History
For many years, Ruth Asawa and others campaigned to start a public high school in San Francisco devoted to the arts. At its inception in 1982, SOTA was a part of J. Eugene McAteer High School and located at its present site on Portola Drive with the goal to move to 135 Van Ness at the heart of the civic center arts corridor In 1992, the school moved to a former elementary school at 700 Font Boulevard near San Francisco State University. In 2002, McAteer High School was dissolved, and SOTA was offered the site. The school community elected to make this an interim move, and in 2005 a new school, the Academy of Arts and Sciences, was founded on the McAteer campus.
The school has academics in the mornings and students study their various arts disciplines in the afternoon. Professional artists work along side credentialed teachers. Many programs that now benefit students across the Bay Area were launched at this school . Art and Film for Teenagers and Engineers Alliance for the Arts started at the school and now serve students around the Bay. The Ruth Asawa School of the Arts has an active PTSA and a book keeping/fundraising arm "Friends of SOTA". The community is invited to attend school events - all are listed at sfsota.org.
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