Magnet programs offer unique physical education opportunities, building confidence and supporting teamwork.
Sarasota High School Magnet Program
Circus Arts Conservatory has collaborated with Sarasota High School to teach students important life skills that are unique to Circus Arts. Together we have created a one-of-a-kind Magnet Program that challenges student’s strength, balance, and flexibility – both physically and mentally! The Circus Magnet Program provides an innovative set of state standards that combines local circus history, physics, and performing arts. The Magnet Program is designed to help students develop advanced athletic abilities and creative thinking skills.
Unlike the traditional Sailor Circus Academy, the Circus Magnet Program takes place during the school day, and earns students credit toward a high school diploma. Students that participate in our Magnet Program are not required to perform in the Sailor Academy. The district allows school reassignment with program enrollment (meaning if you are not districted for SHS, you can school-choice). This 4-year physical education program conditions muscle memory and conceptualizes kinesiology. Students in this program learn about the rich history of circus arts in Sarasota, which has been a hub of circus activity for over a century.
For more information, contact:
dakota@circusarts.org (preferred) or dakota.carrera@
Booker Middle School Magnet Program
Booker Middle School and The Circus Arts Conservatory started their collaborative, accredited Circus Arts program in 2020. The Booker Magnet program began with ten students and has grown to over forty students with a waiting list.
Booker, a Visual and Performing Arts school, gives students in sixth through eighth grade the opportunity to experience every type of Art, from Orchestra to Dance to Visual Art to Circus Arts. Students in the Circus Arts program come to the arena during every school day to learn and train, putting on a mid-year showcase and a fully produced final show each year.
Middle-school Magnet students begin with acrobatics and juggling, then work their way to more complicated skills on the ground, like trampoline and tight wire, and in the air, like trapeze, aerial lyra, and aerial hammock. Alongside circus skills, Circus Arts Magnet students learn life skills like showing up for yourself and your team, putting safety first, and keeping focus in a dynamic environment.
