The mission of SCUSD's Visual Arts and Performing Arts (VAPA) is to promote higher academic achievement, develop marketable career skills, encourage continued education, and enhance the quality of life in the community through the Arts. Within VAPA, students will be provided with opportunities to explore careers within the broad fields of art, entertainment, and media; to understand the relationship between academic success and success in the workplace; and to develop the necessary skills to sustain a meaningful career in their chosen field. Providing the spaces needed for these programs is another way to support one of SCUSD's LCAP goals to prepare students for College and Career Readiness.