Post by mac on Sept 15, 2016 15:05:49 GMT
Metric Academy of the Arts is a prestigious academy located in Salem, CA. It’s about 30 minutes (by car) from the coast and gets chilly, but not cold, during winter. The Academy is full of mainly elite and rich students (though some attend via scholarships). Students gifted in arts are permitted entry to Metric. Students are only allowed to fail one class before they face expulsion from the Academy, and the discipline policy is strict. Because Metric is so strict, there are many students who want to attend but cannot because the application process is so picky. Metric Academy takes up most of uptown Salem and their colors are red and white.
Metric is a vocational school, operating slightly differently than most High Schools and Colleges. It combines both age ranges, so students can range from ages 13-22 (generally). They are still divided into classes – example: High School Freshman are different than College Freshman – but their buildings have been combined and since all students come to Metric with a specific art training in mind, they often have major-specific classes that blend all the students at the school.
Metric Academy is a modern-style building, and has been running for decades. But because of the school’s expensive tuition, it always has money to perform necessary renovations.
Courses offered at Metric Academy range in diversity. Everyone has a general major with a concentration in their specific field. Some of the majors cross a lot and have classes along with those in different fields – but what matters for your degree is fulfilling the requirements for each concentration. Students are allowed to take electives in different fields than their own, but getting into those classes is often difficult because usually they are flooded with those in that specific major already. Metric does not have general ed majors (like math, science, ect) and instead most students are taught core subjects when they are in the High School age, and focus primarily on what is required for their degree in the college. Because of this the entry exam for those attending just the college is very difficult – High School seniors graduate Metric Academy with college level proficiency at all the general ed subjects.
Arts Major:
-sculpting
-drawing
-carving
-painting
-mural design
Entertainment Major:
-Fashion Design
-Modeling
-Acting
-Stage Design
-Theater
-Makeup Design
Home Economics Major:
-Culinary Arts
-Interior Design
-Architecture
Business Major:
-Accounting
-Business Design
-Pre-med
-Education
Film/Photo Design:
-Directing
-Cinematography
-Photography
-Lighting Directing
Metric Students are permitted to live in the dormitories – attached to the school is the College dormitories and not too far from the school, within campus grounds, are little neighborhoods where High School students are permitted to live. Students are allowed to stay on campus during Winter Holiday if they need to (due to the fact some students come from overseas), but during summer the school always shuts down completely for yearly renovations. Students are permitted to move in two weeks prior to the academic school year starting.
College students and teachers can also live off campus. Near the school are several apartment complexes recommended for teachers but some can even live in the downtown area and still compute to Metric (though the downtown area is significantly less pretty than uptown).
