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| Savannah Arts Acad. |
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| Quick
Facts |
| GRADES: |
9th - 12th |
| FOUNDED: |
1998 |
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| POINTS
of PRIDE |
- 5-AAAAA SAT State Champion, Awarded the Governor’s Cup, for highest SAT scores (2008, 2009)
- Current SAA staff member is the 2010 District Teacher of the Year.
- Voted Connect Savannah Best Public High School Award (2007, 2008, 2009)
- Theater Department selected to perform in 2010 American High School Theater Festival in Edinburg, Scotland.
- Largest number of Governor’s Honors Program finalists in the state of Georgia.
- Recipient of 2007 national “Blue Ribbon School” award from U.S. Department of Education.
- Georgia “School of Excellence” for 2006-2007 and 2007-2008.
- Winner of three consecutive “Platinum Awards” from the State Department of Education. (2005, 2006 and 2007)
- U.S. News and World Report magazine named SAA a silver-award winning school, placing us in the top 500 schools in the nation. (2007, 2008)
- Named one of 25 national High Schools That Work Pacesetter Award winners.
- 100% of the Class of 2008 passed all parts of the Georgia High School Graduation Test on first attempt.
- SAT and ACT scores exceed the state and national averages.
- Member of the “International Network of Performing and Visual Arts Schools.
- Students consistently win at the District, Region, State and National levels in visual and performing arts competitions.
- Excellent year-round boys and girls sports programming.
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| Activities/Programs |
Sports
Programs |
- Chess Club
- Mock Trial
- Science Club
- Christian Fellowship
- FEA- Future Educator’s Association
- FBLA- Future Business Leaders of America
- History Club
- Thespian Society
- BETA Club
- Quill & Scroll Journalists
- SADD – Students Against Destructive Decisions
- Science Olympaid
- Student Leadership Program
- Yearbook
- Governor’s Honors Program
- Creative Writing Club
- Model UN
- Math Club
- GA Academic Decathlon
- MAD - Making a Difference
- Student Ambassadors
- Student Council
- Student Officers
- Odyssey of the Mind
- Savannah Historical Club
- National Art Honor Society
- National English Honor Society
- National Honor Society
- French Honor Society
- Spanish Honor Society
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| MALE: |
Cross-Country/Track, Wrestling, Tennis, Golf, Soccer, Swimming |
| FEMALE: |
Cross-Country/Track, Tennis, Golf, Soccer, Swimming, Volleyball |
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| Accelerated
Programs |
Special
Education |
| Calculus AB/BC, U. S. History, Spanish, English Literature, English Language, European History, Environmental Science, French, Biology, Physics, Literature/Composition, Music Theory, Drawing/2D/3D Portfolio |
The goal of the Savannah Arts Academy Exceptional Child Education Program is to assist students with special needs to meet their individual goals.
Savannah Arts Academy uses a full-inclusion program. All special needs students are served in regular-education classrooms with support services provided by a Special Education teacher. The Special Education staff provides additional tutoring, classroom adaptations, study skills instructions, and social/emotional support for the students. |
| Vision |
| From school to the world: All students prepared for productive futures |
| Mission |
| To ignite a passion for learning and teaching at high levels |
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