Carlos Santana Arts Academy (CSAA) in North Hills, California is an elementary school where all students have the opportunities, encouragement, and support needed to achieve at very high academic levels. CSAA prepares students to be successful in a diverse society and ever-changing world, becoming self-directed learners as they reach proficiency in a standards-based curriculum with arts at its core. Students are supported in becoming technologically skilled original thinkers, innovative problem solvers, effective communicators, and responsible members of society.