Orange County High School of the Arts
Overview
Orange County High School of the Arts (OCHSA), colloquially called "OH-sha", is a 7th–12th grade public charter school
located in downtown Santa Ana
, Orange County, California
. The school caters to middle and high school students with talents in the performing
, visual
and literary arts. The educational program prepares students for higher education institutions or employment in the professional arts industry. Both the academic and arts program have prompted recognition in the US News' "Best High Schools" program.OCHSA is currently considering to change their school name to "The Orange County School of the Arts" in order to include the middle grade students in the title.
The Orange County High School of the Arts (OCHSA) was founded in 1988 and reorganized as a public charter school on April 20, 2000.
Charter school
Charter schools are primary or secondary schools that receive public money but are not subject to some of the rules, regulations, and statutes that apply to other public schools in exchange for some type of accountability for producing certain results, which are set forth in each school's charter...
located in downtown Santa Ana
Santa Ana, California
Santa Ana is the county seat and second most populous city in Orange County, California, and with a population of 324,528 at the 2010 census, Santa Ana is the 57th-most populous city in the United States....
, Orange County, California
Orange County, California
Orange County is a county in the U.S. state of California. Its county seat is Santa Ana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,010,232, up from 2,846,293 at the 2000 census, making it the third most populous county in California, behind Los Angeles County and San Diego County...
. The school caters to middle and high school students with talents in the performing
Performing arts
The performing arts are those forms art which differ from the plastic arts insofar as the former uses the artist's own body, face, and presence as a medium, and the latter uses materials such as clay, metal or paint which can be molded or transformed to create some physical art object...
, visual
Visual arts
The visual arts are art forms that create works which are primarily visual in nature, such as ceramics, drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, design, crafts, and often modern visual arts and architecture...
and literary arts. The educational program prepares students for higher education institutions or employment in the professional arts industry. Both the academic and arts program have prompted recognition in the US News' "Best High Schools" program.OCHSA is currently considering to change their school name to "The Orange County School of the Arts" in order to include the middle grade students in the title.
The Orange County High School of the Arts (OCHSA) was founded in 1988 and reorganized as a public charter school on April 20, 2000.
