| Coronado School of the Arts | |
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| Location | |
| Coronado, California United States |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public school |
| Established | 1996 |
| School district | Coronado Unified School District |
| Director | Katherine McKnight (Kris McClung retiring)[1] |
| Grades | Grades 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 155 (2008)[1] |
| Website | http://www.cosafoundation.org/ |
Coronado School of the Arts (CoSA) is a school-within-a-school located on the campus of Coronado High School in Coronado, California. The school currently enrolls 155 students,[1] of which nearly 70% comes from outside Coronado.[2]
CoSA is largely an after-hours program[2] with a focus on the arts, were students take academic courses at Coronado High School in the morning.[1] The school offers classes in classical and contemporary dance, musical theater and drama, instrumental music, technical theater, visual art, and digital media and filmmaking.[1] It has Ph.D.s on its faculty and what the San Diego Union Tribune calls "a formidable fund-raising auxiliary", the CoSA Foundation.[3]
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The idea for the school materialized in 1993.[1] The school was founded in 1996 by Kris McClung[2] and had 60 students when it opened it doors in 1996.[1] In 2007, CoSA unveiled a $12 million theater arts complex that includes a 650-seat main-stage theater, a black-box theater, scene shop, music and drama rooms, administrative offices, and a fly loft.[2]
In 2005, four evacuees of Hurricane Katrina relocated from the wind and rain damaged New Orleans Center for Creative Arts.[4]
The rehearsals for both "Journey to Oz" with Dance and "The Laramie Project" *The Laramie Project with a mix of Musical Theatre students and other students from schools in the Coronado School District are now underway. The Laramie Project is PG-13, and recommended not to be seen by children 13 or under because of content.
The Coronado School of the Arts Foundation provides the oversight and fundraising apparatus [1] for CoSA. Private funding, in the form of tuition and donations, covers about half of CoSA's operating budget. The remaining money is provided by the Coronado Unified School District, and through special state and federal grants.
In August 2008, Pamela Coker was appointed Executive Director for the CoSA Foundation.[5]