The Chula Vista School for the Creative and Performing Arts (SCPA) is a free, fully accredited, and award-winning magnet program serving students in grades 7–12. We provide comprehensive training in Dance, Music, Theatre, and Visual Arts at all levels, while ensuring students enjoy a complete middle and high school experience—including Advanced Placement courses, ASB, and Athletics. Our magnet program combines the best aspects of public and charter schools, offering students professional-level arts instruction without compromising academic opportunities. Whether your student aspires to pursue a career in the arts or simply wants to benefit from the creativity, discipline, and confidence that an arts education provides, SCPA is the place to grow and thrive. No experience is required, and students may enter at any grade level. To learn more and apply, please visit the link above.
Welcome to the Chula Vista School for the Creative and Performing Arts
Jack Tygett
Performing Arts Center
Our Mission To graduate professionally trained, well-rounded performers and artists who have developed a strong work ethic and character through being artistically perceptive, expressively creative, aesthetically astute, and possessive of a cultural and historical understanding of their chosen art form.