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Redding school of the Arts
Redding school of the Arts (RSA)is charter school in Northern California.It is a kindergarten through 8th grade school that wanted to bring visual and prefoming arts back into schools as they seemed to be rapidly decreasing in most school curriculum. As a preforming arts school that focuses on Dancing, Drama, Music and other art mediums to help enhance the education that the children receive. The school opened in 1999 as a small school and progressively grew. In 2007 RSA started a Mandarin Immersion Program where students starting in kindergarten spend 50% of their day in Mandarin and the other 50% of their curriculum in English. in 2011 RSA moved to a brand new 24 million dollar facility built by the McConnell Foundation. The facility is a LEED certified Green school, demonstrating that public facilities can be unique and sustainable. It utilizes geo-thermal heating and air conditioning, photo-voltaic and wind electrical generation, rain water storage, and recycled construction materials.

Founders and History
Redding School of the Arts is founded by Margret Johnson and Jean Hatch. In 1997 the two proposed the idea of RSA to the Shasta school district. In 1998 they revived clearance to start the school and their doors opened in 1999. The school facilities where located in the Shasta high school old building that houses the David Marr theater and was the original sight of NOVA. the school started with 5 grades, kindergarten through 4th grade. Each year adding a grade level until reaching their goal of 8th grade.