Awards
CoSA Awards and Recognition
CoSA offers an exceptional arts education program. Since its founding in 1996, it has earned many awards and recognitions, including state and national awards for excellence. Since 2000, CoSA has served as a model school and Demonstration Site for the California Department of Education’s Specialized Secondary Program. It also served as a model program and Demonstration Site for the California Department of Education’s “Tech Prep” and Career Technical Education programs in 2010. A partial list of awards given to CoSA follows:
2012
- California Arts Council Artists in Schools grant through the CoSA Foundation
- National Youth Arts Award for “Outstanding Production” for Thoroughly Modern Millie
- National Youth Arts Award for “Outstanding Ensemble” for Thoroughly Modern Millie
- National Youth Arts Award for “Set Design” for Metamorphoses (Matt Scott)
2010
- National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Grant Recipient
- National Youth Theatre Award for Best Ensemble for Hello, Dolly! (Also nominated for Best Production and Best Direction, Dr. Barbara Wolf)
2009
- CoSA wins the only Golden Bell Award for Performing and Visual Arts in California, California School Boards Association (CSBA)
- San Diego Educational Theatre Association’s Bravissimo Award for “Distinguished Theatre Program,” CoSA’s Musical Theatre & Drama program
- San Diego Educational Theatre Association’s Bravissimo Award for “Theatre Rookie of the Year,” Kim Strassburger, CoSA’s Musical Theatre & Drama program
Student Awards and Recognition
2012
Musical Theatre & Drama
- Young Arts Merit Award: Katleen Dugas, Theater
- Old Globe Honors: Chase Fischer, Outstanding Achievement, Leading Actor in a High School Musical
- National Youth Arts Awards -Lead Actress in a Musical: Kristen Sabesky as Millie in Thoroughly Modern Millie
- National Youth Arts Awards - Supporting Actress in a Musical: Miki Holmes as Miss Dorothy in Thoroughly Modern Millie
- National Youth Arts Awards - Supporting Actor in a Play: Chase Fischer as Phaeton in Metamorphoses
Technical Theatre
- Chad Mata, Outstanding Achievement in Technical Theatre
Dance
- National Youth Arts Awards – Individual Dance Performance: Caroline Courtney as Peter Pan in Flight to Neverland
Digital Media
- 6th Annual Red Rock Film Festival, one of five finalists in Young Filmmakers Competition: Simone Villamichel Borel and Maya Barba for “A Trip to the Market: The Story of the Kayayo”
- San Diego County Fair Best of Show, Short Documentary: Simone Villamichel Borel
- San Diego County Fair, Best of Class, 2D animation: Enrique GuineaSan Diego County Fair, Best of Class, Stop Motion Animation: Ian Ware and Isaiah Glasoe
