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"The Congress finds that the arts are forms of understanding and ways of knowing that are fundamentally important to education". The United States Congress, 1994
"A high level of involvement in instrumental music co-related to high achievement in math proficiency". source: Champions of Change, 1999 Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, University of California at Los Angeles
"A co-relationship between high involvement in the arts and better academic scores was found among all students and remained consistent". source: Champions of Change, 1999, p. 8
Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, University of California at Los Angeles
A student making music experiences the "simultaneous engagement of senses, muscles, and intellect. Brain scans taken during musical performances show that virtually the entire cerebral cortex is active while musicians are playing". source: Critical Links: Learning in the Arts and Student Academic and Social Development, 2002
Troubled students involved in afterschool arts programs excelled in academics and school life beyond less troubled students in a national sample". source: Americans for the Arts Monograph, p. 3
Living the Arts through Language+ Learning: a report on community-based youth organizations by Shirley Brice Heath,
Stanford University and Carnegie Foundation For the Advancement of Teaching
"The opportunity to be instructed in music or dance disciplines offered a variety of compelling social benefits for students in addition to the knowledge and skill of an art". source: Champions of Change, 1999, p.77-78
National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented,
University of Connecticut, Storrs
"An analysis of many research studies on the effects of classroom drama exercises showed positive effects on language development including written and oral story recall, reading achievement, reading readiness, oral languages development, and writing". source: Critical Links: Learning in the Arts and Student Academic and Social Development, 2002, p.47
Idaho Arts Charter School Foundation's goal is to Provide | Enrich | Enhance | Promote Educational Excellence through the Arts on behalf of Idaho Arts Charter School, it's students, teachers, staff, and the community at large. The IACS Foundation shall work to accomplish these goals through fundraising, grant writing and private donations. The primary purpose of the Idaho Arts Charter School Foundation is to raise funds in support of the school's 541 student artists and to establish future arts programs for the students and community. Annually, the Foundation is focused on meeting the needs of students who are financially disadvantaged, building and maintaining facilities, technology and equipment, qualified faculty and staff, offering community outreach and ensuring the highest quality instructional programs available.  We are pleased to announce Idaho Arts Charter School has purchased the historic Lakeview School located on 5th Avenue North in Nampa!  Mussell Construction and Rick Bugatsch, AIA, will rennovate the historic school and build a 20,000 square foot addition to accommodate our 541 K-12 student body and enable us to grow! March 5, 2008 at 1:30 pm will be out Ground Breaking Ceremony, please join Mayor Dale and the Idaho Arts Charter School Staff and Students as we celebrate this great event! Click Proposed Site Plan to View Larger Image 
Although we were able to fund the purchase, renovation and new construction, there was only enough funding to include the basic needs of an arts based school by providing a dance classroom, and classrooms for the band, orchestra, choir and art. Although these rooms will provide the space to hold the classes, they will be far short of what a performing arts school truly needs to enhance the students education.
One area, which will greatly impact the school is there will not be an auditorium for rehearsals and performances forcing us to rent facilities to accommodate the many performances we host each year. The estimated cost for a 400 seat auditorium is $4 million dollars. The IACS Foundation is working on raising the funds to help cover the cost of adding the auditorium through two annual fundraising events - Idaho's Rising Star Vocal Singing Competition and The Idaho Festival of the Arts. There are currently enough students on our waiting list to start another school! Another part of the IACS Foundation's vision for the school facility is to not only benefits the students of IACS, but we hope to be able to open our facility up for after school art programs including lessons for underprivileged children in the neighborhood and surrounding community. The Foundation Board is currently identifying potential partners in developing and implementing these much needed after school art programs for students in the surrounding community who do not have access to these types of art and music programs. The Idaho Arts Charter School 2006-2007 school year is based on a $2.6 total operating budget. Academic instruction is funded by the State of Idaho, totaling $2.8M annually [Learn More about funding differences for Charter Schools vs. Public Schools]. Although the IACS receives some funding from the State of Idaho, the majority of funding for the new school will rely on the generosity of individual donors, donations from the business community, and grants from foundations to help fund our building campaign. Why An Arts Charter School | Charter School Funding Facts | Community Partnerships Idaho Festival of the Arts | Idaho's Rising Star | Walk of Fame | Child Art Blocks Legacy Sponsorships | General Sponsorships | Program Sponsorships Donate Online | Contribution Tax Incentives | IACS Website | HOME | Contact Information| Calendar of Events GittyUPgo Graphic Design |