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New Bell Schedule
Getting ready for school to start? So are we! We’ve had many questions about start times.
The Intermediate School regular day will run from 9:10 a.m. – 4 p.m. with the High School day running from 8:35 a.m. – 3:25 p.m. Review or print the Bell Time Schedule below.
Read morePlease join us at the Figge Art Museum on August 4 for the opening of an exciting new exhibit involving CAA students. Last year’s 6th Grade Creative Arts Visual Art students curated the Facing Difference exhibit. This exhibit features thousands of self-portraits submitted by students from across the globe and is displayed as a statement of overcoming difference and practicing empathy.
We Have Moved!
It’s been an exciting summer for the Creative Arts Academy! We have relocated to the 2nd Floor of the Downtown Ground Transportation Depot. We appreciate your patience as we are currently operating without Internet or phone connectivity but we will be up and running very soon! Please direct your questions to creativeartsacademyqc@gmail.com. Read more
At The CAA’s 2018 Spring Gala students raised around $300 to support Kings Harvest Pet Rescue No Kill Shelter 563 386 3117. Their fundraising efforts included a bake sale and raffle items. These raffle items were ceramics pieces, photography or drawings created by students! Students toured King’s Harvest Animal Shelter and created pieces around the animals they saw. Read more
Work hard, Play Hard with Game Design
CAA 6th Grade Communication and Media Arts students displayed their game boards at the CAA’s recent Spring Gala. The students spent a unit learning about the world of game board design. Students used a nursery rhyme as inspiration for the board theme and created their own rules and even created game pieces and board packaging. Read more
Communication & Media Arts Students Animate Elementary School Animations
7th Grade Communication & Media Arts students traveled to Garfield Elementary to share their animated mythical birds and myths. Using Adobe Illustrator and After Effects, students designed and animated birds originally created by 3rd grade art students from Garfield Elementary.
Salute to CAA Senior Charlie Balsar
Charleston Balsar
North Scott High School Class of 2018 & Creative Arts Academy Communication & Media Arts
Summa cum laude
Attending Columbia College of Chicago
Cinema Art and Science major
Accepted into the honors program
Scholarships
Columbia College of Chicago – Columbia Scholar Award ($13,000 x 4 years)
North Scott Music Boosters Scholarship ($500 – 6 recipients)
Porter-Robinson Family Scholarship ($2,500 – 2 recipients)
Awards
National Honor Society
North Scott Academic Excellence Award (carrying a 4.0 GPA for the 2017-2018 year). Read more