Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts

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School Type

  • High School

Grades

9
10
11
12

Estimated Enrollment

700

Principal

  • Stella Kim

Assistant Principal(s)

  • Amber Mosby
  • Carlos Herrera

Hours

Mo: 8:40 am-3:35 pm
Tu: 8:40 am-3:35 pm
We: 8:40 am-2:20 pm
Th: 8:40 am-3:35 pm
Fr: 8:40 am-3:35 pm

Wednesday is an early release day and students are released at 2:20pm.

School Tour

School Tour Dates:  

Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024

Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024

School Tours begin at 1:20pm in the Dan Kryston Memorial Theater (main theater). Campus parking is limited.

Sign up for a school tour at sfusd.edu/tours.

Uniform Policy

NO school uniform

School Meals

  • Breakfast
  • Lunch

View menus at sfusd.edu/menus.

School Code

815
Overview

Vision:  The Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts is a public, audition-based, alternative high school in the San Francisco Unified School District committed to equity and excellence in the arts and academics for all of our community members.

Mission:  The Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts is a college preparatory school that provides an experience uniquely rooted in dynamic arts programs that reflect our city’s cultural diversity. Promising young artists and thinkers collaborate with teachers, professional artists, and their community to explore and develop their personal identity through art, insight, and movements that reflect and influence the world around them. Academic and Arts classes inform each other, balancing creative play with dedicated discipline, and building expertise in both classical and contemporary areas of study. Students devote themselves to studying how art, academic inquiry, and authentic expression impact civic engagement and social justice in local and global communities. Ruth Asawa SOTA is dedicated to the values of Respect, Openness, Safety and, Engagement.

Programs

Language

  • Spanish World Language

Special Education

  • Resource Specialist Program Services
  • Separate class - Mild/moderate

School Day Academic Enrichment

  • Academic counseling
  • Advanced Placement (AP) classes
  • Career Technical Education (CTE) Academies
  • College classes at CCSF or SFSU
  • Individual learning plans
  • Internships available
  • Project-based learning
  • Service learning
  • STEAM (science; technology; engineering; arts; mathematics)
  • Student portfolios
  • Tutoring in school

Arts Enrichment

  • Art Class
  • Artists in Residence
  • Arts residency
  • Band
  • Choir
  • Concert Band
  • Creative writing
  • Dance
  • Drama
  • Drumming
  • Ethnic Studies
  • Guitar
  • Instrumental music
  • Jazz
  • Mariachi
  • Media arts
  • Mixed media
  • Music program
  • Orchestra
  • Performing arts
  • Photography
  • Rock Band
  • STEAM
  • Theater
  • Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA)
  • Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) Teachers
  • Visual arts
  • Vocal Performing Arts
  • Writing or poetry

Arts Enrichment Description

SOTA offers specialized arts programs: DANCE: Conservatory Dance, World Dance, MUSIC: Band, Orchestra, Guitar, Piano, Vocal, and World Music, MEDIA & FILM, THEATRE: Acting, Musical Theatre, THEATER TECHNOLOGY: Costumes, Stagecraft, VISUAL: Drawing & Painting, Architecture & Design

Student Support

  • Access to nurse
  • Advisory
  • Counselor
  • Family liaison
  • Mentoring
  • On-site nurse
  • Social worker

Career Technical Education Academies

  • Arts, Media and Entertainment

College Counseling

  • Academic counseling
  • College and/or career counseling
  • College and/or career fair
  • College application workshops
  • College tours and visits
  • Personal statement workshops
  • UCSF Early Academic Outreach Program (EAOP)
School Data
Contact Info

Address

555 Portola Drive
San Francisco
CA
94131

Phone

Location

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Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts
Grades
9-12
555 Portola Drive, San Francisco, 94131
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Hours
Mo: 8:40 am–3:35 pm
Tu: 8:40 am–3:35 pm
We: 8:40 am–2:20 pm
Th: 8:40 am–3:35 pm
Fr: 8:40 am–3:35 pm