemble • *AP Macro Economics • Integrated Math I • Ceramics • *AP Psychology • Integrated Math II • Chamber Orchestra • *AP Research • Integrated Math III • Choreography • *AP Seminar • *Integrated Math III/Enhanced • Clarinet Ensemble • CW Core Short Story • *Pre-Calculus • Commercial Music Theory • CW Inkblot • Conducting • Economics Social Science • Dance Conditioning • Emergency Medical Technician • *AP Government and Politics • Dance History • CA Food History • United States • Directing • Introduction to Computer Science • *AP United States History • Digital Printing • Journalism • *AP World History • Drawing • Screenwriting • Government • Elements of Music Theory • Senior Project • U.S. History • Fashion and Costume Design • World History • Flute Masterclass

Thirty-two credits of conservatory courses are required each year of all 9th through 12th grade students from one of the following conservatories:

SCHOOL CONSERVATORY STUDENTS ENROLLED School of Applied Arts The Mekjian Family Culinary Arts & Hospitality 88 School of Dance Ballet Folklórico Dance 68 Ballroom Dance 65 Classical & Contemporary Dance 60 Commercial Dance 128

School of Fine & Media Arts Creative Writing 161 Digital Media 81 Film & Television 82 Integrated Arts 243 Visual Arts 198 School of Music Classical Voice 117 Instrumental Music Frederick Fennell Wind Studies Program 71 The Garn Family Jazz Studies Program 39 Guitar Program 26 Pianist Program 44 Strings & Orchestra Program 87 Popular Music 87 School of Theatre Acting 207 Musical Theatre 238 Production & Design 129 MATRICULATION Ninety-nine percent of the Class of 2019 was accepted into institutions of higher education and 84% are attending a four-year college program. Additionally, 13% are attending a two-year college or conservatory program and 3% are going directly into the workplace or taking a gap year.

OCSA students apply to and enroll at schools that reflect each student’s individual interests and strengths. The following post-secondary campus acceptances and matriculation (in parenthesis) data was reported by the class of 2019.

Abilene Christian University 1 Duke University 2 Oregon State University 2 University of Colorado at Boulder 13 (3) Adelphi University 1 Eastman School of Music-U of Rochester 2 (1) Otis College of Art and Design 14 (3) University of Colorado at Denver 1 Allegheny College 1 Eckerd College 1 (1) Otterbein University 3 (1) University of Connecticut 1 American Academy of the Dramatic Arts 1 El Camino College 1 (1) Oxford Brookes University 1 University of Delaware 1 American Musical and Dramatic Academy 1 Elon University 4 Pace University, NYC 28 (6) University of Denver 4 American University 9 (1) Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University 1 (1) Pacific Northwest College of Art 2 University of Edinburgh 2 The American University of Paris 1 Emerson College 21 (3) Pacific Union College 1 University of Florida 1 (1) Amherst College 1 Emory University 2 (1) Pacific University 1 University of Hawaii at Manoa 11 Arizona State University 10 (1) Evergreen State College 2 Pasadena City College 1 (1) University of Illinois at Chicago 3 Art Center College of Design 12 (5) Fairfield University 1 Peabody Institute of The John Hopkins Univ. 4 (1) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 3 Arts University Bournemouth 1 Fashion Institute of Technology 1 Pennsylvania State University 8 (2) University of Iowa 6 (1) Azusa Pacifica University 4 Florida State University 2 (1) Pennsylvania State University, Abington 1 University of La Verne 1 Babson College 1 Fordham University 11 Pepperdine University 6 University of Manchester 1 Baldwin Wallace University 3 Fort Lewis College 1 Pitzer College 1 (1) University of Maryland, College Park 1 (1) Bard College 2 Franklin University, Switzerland 5 (1) Point Loma Nazarene University 4 University of Massachusetts, Amherst 1 Barnard College 1 Fullerton College 12 (10) Point Park University 3 University of Massachusetts, Boston 2 Baylor University 2 George Mason University 1 Pomona College 4 (3) University of Miami 1 Belmont University 6 (2) George Washington University 4 (1) Portland State University 5 University of Michigan 10 (2) Beloit College 2 Georgia Institute of Technology 4 Pratt Institute 9 (1) University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 4 Berklee College of Music 5 Golden West College 2 (1) Purchase College, SUNY 5 University of Missouri, Columbia 1 Berklee Online College of Music 1 (1) Gonzaga University 2 Purdue University 3 (1) University of Nevada, Las Vegas 4 (1) Biola University 8 (3) Guildford School of Acting 1 (1) Reed College 7 (1) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2 (1) Boise State University 1 Guildford College 1 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 4 (1) University of North Carolina School of the Arts 3 (2) Boston College 4 (2) Gustavus Adolphus College 1 Rhode Island School of Design 7 (1) University of Oregon 10 (1) Boston Conservatory at Berklee 2 Harvard College 1 (1) Rider University 3 (1) University of the Pacific 4 Boston University 13 (1) Harvey Mudd College 2 Ringling College of Art and Design 4 University of Pennsylvania 4 (4) Brandeis University 3 (2) Hawaii Pacific University 2 Rochester Institute of Technology 3 University of Portland 8 (1) Brigham Young University 1 (1) Hobart and William Smith Colleges 1 Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design 1 University of Puget Sound 1 California Baptist University 3 Hofstra University 4 Roosevelt University 3 University of Redlands 6 (2) California College of the Arts (San Franc) 4 Hollins University 1 Royal Conservatoire of Scotland 1 University of Richmond 1 California Institute of Technology 1 (1) Howard University 2 (2) Sacred Heart University 1 University of San Diego 4 California Institute of the Arts 5 (3) Imperial College London 1 Saddleback College 7 (6) University of San Francisco 15 (1) California Lutheran University 5 Indiana University at Bloomington 4 Saint Joseph’s University 1 University of Southern California 21 (9) Irvine Valley College 8 (8) Saint Mary’s College of California 1 University of Southern California, California State Universities Ithaca College 6 (1) Saint Xavier University 1 School of Music 2 Bakersfield 1 James Madison University 1 San Francisco Art Institute 1 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 1 Channel Islands 2 John Hopkins University 1 (1) San Francisco Conservatory of Music 2 (1) University of the Arts, London 1 (1) Chico 5 (1) Johnson and Wales University (Denver) 2 (1) Santa Ana College 4 (4) University of Utah 6 (1) Dominguez Hills 1 (1) Johnson and Wales University (Miami) 1 Santa Clara University 4 University of Vermont 4 (1) East Bay 2 Johnson and Wales University (Providence) 3 Santiago Canyon College 1 University of Washington 13 (1) Fresno 1 Kenyon College 2 Sarah Lawrence College 3 (1) University of Wisconsin, Madison 2 (1) Fullerton 59 (18) King's College London 1 Savannah College of Art & Design 9 (1) Vanderbilt University 3 (1) Humboldt 2 La Sienna University 1 (1) Savannah College of Art & Design, Hong Kong 1 Vanguard University of Southern California 3 (1) Long Beach 53 (6) Laguna College of Art and Design 12 (5) School of the Art Institute of Chicago 13 (2) Vassar College 1 Los Angeles 6 Lawrence University 1 School of Visual Arts 9 (1) Wagner College 8 (2) Monterey Bay 2 Lewis and Clark College 5 (1) Scripps College 7 (3) Warren Wilson College 1 Northridge 12 (1) LIM College (Laboratory Inst. of Merchandising) 1 Seattle University 2 (1) Washington University, St. Louis 1 Polytechnic, Pomona 15 (2) Long Island University, Brooklyn 1 Shenandoah University 1 Webb Institute 1 (1) Polytechnic, SLO 13 (2) Long Island University, Post 5 Skidmore College 1 Webster University 1 Sacramento 2 (1) Long Beach City College 1 (1) Smith College 3 Wellesley College 1 San Diego 9 (2) Loyola Marymount University 17 (2) SOKA University 1 Western New England University 1 San Marcos 2 Loyola University Chicago 3 (2) Southern Methodist University 1 Western Washington University 1 San Francisco 15 (3) Loyola University New Orleans 1 (1) St. John’s University 1 Westminster College 1 San Jose 4 (1) Lynn University 1 St. Lawrence University 1 Westmont College 1 Sonoma 1 Manhattan School of Music 3 St. Olaf College 1 Whitman College 1 Stanislaus 2 Maryland Institute College of Art 8 Stanford University 5 (3) Whittier College 8 Marymount Manhattan College 5 (1) Studio School Los Angeles 1 Willamette University 2 Carleton College 1 Massachusetts College of Art and Design 2 (1) SUNY Albany 1 William and Mary University 1 Carnegie Mellon University 6 (1) MA College of Pharmacy and Health Sci. 1 Syracuse University 4 (1) Williams College 2 (1) Carroll College, Montana 1 McGill University 2 (2) Texas Christian University 3 Woodbury University 1 Case Western Reserve University 4 (1) Met Film School (London) 1 (1) Texas State University 4 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 1 Cerritos College 2 (1) Michigan State University 2 The College of Wooster 1 Yale University 2 (2) Chaminade University of Honolulu 1 Millikin University 2 The Culinary Institute of America-NY 1 Yavapai College 1 (1) Chapman University 42 (13) Milwaukee School of Engineering 1 The New School-All Divisions 13 (3) City College of San Francisco 1 (1) Minneapolis College of Art and Design 2 The University of the Arts 1 (1) Clemson University 1 Missouri State University 2 Towson University 1 Cleveland Institute of Music 1 (1) Montana State University, Bozeman 4 (1) Tufts University 5 Coastal Carolina University 1 Montclair State University 3 United States Military Academy-Army 2 (1) College for Creative Studies 1 Morningside College 1 United States Naval Academy 1 (1) Colorado College 1 Mount Holyoke College 1 University College of London 2 Colorado School of Mines 2 (1) Muhlenberg College 2 University of Alabama in Huntsville 1 Colorado State University 7 (1) Musicians Institute 1 (1) University of Arizona 26 (3) Columbia College Chicago 13 (5) New England College 1 University of Auckland 1 Columbia College Hollywood 2 New England Conservatory of Music 2 (1) University of British Columbia 1 (1) Columbia University 2 (1) New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology 1 Columbus College of Art & Design 2 New Mexico State University 1 University of California Concordia University-Irvine 2 New York Film Academy 1 Berkeley 22 (8) Cornell College 1 New York University 23 (7) Davis 21 (1) Cornell University 3 (1) Northeastern University 5 (2) Irvine 54 (7) Cornish College of the Arts 2 (1) Northern Arizona University 12 (4) Los Angeles 40 (16) Creighton University 1 Northwestern University 3 (2) Merced 7 Cypress College 3 (3) Norwich School of Art and Design 1 Riverside 17 (2) Dean College 1 Oberlin College of Arts and Sciences 3 San Diego 35 (7) DePaul University 13 (1) Oberlin Conservatory of Music 2 Santa Barbara 31 (6) DePauw University 1 Occidental College 4 Santa Cruz 24 (4) Dixie State University 1 Oglethorpe University 1 Dominican University of California 1 Ohio State University 1 University of Central Florida 1 Drew University 1 Ohio University 2 University of Chicago 1 Drexel University 6 Orange Coast College 11 (11) University of Cincinnati 1