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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Vancouver School Of Arts And Academics
The Vancouver School of Arts and Academics (VSAA) is a public arts magnet school for grades 6 to 12 in Vancouver, Washington, United States. It is part of the Vancouver Public Schools and in addition to traditional academic studies, the school's curriculum has an in-depth elective study of the performing, literary, musicall, theatrical and visual arts, as well as film studies (called "moving image arts" at the school).

History

The VSAA was established in 1996. From 1929 to 1995, the building originally housed Shumway Junior High School. Leslie Durst has been a substantial donor to VSAA since the school's beginning, supporting the arts and maintenance of the school building itself. The Royal Durst Theatre was funded by Leslie and named after her father. Recently, she funded the replacement of the seats in the Royal Durst theatre. Leslie continues to be a part in helping art students succeed by giving out the Leslie B. Durst scholarship to VSAA students that will continue to pursue the arts in college.

Motto

The Latin motto "Ars Longa, Vita Brevis", originally from Greek, translates to "Art Is long, Life Is Short". Although, staff at the school frequently translate it to the somewhat less metaphorical and marginally erroneous "Life Is Short, Art Is Forever". The school has a monthly newspaper called Vita Brevis, and a yearbook called Ars Longa, both named after the quote.

References

  1. ^ "Search for Public Schools - Vancouver School of Arts and Academics (530927002508)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
  2. ^ Cox, Tara; staff, Communications. "Our school". Vancouver School of Arts and Academics. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
  3. ^ Cox, Tara; staff, Communications. "Dance". Vancouver School of Arts and Academics. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
  4. ^ Cox, Tara; staff, Communications. "Literary arts". Vancouver School of Arts and Academics. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
  5. ^ Cox, Tara; staff, Communications. "Music". Vancouver School of Arts and Academics. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
  6. ^ Cox, Tara; staff, Communications. "Theatre". Vancouver School of Arts and Academics. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
  7. ^ Cox, Tara; staff, Communications. "Visual arts". Vancouver School of Arts and Academics. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
  8. ^ Cox, Tara; staff, Communications. "Moving image arts". Vancouver School of Arts and Academics. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
  9. ^ Cox, Tara; staff, Communications. "Moving image arts". Vancouver School of Arts and Academics. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
  10. ^ "Donation will provide new theatre seating at VSAA".
  11. ^ "Leslie B. Durst Scholarship | Community Foundation for Southwest Washington | CollegeXpress".
  12. ^ Blair, AnnaMarie (2022-09-21). "Vita Brevis - Vancouver School of Arts and Academics". Retrieved 2024-11-19.
  13. ^ "VSAA Yearbook". sites.google.com. Retrieved 2024-11-19.


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