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Educating for Life Beyond the Classroom
Harding Fine Arts Academy is a student-centered, arts integrated, all-inclusive learning institution in Oklahoma. A college prep environment that fosters an atmosphere that prepares students for life. We commit to setting every student, who walks through our halls, onto a road of possibility, hope and triumph.
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Improved Analytic and Problem Solving Skills
Incorporating art into a student’s life helps shape problem-solving and critical thinking skills by relying upon the full person to execute the craft. Coursework triggers both creative and cognitive areas to work synergistically and cooperatively.
Our Advantage through Curriculum and Culture
Rigorous Learning Environment
Our college preparatory school focuses on creating an encouraging learning environment. Integrating the Oklahoma A+ Essentials framework, we emphasize strategies that foster innovation, collaboration, and critical thinking among students. Our accolades and alumni are testament to a methodology that simply works.
Arts Integration
Problem-solving. Confidence. Leadership. Adaptability. Student engagement and retention of knowledge and skill are proven advantages students receive in an arts-integrated education.
We want your children to grow into well-rounded, competent,
and emotionally intelligent individuals. Our programs help
students flourish in the discipline most inherent to their
character.
Individualized Attention
At our college prep high school, your child will receive the
attention they need to succeed. Classrooms at the Academy
are structured to meet the needs of 15 to 20 students with a
student-teacher ratio of 13.86.
This makes it easier for our teachers to make connections
and tailor their teaching style to individual students.
Charter School Excellence
Experience why we think we are one of the best of Oklahoma’s tuition-free charter schools.
99%
graduation rate
$3.9M
in awarded scholarships
2019
Best Charter School of the Year
1st
Youth Poet Laureate from Oklahoma
#112
Newsweek, “Beating the Odds: Top High Schools for Low-Income Students”
200
Top Ranking in US News & World Reports Best Charter High Schools in U.S.
Letter from the Superintendent and Principal
We’re so thrilled you’ve taken the first step to learn more about the Academy. We are confident that the skills learned on campus live within students for a lifetime. Our pride comes when seeing the impact of the Academy’s arts integrated curriculum on students past and present. We’re especially inspired to see students – from various walks of life – prosper in an environment that encourages both stringent academic rigor and creative best-in-class arts programs. Our students soar. All students soar. That’s what makes our process work. Our methodology plus the encouragement of dedicated educators and the support of exceptional faculty and staff is the formula that leads to academic excellence and life-long success. Please join us. All are welcome.
What People Are Saying
Harding Fine Arts is the best education experience for those looking for qualified, committed, dedicated, and experienced educators and staff. The balance of quality core curriculum, with the excellent selection of artistic based electives, equals a top notch foundation for the high school student interested in a liberal arts college degree. I would recommend this school even to those seeking a standard high school experience, because of its wide variety of electives, student activities, and smaller class sizes. An A++ in my grade book.
Yvonne Hughes, parent
