Digital Safari Academy

Founded in 1996, The Digital Safari Academy is a three year college and career preparation program beginning in the sophomore year of high school. While our career focus is on Multimedia Arts and Computer Science, our overall focus is on creating strong, well rounded students ready for college and life after high school. Over the three years in the academy, students experience confidence and success in a diverse environment where they learn important transferrable skills involving project planning, problem solving, communication and collaboration in a technologically rich environment. Our graduates, who are self-sufficient and creative problem solvers, are well on their way to being ready for the challenges ahead of them. Our academic and career-pathway courses are challenging and designed to prepare every student in the DSA for a college education. The three academy Multimedia courses represent a sequence that builds towards skill mastery in graphic design, digital photography, video and audio production, web design, animation, and 3D design. Our new Computer Science pathway will blend a strong general foundation in managing technology infrastructure and providing technical support with knowledge of programming in a variety of languages and programming tools including HTML, Java, Flash and other professional development tools. Academics in the Digital Safari are deeply integrated into our career pathway courses. Our philosophy is to make the multimedia and computer science a place for academic work providing real world relevance and giving students more time working with academic content and concepts. We believe this approach is fundamental in preparing students for the challenges posed by college and career pursuits. Excellence is our consistent expectation. Redefining school, redefining cool since 1996 .