Victoria School of the Arts

Welcome

Who are we?

Treaty Land Acknowledgement

"We would like to acknowledge that we are on Treaty 6 territory, a traditional meeting grounds, gathering place, and travelling route to the Cree, Saulteaux (So-toe), Blackfoot, Métis, Dene (De-nay) and Nakota Sioux (Sue). We acknowledge all the many First Nations, Métis, and Inuit whose footsteps have marked these lands for centuries."

OUR PROGRAM

Victoria School of the Arts is an Edmonton School Division kindergarten through grade 12 Alternative Arts Program. Victoria School of the Arts students engage in the study of specific art forms such as music, dance, visual arts, drama, and digital media and in turn use artistic processes and creativity to deepen their understanding and success in all curricular areas.

WE BELIEVE THE ARTS

Are an inseparable part of the school's culture and therefore are a vital part of the learning experience.

Motivate the cognitive, social, civic, personal, and aesthetic growth and development of students.

Open avenues for innovation and invention, as well as fostering respect for individual, cultural, and aesthetic diversity.

Provide students with a variety of approaches to learning methods of building connections between thinking, learning, knowing, and communicating.

GOALS OF OUR PROGRAM

Enable all students to explore and communicate their understandings, feelings, and ideas in a variety of art forms

Develop higher level thinking skills (evaluating, expressing, problem solving, creating) ∙ Develop artistic skills to enhance academic skills

Foster a culture of collaboration to deepen students’ understanding of themselves and others

BENEFITS OF OUR PROGRAM

Engages the senses, stimulates imagination and creativity and broadens students’ understanding of themselves, others, and the world that they live.

Contributes significantly to the development of multiple intelligences.

Fosters cross-curricular understanding.

Encourages risk taking and provides opportunities to explore personal challenges in a safe environment.

Promotes thinking critically, creatively, and divergently.

Provides increased exposure to a wide range of artistic tools and processes.

Builds awareness and appreciation of the arts.

PROGRAM DELIVERY

Victoria School of the Arts celebrates a solid literacy foundation, where the arts and academics are interconnected. Students think as critically in their arts classes as they think creatively in their academic classes. The International Baccalaureate Programme aligns the arts and academics within a framework of inquiry. Students are encouraged to develop the ability, confidence, and imagination to pursue their dreams and contribute to their community both locally and globally.

Students are given the opportunity to explore their creativity, self-expression, and depth of understanding through art, music, dance, drama, and digital media.

Instruction incorporates the arts into language arts, math, science, social studies, and physical education.

Inclusion of guest speakers, artist-in-residences, and arts-related field trips helps to connect our students to the local and global arts community.