A Creative Arts Education to Foster Creative Minds
The Creative Arts Academy infuses individual student learning with creativity and innovation applied through a career-oriented arts foundation that prepares students for a global marketplace.
Project Based Learning
is a student-centered approach involving a dynamic classroom where students acquire a deeper knowledge through active exploration of real-world challenges and problems. |
Arts Integration
is an approach to teaching in which students construct and demonstrate understanding through an art form. Students engage in a creative process which connects an art form and another subject area and meets evolving objectives in both. |
21st Century Skills
21st Century Skills are more important to students now than ever before. ... Utilizing the Partnership for 21st Century Skills' Framework for 21st Century Learning, courses at the Academy emphasize the 4 Cs – Communication, Collaboration, Critical Thinking, and Creativity – skills that all learners need for success in school, work and life. |
Costs
The Academy has NO CHARGE to any student who lives in Iowa and meets the March 1st Open Enrollment Deadline regardless of which district in Iowa they reside. The Academy has students from all over the Iowa Quad Cities and outlying Iowa towns attending for no cost. The only costs required to attend the Academy are for students who live out of state. There is a tuition fee of about $6,700. This tuition covers the costs the schools would not receive from the state for an Illinois resident.
Intermediate Students (6th - 8th Grade)
Intermediate level students spend their mornings in arts integrated learning experiences guided by expert teachers at Sudlow Intermediate School. The Academy partners with a variety of community partners, leveraging the resources of downtown museums and arts destinations, local arts agencies and professional artists. Students experience the arts from all disciplines as well as selecting a specific discipline they wish to specialize in, including music, visual arts, theater and communication arts (graphic design and video.) A course is offered on leadership, civic engagement and other 21st Century Skills using community arts projects. Intermediate level students attend Sudlow Intermediate School for core curriculum, receiving an arts integrated approach to subject matter that is highly engaging and motivating. The traditional Language Arts and Social Studies is blended into a “Heritage Arts” class with traditional Math and Science curriculum offered as a S.T.E.A.M. class, incorporating the Arts with Science, Technology, Engineering and Math.
The Academy has NO CHARGE to any student who lives in Iowa and meets the March 1st Open Enrollment Deadline regardless of which district in Iowa they reside. The Academy has students from all over the Iowa Quad Cities and outlying Iowa towns attending for no cost. The only costs required to attend the Academy are for students who live out of state. There is a tuition fee of about $6,700. This tuition covers the costs the schools would not receive from the state for an Illinois resident.
Intermediate Students (6th - 8th Grade)
Intermediate level students spend their mornings in arts integrated learning experiences guided by expert teachers at Sudlow Intermediate School. The Academy partners with a variety of community partners, leveraging the resources of downtown museums and arts destinations, local arts agencies and professional artists. Students experience the arts from all disciplines as well as selecting a specific discipline they wish to specialize in, including music, visual arts, theater and communication arts (graphic design and video.) A course is offered on leadership, civic engagement and other 21st Century Skills using community arts projects. Intermediate level students attend Sudlow Intermediate School for core curriculum, receiving an arts integrated approach to subject matter that is highly engaging and motivating. The traditional Language Arts and Social Studies is blended into a “Heritage Arts” class with traditional Math and Science curriculum offered as a S.T.E.A.M. class, incorporating the Arts with Science, Technology, Engineering and Math.
High School Students (9th - 11th Grade)
The CAA continues to grow its curriculum as it moves into high school. Currently, 9th grade students spend their day at Central High School with an arts focused curriculum. Students have access to the new Central Performing Arts Center and other Central facilities. CAA teachers are housed at Central to continue to give students hands on learning experiences in the discipline of their choosing.
The CAA continues to grow its curriculum as it moves into high school. Currently, 9th grade students spend their day at Central High School with an arts focused curriculum. Students have access to the new Central Performing Arts Center and other Central facilities. CAA teachers are housed at Central to continue to give students hands on learning experiences in the discipline of their choosing.
Dream Students (12th Grade)
Dream students (high school seniors aspiring to careers in the arts) take elective courses. Electives are offered by the downtown arts partners, each specializing in their field of expertise.
Dream students (high school seniors aspiring to careers in the arts) take elective courses. Electives are offered by the downtown arts partners, each specializing in their field of expertise.
The Creative Arts Academy is a proud member of the Davenport Community School District.
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The Creative Arts Academy is proud to be an artsBASICS school and a member of the Arts Schools Network.
Thanks to our partnership with artsBASICS, we are able to partner with the Kennedy Center Partners in Education.
Thanks to our partnership with artsBASICS, we are able to partner with the Kennedy Center Partners in Education.
