• K-8 Creative Arts Academy
    • Opportunities to develop and highlight students creativity and talents through the Arts including:
      • Dance
      • Vocal and Instrumental Music
      • Drama
      • Musical Theatre
      • Visual and Graphic Arts
      • Advanced Pre-collegiate curriculum offered through Cambridge University
    • Revitalizing new Arts classrooms, including the:
      • Historic Auditorium
      • New Mind & Body Dance Studio
      • Black Box Theatre
      • Big Speak Theatre
      • Studio 26- 2D and 3D visual arts

Communique Café- opportunities for students to perform for their peers during the lunch hour. New School Hours: 8:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Come join the CAST!  We have a spot waiting for you!

      • Magnet Seats available in Kindergarten and 6th Grade for the 2018-19

      School year.

      • K-8 STEM Academy
      • All students at Sam Gaines will participate in STEM courses, events and activities
      • Cambridge Primary Program and pre-collegiate course offerings prepare students to be college and career ready
      • All Kindergarten and 6th students will be equipped with a laptop computer (1:1)
      • Strong partnerships with industry leaders: Microsoft

      – SGA is the 1st Microsoft Demonstration in St. Lucie County

Programs include:

  • Health and Wellness
  • Medical Studies
  • Agri-technology
  • Computer Coding
  • Robotics

Courses will feature:

  • Gaming
  • Coding
  • Virtual and augmented reality applications

Project-based learning incorporating state of the art learning environments through:

  • Innovation labs
  • Makerspace labs
  • Design Challenge Studios

“Where you can find your passion and invent your future!”

The Creative Arts Academy of St. Lucie (C.A.S.T) provides opportunities to develop and highlight creativity and performance through courses in Dance, Visual and Graphic Arts, Vocal and Instrumental Music, Theatre and Musical Theatre. This K-8 Magnet will feature a Black Box Theater, new arts classrooms, upgraded facilities, and earlier school hours to better accommodate extracurricular or community based activities. Academic excellence will include the new Cambridge Primary program to develop pre-collegiate skills. Samuel S. Gaines Academy of Emerging Technologies will be a STEM-based (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math.) K-8 Magnet School. New courses will expose students to computer coding, gaming, robotics, agri-technology, medicine, and augmented and virtual reality applications. The Technology, Agri-tech and Science/Medical course pathways promote an inquiry-based approach to learning through Innovation Labs, Design Challenge Studios and the use of emerging technologies. The prestigious Cambridge Primary Program will provide our young scholars with an international science pathway and accelerate toward a rigorous high school and college curriculum. Click to Apply