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The Oxbow School

530 3rd Street, Napa, CA, 94559 -

School Notes Overview:

The Oxbow School an innovative, interdisciplinary semester program combining visual arts with academics provides high school students with the skills necessary to negotiate and succeed in an increasingly complex and interdependent world. Through rigorous studio art practice grounded in creative and intellectual inquiry, the program is designed to extend each student’s critical thinking abilities. Oxbow students develop a new sense of identity, self-worth, and confidence that enables them to take more active responsibility for their own learning and lives. All Oxbow courses count toward your graduation requirements. The project-based, interdisciplinary Oxbow approach to both art classes and academic classes is designed to stimulate the imagination and fuel creativity. The first 12 weeks of the semester feature a series of short-term projects that give both a new approach to academic study and experience in all of the Oxbow art studios. As the culmination of the semester, each student chooses, researches and creates a Final Project a work or body of work that includes a research paper and a public exhibit. The Final Project requires in-depth and sustained intellectual and artistic inquiry and offers the chance to explore the artistic medium of the student’s choice. Curiosity, fed by research and reflection, and supported by the resources of well-equipped studios and experienced faculty, typically lead students into new areas of knowledge and new ways of learning. This approach to education enables students to become their own best teacher thinking critically, refining a distinctive artistic vision and voice, and growing into their own future....

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School Overview:

	The Oxbow School
School Type	Elem. Or Sec. with a Special Program Emphasis
School Membership(s)	National Association of Independent Schools
Religious Affiliation	Nonsectarian
Grades Offered	Grades 11 - 12
County	Napa County, CA
Student Body
Total Students	40 students
Student Body Type	Co-ed
	This School	(CA) School Avg.
% Students of Color	n/a	41%
Students by Grade
	Grade 11 - 13 students
	Grade 12 - 27 students
Academics and Faculty
Total Classroom Teachers	7 teachers
	This School	(CA) School Avg.
Teacher : Student Ratio	1:5	* Ntl. Public School Avg. » 1:16
School Days in Calendar Year	224 days	180 days
Hours in School Day for Students	7 hours	6 hours

School Notes:

The Oxbow School an innovative, interdisciplinary semester program combining visual arts with academics provides high school students with the skills necessary to negotiate and succeed in an increasingly complex and interdependent world. Through rigorous studio art practice grounded in creative and intellectual inquiry, the program is designed to extend each student’s critical thinking abilities. Oxbow students develop a new sense of identity, self-worth, and confidence that enables them to take more active responsibility for their own learning and lives. All Oxbow courses count toward your graduation requirements. The project-based, interdisciplinary Oxbow approach to both art classes and academic classes is designed to stimulate the imagination and fuel creativity. The first 12 weeks of the semester feature a series of short-term projects that give both a new approach to academic study and experience in all of the Oxbow art studios. As the culmination of the semester, each student chooses, researches and creates a Final Project a work or body of work that includes a research paper and a public exhibit. The Final Project requires in-depth and sustained intellectual and artistic inquiry and offers the chance to explore the artistic medium of the student’s choice. Curiosity, fed by research and reflection, and supported by the resources of well-equipped studios and experienced faculty, typically lead students into new areas of knowledge and new ways of learning. This approach to education enables students to become their own best teacher thinking critically, refining a distinctive artistic vision and voice, and growing into their own future.
Profile last updated: 03/05/2009

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School Zip Statistics:

About This Zipcode (94559)	School Zip (94559)	(CA) State Average
Population (Approximate)	26,891 people	33,864,644 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree	31%	32%
Population Average Age	35 years old	33 years old
Average Household size	2.6 persons	2.8 persons
Median Household Income	$43,846	$51,306
Avg. # of Rooms in Household	4.6 rooms	4.8 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure	50 years old	41 years old
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% Owning / % Renting	50% / 50%	55% / 45%