Saint Lawrence Academy

Saint Lawrence Academy, SLA, a college-preparatory Roman Catholic high school in Santa Clara, California, USA, was founded in 1975. It stresses its small size, which translates to close interaction among students, administration, faculty, and counselors. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose in California.AcademicsAs a college preparatory school, Saint Lawrence Academy's graduation requirements include coursework in English, mathematics, social studies, science, foreign language, fine arts, religious studies, computers and physical education. SLA also offers Advanced Placement and various honors courses. Students at SLA are offered English Literature, English Language, Spanish Language and Culture, U.S. History, Calculus AB and BC, Physics, Macro and Micro Economics, and Psychology. World languages are currently offered for study: French, Spanish and Sign language.Performing artsSLA also possesses a very notable performing arts program with Mary Carroll as head of drama and director and Kevin Surace as music director. For nearly two decades, the school has had an annual musical; hugely popular with the students and community, the annual musical features at least a third of the student body each year as actors and assisting behind the scenes as Tech Crew. Great numbers of the remainder of the student body also attend, with free tickets sent in recent years to prospective freshmen in order to give them a taste of SLA. The performing arts program contains a "no-cut" policy, enabling all interested students to participate. Pictures and mp3 recordings of previous years' plays can be found at http://www.surace.com/lawrence and videos at http://www.youtube.com/stlawrencetheater