Iowa Conservatory welcomes middle and high school students to explore and study the arts in the heart of downtown Iowa City, Iowa. For more information, please reach out to info@iowaconservatory.org.
Hardwick United States of America
Iowa ConservatoryDescription
Iowa Conservatory (ICON) is a co-educational boarding and day school located in Iowa City, Iowa, specializing in performing and visual arts education for students in grade 6 through 12 plus gap year. Established in 2023, ICON offers majors in dance, theatre arts, music, visual arts, and design & production.
- Day school tuition $12500 - $35000 USD
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Grades for day school
6th Grade/Year 7 -
Post Graduate - Scholarships Available Yes
- Number of Students 20
- Year founded 2023
- Boarding school tuition $12500 - $35000 USD
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Grades for boarding school
6th Grade/Year 7 -
Post Graduate - Type Co-ed
Accreditations
Cognia - Fully accredited non-public Iowa School
Tuition
ICON Full Day Program : $25,000/year
International students: $35,000/year
ICON Gap Year Program: $12,500/semester
ICON Half Day Program: $12,500/year (Arts Curriculum Only)
All Iowa Residents may apply for the Iowa Education Savings Account Program(ESA) for tuition support.
Need and talent-based scholarships are available. Reach out to admissions@iowaconservatory.org to learn more.
Curricula
Iowa Conservatory embraces Project-based learning (PBL) at the heart of our curricular design.
This 21st-century approach to learning is student-centered and brings real world applications to arts education. The teacher acts as a facilitator for student learning, scaffolding deep engagement in artistic content as students engage in collaborative and interdisciplinary learning opportunities.
The role of the teacher-artist is to guide students as they develop mastery of their art form, providing scaffolds to students as needed. Our faculty is trained to carefully design courses with intentional team-building and project outcomes in mind, with the most important content-area skills and concepts embedded in student activity. All of our teachers value the person first, and aim to build highly responsive, trusting teacher-student relationships.
Our arts program design is grounded in Project Based Learning (PBL). At the heart of PBL is a deep understanding of content, mastery of skills and personally satisfying, relevant student project outcomes. We strive to facilitate authentic arts experiences, growing students’ skill and expertise through hands-on, innovative projects, centered both within their own discipline and across majors. Arts-rich PBL contexts build 21st century skills: critical thinking, communication, collaboration and creativity.
For more information on our curriculum, please click here.
Admissions Information
Admissions Process
To apply for our school, please click this link.
- Students can join after the academic year begins Yes
- Waiting List No
Academics
- Assigns homework Yes
- Use of technology in the classroom Yes
- Language of instruction English
- ELL support No
- Teacher/Student ratio 1:10
- Gifted and talented student support Yes
- Learning support Yes
- Native English teachers Yes
- Languages taught Spanish
- Number of teaching staff 15
- Examinations available
Courses
Students at ICON engage is arts and core curriculum that is tailored to each student. Courses offer vary from year to year and are dependent on the student's discipline.
Learning Support
ICON provides student learning coaches.
School Life
- Bus service No
- Sports teams available No
- Pastoral Care No
- Do students practice religion at the school No
- School start time 9:00am
- School end time 5:00pm
- Max class size 25
- School provides lunch No
- Supervised care before or after school No
- Uniform required No
- Access to an educational psychologist No
- Student nationalities 2
- Average class size 15
Living Accommodations
We offer co-ed boarding.
Sports Teams
Students enrolled in our school can dual enroll in the ICCSD to participate in sports.
University Relations
- University counseling No
- Percent that pursue university 100%
University Destinations
Florida State
Boston Conservatory