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ARTS MAGNET PROGRAM

The JSerra Arts Magnet Program provides four years of pre-professional training in the Visual and Performing Arts — specifically, Choir, Dance, Drawing and Painting, Orchestra, and Theatre.

The mission of our Arts Magnet Program is to create independent thinkers and leaders who will contribute inventively and critically to their culture through their artistic discipline. At its core, the program is a series of discipline-specific courses designed to develop students' skills to an advanced level in their principle art form.

While most of JSerra’s arts classes remain open to non-magnet students, Arts Magnet Program students engage in a deeper study of their subject and receive honors or Advanced Placement credit for every magnet class. As part of the curriculum, students also attend several field trips to first-class artistic destinations and events as well as showcase their work in an annual festival.

4-Year Plan

The Arts Magnet Program curriculum is designed for students who are thinking about pursuing their art in college or who want a more intensive high school arts experience.

VIEW artS magnet course catalog

Program Costs and requirements

  • 9th grade: Honors course(s) from student's track, $1,000
  • 10th grade: Honors course(s) from student's track, $1,000
  • 11th grade: Honors course(s) from student's track, $1,000
  • 12th grade: Honors course(s) from student's track, $1,000

Arts Magnet fees will be billed to your FACTS account.

"The Arts Magnet Program introduced me to great people and provided me with all the resources to be successful in my future endeavors."

~ Ashton '20

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Minimum Requirements & Applying

Minimum Requirements

incoming 9th grade students

  • Audition or portfolio review
  • Enroll in required Arts Magnet Program course(s) in your track (see 4-Year Plan)
  • Satisfactory attendance and disciplinary record

returning 10th, 11th, and 12th grade students

  • Maintain B- minimum in all magnet courses
  • Enroll in required Arts Magnet Program course(s) in your track (see 4-Year Plan)
  • Satisfactory attendance and discipline record

Audition/Portfolio Review

All incoming 9th grade prospective AMP students must complete an audition (performing arts) or portfolio review (visual arts). Please download and review the audition/portfolio review criteria below.

AUDITION & PORTFOLIO REVIEW CRITERIA

A JSerra Arts teacher will reach out to you to schedule an audition or portfolio review. Please note that auditions are 10-15 minutes long.

Applying

We are now taking Arts Magnet Program applications for the 2025-2026 school year.

Once your application to the school and the program have been reviewed, you will be notified via email.

APPLY TO THE ARTS MAGNET PROGRAM

Deadlines

Magnet Priority Application Deadline: December 15, 2024
Decision Date: February 1, 2025
Contract Return Deadline: February 7, 2025

Acceptance into the Arts Magnet Program is dependent upon your enrollment in JSerra. We adhere to the Early Acceptance dates, but we also accept applications on a rolling basis. (Apply to JSerra here.)

Questions?

If you have questions about the Arts Magnet Program or the application process, please contact our Visual Arts Chair, Monica McQueen, at mmcqueen@jserra.org.

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2023 College Decisions

Auburn University
Berklee College of Music
Cal State Chico
Cal State San Marcos
DePaul University 
Eastman School of Music
Emerson College
Franciscan University
High Point University
Louisiana State University
Loyola Marymount University

Loyola University New Orleans
New York University
Parsons School of Design — The New School
Saddleback College
Santa Clara University
University of Arizona
University of California Irvine
University of California Los Angeles
University of Illinois
University of Massachusetts Amherst
University of San Diego

CONTACTS

Monica McQueen
Program Director
Visual Arts Chair
mmcqueen@jserra.org
949.493.9307 Ext. 7072

"My high school experience at JSerra would be incredibly unfulfilling without this program. I could not imagine my life without it."

~ Juliana '22