RSA Mission

Mission Statement

The mission of the Redding School of the Arts is to provide those students K-8 who have an interest in visual or performing arts with skills for the 21st century~the ability to read, write, speak and calculate with clarity and precision, and participate in the life of the community. It seeks to accomplish its goal of high academic and behavioral standards through a student centered, thematic approach, multicultural environment with emphasis on the arts. This charter school will enable students to become literate, self-motivated and life long learners who appreciate, enjoy and respect the visual and performing arts.

Visual and Performing Arts Policy

The Governing Board recognizes that by studying visual and performing arts students learn to develop initiative, discipline, perceptual abilities and critical and creative thinking skills that extend to all areas of life. The Board believes that a comprehensive arts education program should be an integral part of the basic education offered to all students in all grades. The Board encourages all teachers to use the arts to facilitate learning in the subjects they teach.

Redding School of the Arts' comprehensive arts education program will include a written, sequential curriculum in dance, music, theater and the visual arts. Students will have the opportunity to continually improve artistic skills,create and/or perform original works, acquire an appreciation of the arts from many eras and cultures and develop an intellectual basis for making aesthetic judgments.

Staff development opportunities will be provided so that visual and performing arts will be integrated into the arts through the core curriculum.

In addition, Redding School of the Arts will encourage the integration of community arts resources into the school program. Students will have opportunities to attend musical and theatrical performances, observe the work of accomplished artists and work directly with visiting artists.