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26-661: The Sarasota Art Museum on the Ringling College Museum Campus (SAM) officially opened to the public on December 14, 2019. Its location is the Old Sarasota High School building. Built in 1927, the Late Gothic Revival, brick and terra cotta structure was once the city's main high school. It was designed by architect M. Leo Elliott in 1926 with the intention of setting itself apart from every other architectural feat in

52-614: A 20,000-square-foot (1,900 m ) mid-century building by Paul Rudolph added in 1958-1959. The adaptive reuse project was led by Lawson Group Architects. Finally, in 1996, the school expanded to its current size of 85 acres (0.34 km ), and classes began to move out of the old Sarasota High building. The school offers numerous clubs including: JROTC , Drama Guild, History Club, French Club, Spanish Club, American Sign Language Club, National Honor Society , Student Government, First Priority Christian Club, Lady Sailor Club, Ex Libris Book Club, La Sertoa, Mu Alpha Theta , Rho Kappa , and

78-487: A Speech & Debate team. Sarasota High School offers numerous sports at the Freshman, JV, and Varsity levels. These sports include cheerleading, marching band, swimming & diving, track & field, wrestling, weight lifting, cross country, basketball, football, softball, golf, sailing, soccer, lacrosse, and baseball. The world-famous Sarasota High School Sailor Circus began as a mid-game tumbling demonstration during

104-691: A football game in 1949. The Sailor Circus held their first performance in 1950 as an extension of the PE class at the high school. In celebration of the Circus' 20th anniversary in 1969, the Sailor Circus relocated to an arena right outside the school campus. It has evolved into a near full-fledged circus of student performers trained and supervised by faculty and parents, some of which are or were professional circus performers. The Sailor Circus has appeared on numerous television programs and has traveled throughout

130-454: A professional weight training room, an auditorium with stage and dressing rooms, a circus arena, 8 tennis courts, 2 baseball/softball diamonds, a football stadium with a track surrounding it, and a soccer field, and 4 parking lots. Sarasota High features a 1-mile walking path around and through the school. MaST Research Institute is a magnet program at Sarasota High. This program emphasizes in math, science, and engineering. The main focus of

156-421: Is Virginia Shearer. The museum's 15,000 square feet of exhibition space are spread across three floors. Temporary exhibitions are devoted primarily to 20th and 21st century art and artists. Visitors are encouraged to step outside the museum's walls into the outdoor sculpture gallery featuring temporary exhibitions. The museum's gift shop filled with gifts, books, and jewelry is located on the first floor behind

182-471: Is typical of the Collegiate Gothic style, which was popular at the time. The interior features other Gothic Revival motifs like coats of arms, quatrefoils, and arched ceilings which dominate the hallways and entryway. Local historians describe the architecture's impressive artistry: "The massive tower entrance to the school on U.S. 41 features brick pier buttresses, which terminated at the top of

208-565: The Bright Futures Scholarship Program . Sarasota High School offers students the chance to learn Spanish or American Sign Language . Latin used to be offered. Although not a requirement of graduation in Florida , 2 years of a foreign language is required for admission into a state university . Sarasota High School has a band, choir, color guard, and drama guild. The band and color guard performs at all

234-487: The International Baccalaureate magnet program at Riverview High School . The goal of the program is to allow students to choose the amount of college prep classes they want, from 1 to all their core classes. The program has 3 main groups (Languages, Humanities and Arts, and Math and Science) and a student will need to take an AICE exam in 6 AICE classes to get a test in each of the 3 groups, and then

260-629: The 2011–2012 school year, Sarasota High School started the magnet program AICE, the Advanced International Certificate of Education, a program from Cambridge University in the United Kingdom . The program is new to Florida, but is common through the rest of the world. One of the main reasons of bringing the AICE program to Sarasota High, was to keep the college bound students districted to Sarasota High from going to

286-534: The Grounds.” Sarasota High School Old Sarasota High School was designed by architect M. Leo Elliott in 1926. The school was completed in 1927 and the first senior class graduated in 1928. Made of red brick and glazed terra cotta, the Late Gothic Revival building was set on a high base of limestone and concrete laid in imitation of limestone. It has three stories with a 4½-story entrance tower building. The rectangular, irregular plan masonry wall structure

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312-698: The INTEL International Science and Engineering Fair, placement at the International ISWEEEP competition, multiple placements (including 1st place) and entrants to the statewide Florida Junior Academy of Science Competition; and multiple entrants and placement in the statewide Junior Science Engineering and Humanities Symposium. MaST students have attended some of the top Universities in the nation upon graduation, including (but not limited to): Stanford, Princeton, Harvard, Duke, Dartmouth, Columbia, Georgetown, and Georgia Tech. In

338-852: The Sailor Circus was picked up by The Police Athletic League (P.A.L.) of Sarasota ran by the Sherriff's Office. 2009 was the mark of the 60th anniversary of Sailor circus, which is no longer affiliated with Sarasota High School. In 2013 the Circus Arts Conservatory bought the Sailor Circus Arena and turned it into Sailor Circus Academy for pre-professional development all the way through age 21. The school currently has over 2,600 students with 139 teachers and faculty. The campus featuring 19 buildings (5 of them being 2 stories) and 10 portable units (each containing one classroom). There are 2 cafeterias, 2 gymnasiums, 2 locker rooms,

364-622: The United States, Japan and Peru . In 1952, Warner Brothers made a 30-minute short on the Sailor Circus which was shown in theaters throughout North America . Through an agreement with Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows, Inc. (Ringling having a long association with Sarasota), the Sailor Circus is officially known as "The Greatest Little Show On Earth". In 2008, the Sarasota County School Board dropped Sailor Circus due to "safety hazard" and

390-596: The building. In 2003, plans began to repurpose the building for use as an art museum. Initial plans for conversion into the Sarasota Museum of Art had been put on hold for a number of years, but the Sarasota Art Museum of Ringling College of Art and Design opened to the public on December 15, 2019. The current campus, consisting of two buildings — a 60,000-square-foot (5,600 m ) 1926 Collegiate Gothic structure designed by M. Leo Elliott and

416-503: The city. Its exterior features brick pier buttresses and glazed terra cotta cluster columns while the interior includes Gothic Revival motifs: coats of arms, quatrefoils, and arched ceilings. The school was completed in 1927 and the first senior class graduated in 1928. The building was named to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. An addition to the school was added in 1960 by local architect Paul Rudolph. Rudolph

442-616: The community related to all forms of visual and liberal arts: Photography, Ceramics, Fiber Arts, Philosophy & Religion, Chamber Music, Assyrian History, etc. The museum's first floor includes several classrooms and a ceramic studio. The Sarasota Art Museum does not have a permanent collection. Rather, it is considered a kunsthalle (a contemporary art museum without a permanent collection). Semi-permanent or site-specific installations include “The Thonet Chair”; “Vita in Motu”; “The Worker Project”; and several outdoor installations included in “On

468-412: The entire site of Sarasota - and 50,000 acres beside - in 1885!" Bond issues in excess of $ 1,500,000 were used to float the land acquisition, construction and operating costs required by the school expansion program. After closing the building in 1996, the building was shuttered for many years and left neglected. There were rumors of toxic asbestos and public uproar always followed any attempt to demolish

494-467: The erection of South Side School and Bay Haven School . The school expansion program coincided with the land "Boom" upward rise of real estate prices; as a result, the high school site was purchased for $ 317,000. In The Story of Sarasota , author Karl Grismer commented that the "tract upon which the school was located, cost more than the Florida Mortgage and Investment Company, Ltd., paid for

520-465: The football games and the drama guild also put on plays. 27°19′26″N 82°31′37″W  /  27.324°N 82.527°W  / 27.324; -82.527 South Side School (Sarasota, Florida) The South Side School , also known as Southside Elementary School , is a historic school in Sarasota , Florida . It is located at 1901 Webber Street. On September 14, 1984, it was added to

546-451: The other 3 from any area. Students begin taking AICE classes in 9th grade. They take Pre-AICE classes in 9th and some of 10th grade. Sarasota High has replaced honors classes with Pre-AICE classes. A student can get up to 45 college credits with AICE compared with only 10 credits in IB at Riverview High School. If a student completes 100 hours of community service, a student can also receive 100% of

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572-523: The program is to educate students on the scientific research process and then to have its members complete in-depth research projects over the course of their high school careers. Students defend their research in a public forum at the end of their senior year at the program's annual science symposium. Students involved in the MaST Research Institute have won multiple awards for their research, including: multiple entrants and placement at

598-714: The ticket desk. Bistro, the museum's café, is located on the first floor of Paul Rudolph's 1959 Vocational Shops building. The space was reimagined by beautifully K/R Architects. Local produce features in gourmet sandwiches, soups, and snacks. Bistro's Executive Chef is Kaytlin Dangaran. The Sarasota Art Museum is home to OLLI, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute of the Ringling College Continuing Studies Program. The program offers classes for adults in

624-426: The tower projection in glazed terra cotta cluster columns. Ornate crocket projections formerly pierced the skyline, but were removed at an unknown date. The tower was ornamented with various combinations of colonettes, crockets, tracery, quatrefoils and bosses, all Gothic Revival motifs, executed in ornamental glazed terra cotta." The construction of Sarasota High School was part of a county-wide program which included

650-544: Was a well-known member of the Sarasota School of Architecture . After closing to students in 1996, the building (by then known locally as the Elliott building) was shuttered for many years and left neglected. There were rumors of toxic asbestos and public uproar always followed any attempt to demolish the building. In 2003, plans began to repurpose the Elliott and Randolph buildings for use as an art museum. The SAM

676-570: Was founded in partnership with Ringling College of Art and Design with the agreement that the college's Continuing Studies Program would share space with the museum's own educational efforts. Design modifications and construction was undertaken by Lawson Group Architects and architectural firm Keenan/Riley. The SAM officially opened to the public on December 14, 2019. It is a member of the American Alliance of Museums but not yet officially accredited. The museum's current executive director

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