MESA ARTS ACADEMYAbout Us
OUR VISIONBe the premier learning environment for all students.
MAA has both a full-time accredited teacher and highly qualified aid in each of the 9 classrooms. We also have a full-time arts and special events staff who ensure a variety of performing arts are offered to each student throughout the year.
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About MAAMission Statement
The Boys & Girls Academy of Mesa, (a collaboration with Mesa Public Schools, the City of Mesa, and the Boys & Girls Club of the East Valley, housed at the Grant Woods Branch of Boys & Girls Club of the East Valley), has as its mission the providing of an excellent basic education for middle school students (K through 8th grades) through the use of an arts-based curriculum which provides a continuum of education using the mediums of art, drama, dance, music, etc., using techniques such as television and radio, which target the development of a heightened interest in continuing education, and the development to the fullest possible of the skills and talents of the youth attending its programs.
Budget Information
Teacher Salary
Increase in average teacher salary from year 2020 to 2021: $2,346 (+ 4.2%)
Average salary of all teachers employed in budget year 2021: $58,132
Average salary of all teachers employed in budget year 2020: $55,786
Average salary of all teachers employed in budget year 2019: $56,083
Average salary of all teachers employed in budget year 2018: $50,304
Information provided pursuant to A.R.S. § 15-189.05
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COVID 19 Protocols and Updates
PoliciesHarassment, Bullying and Hazing Policy
Harassment, bullying, and hazing are prohibited at school, in school vehicles, during school-sponsored 15 activities, and while students are traveling to or from school.
Harassment means any abusive conduct that is directed at one or more students because of the student's actual or perceived race, color, national origin, religion, sex (including gender identity or sexual orientation) or disability and that is sufficiently severe, pervasive, or persistent so as to interfere with or limit the student's ability to participate in or benefit from the services, activities, or opportunities offered by the school. It includes retaliation and sexual harassment. Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature may constitute sexual harassment.
Bullying means any aggressive, intentional behavior carried out by a person or group repeatedly and over time against a victim who cannot easily defend himself or herself. It may be verbal, physical, or relational; and it requires an observed or perceived imbalance of power-such as physical strength or popularity-between the bully and victim.
Bullying includes cyberbullying, which means any act of bullying committed by use of electronic technology or communication devices including social networking and other internet communications, that occurs on school property or at a school-sponsored event; substantially interferes with a student's education; threatens the overall educational environment, or substantially disrupts the operation of a school.
Hazing means forcing a student to risk or suffer physical or mental harm or degradation to join, participate in, or remain in a school-affiliated organization or activity. Students who believe they have been harassed, bullied, or hazed should report the behavior to any school staff member. All school employees must report such incidents. All reports are investigated and kept confidential. Students who engage in harassment, bullying, or hazing are subject to disciplinary action.
Harassment means any abusive conduct that is directed at one or more students because of the student's actual or perceived race, color, national origin, religion, sex (including gender identity or sexual orientation) or disability and that is sufficiently severe, pervasive, or persistent so as to interfere with or limit the student's ability to participate in or benefit from the services, activities, or opportunities offered by the school. It includes retaliation and sexual harassment. Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature may constitute sexual harassment.
Bullying means any aggressive, intentional behavior carried out by a person or group repeatedly and over time against a victim who cannot easily defend himself or herself. It may be verbal, physical, or relational; and it requires an observed or perceived imbalance of power-such as physical strength or popularity-between the bully and victim.
Bullying includes cyberbullying, which means any act of bullying committed by use of electronic technology or communication devices including social networking and other internet communications, that occurs on school property or at a school-sponsored event; substantially interferes with a student's education; threatens the overall educational environment, or substantially disrupts the operation of a school.
Hazing means forcing a student to risk or suffer physical or mental harm or degradation to join, participate in, or remain in a school-affiliated organization or activity. Students who believe they have been harassed, bullied, or hazed should report the behavior to any school staff member. All school employees must report such incidents. All reports are investigated and kept confidential. Students who engage in harassment, bullying, or hazing are subject to disciplinary action.
