Dear Students—

The designer Charles Eames once said, “Eventually everything connects—people, ideas, objects. The quality of the connections is the key to quality.” At the Academy of Innovative Arts, we believe your education works the same way: the more you explore, the more you create, and the more you connect your learning to the real world, the more powerful your future becomes.

This curriculum guide is your map to those possibilities. AIA is not a traditional high school experience—we focus on interdisciplinary learning, hands-on projects, and real-world challenges that ask you to think, design, collaborate, and build. Whether you’re prototyping in Innovative Arts, analyzing the world through English and Science, strengthening your reasoning in Math, or taking on community-centered work, your classes are designed to work together, not in isolation.

Here, you will find multiple pathways that prepare you for college, creative fields, apprenticeships, skilled trades, entrepreneurship, and careers that haven’t even been invented yet. Our goal is not just to help you earn credits—it’s to help you gain the skills, mindsets, and confidence to navigate whatever comes next.

The courses outlined in this guide reflect a rigorous, future-focused program supported by educators who are committed to the WSCUHSD Portrait of a Graduate. During your time at AIA, you will have opportunities to grow as an innovative thinker, a strong communicator, a systems-level problem solver, and a compassionate, community-minded learner.

No matter which direction you choose, you will have the chance to explore widely, make boldly, and shape your own path. We are excited to walk alongside you as you discover what’s possible here at the Academy of Innovative Arts—and as you build the future you imagine.

~ Greg Alexander, Principal