Our Mission
The Boston Arts Academy, a pilot school within the Boston Public Schools, is charged with being a laboratory and a beacon for artistic and academic innovation. The Boston Arts Academy prepares a diverse community of aspiring artist-scholars to be successful in their college or professional careers and to be engaged members of a democratic society.

Our Vision
By 2014, BAA will be a recognized leader and advocate for for the arts and their integration with academics in the national education reform movement. Viewed as the "Center for the Arts" within the Boston Public Schools, BAA will be known nationally and internationally for successfully educating a diverse array of Boston public school learners in all aspects of the arts.

We envision a school that continues to be small, student-centered, and reflective of the diversity of Boston's neighborhoods and public schools becoming a school that:

• Graduates holistic thinkers who demonstrate interdisciplinary understanding.
  
  
• Enhances the strength of its faculty with a vibrant artists-in-residence program and continuation of master classes across disciplines.
  
  
• Offers a healthy environment and a more fully resourced array of student supports to help students balance student and family lives.
  
  
• Imbeds advancements in technology into its program.
  
  
• Provides a highly effective mentoring and advising program.
  
  
• Engenders a sense of community and traditions amongst its students.
  
  

• Ensures the creation of an arts program at the middle school level to provide younger students with the experience needed to successfully enter and thrive at the high school level.
  
  
• Offers year-round experiences through expanded arts and academic programming.
  

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Habits of the Graduate

Boston Arts Academy’s Habits of the Graduate are akin to the "Habits of Mind" described by the educational philosopher John Dewey—the orientation towards learning that we wish our graduates to demonstrate. These habits also form an intellectual framework that our students and staff use in every classroom, arts and academic. They represent the best aspects of both the artistic and academic processes. Students are asked to Refine, Invent, Connect, and Own.