Mission
Provide authentic, career preparatory training to students with a passion for careers in film production, digital media production, and acting; to provide solid liberal arts education to students in preparation for college entry, as well as assisting students at risk of not graduating; and to assist in the character education and development of each student.
Vision
Be a safe place where film and individualized education help students discover and realize their life goals.
Academic Success
- We believe all students can learn.
- We believe in developing broad academic literacy, which includes critical thinking skills fundamental scientific, mathematical, creative and cultural literacy.
- We believe the keys to academic success involve achieving independent thinking and problem solving, and goal setting aimed at college and career readiness.
- We believe in supporting each individual student's potential with tenacity.
Safety
- We believe that we create a safe environment through positive and respectful relationships built on trust, consistency, and clear boundaries and expectations.
- We believe in modeling positive relationships and conflict resolution skills so students can see first hand how adults handle conflict in a healthy way.
- We believe in providing a positive and safe school environment that recognizes and respects individuality.
Individuality
- We believe in valuing both individuality and diversity by providing opportunities for creative work in the arts.
- We believe that every student is an individual and their education should be approached that way.
- We believe that in learning about students and their individual background (academic, social and emotional) we are able to foster their individual learning needs.
Resilience
- We believe in equipping students with the skills to overcome past failure and challenges for future success in the classroom and beyond.
- We believe that through building positive relationships with students we can help them overcome obstacles to learning.