New School for the Arts & Academics (NSAA) Middle School (grades 6-8) was created by Ron Caya in 2003 as a feeder school to the NSAA Charter High School. Both the high school and the middle school are tuition free, public charter schools. Our teaching methods are set apart from the traditional public schools through the embedded art lessons in the courses, student participatory lessons and the focus of visual and performing arts. As a public school we serve all families interested and passionate about continuing to learn about performing and visual arts. 

Our NSAA community includes a nurturing staff, professional artists and highly qualified teachers. Our curriculum is aligned to the Arizona State Standards, and the expectations for students’ achievements are high, and possible with the team work of the staff, our parents and our students.

All students at NSAA Middle School must enroll in the core content areas, Math, Language Arts, Science and Social Studies, according to their ability and grade level. In addition to these courses students may choose from a variety of art classes. The core courses are aligned to the Arizona Standards, and provide success to the students in performing well on the AIMS and other district assessments.

Our elective art classes may change annually due to the interests of the population enrolled. Past course have included:

•  Creative Writing
• Instrumental music
• Vocal Music
• Combination Instrumental/Vocal
• Drama
• Visual Arts
• Dance

• Mosaic
• Painting
• Ceramics
• Theater
• Yoga
• Guitar
• Vocal