CoSA Newsletter

Everyone had such a wonderful time last year! All CoSA Community Carnival is back with some important information that will help families navigate the 2025-2026 COSA school year.

• Tuesday, September 23rd 5:15 - 6:45pm
  All New and Returning Parents & COSA Students
  
  Hosted by COSA Foundation Board Members & CoSA Council student leadership
  

• 5:15 pm in Theatre: Welcome 2025-2026 Informational Session for Parents and Students to share important COSA details for this school year.

• 5:45 pm - 6:45 pm in CHS Quad: Celebration of our COSA Community. Food! Games! Activities! Conservatory Information Booths! Plus a chance to get to know families and establish relationships!

March 14, 2026

at Venue808 in Downtown San Diego

https://venue808.com/

Tickets will be available soon!

COSA Instrumental Music: Fall Recital

Black Box

Tuesday, October 7 at 6pm

COSA Musical Theatre & Drama: Alice by Heart

Coronado Performing Arts Theatre

Friday, October 17 at 7pm

Saturday, October 18 at 7pm

Sunday, October 19 at 2pm

Friday, October 24 at 7pm

Saturday, October 25 at 7pm

COSA Digital Arts: Horror Night

Black Box

Tuesday, October 28 at 6pm

Thursday, October 30 at 6pm

SDMT Academy’s Hadestown Teen Edition Closed today after five successful and sold out shows! The show featured 7 CoSA MTD Conservatory students!

Front Row (L-R): Julia Davidson (Fate 3) and Ellis Quesada (Worker/Hermes Understudy)

Back Row (L-R): Chloe Elise Peterson (Worker/Dance Captain), Amanda Nurding (Persephone), Moxie Rotter (Worker/Fate 3 Understudy), Luca Hansen (Worker), and Kléber Toala (Worker)

Congrats Annika & Lilia!

Please join in their efforts to enrich our students' lives through the arts! https://www.cosafoundation.org/

Donate https://www.cosafoundation.org/parents/

CoSA Foundation

https://www.cosafoundation.org/

P.O. Box 181587
Coronado, CA 92178
501(c)(3) Tax ID#: 33-0752143

Coronado School of the Arts

650 D Avenue

Coronado, CA 92118

(619) 522-4050

CHS/COSA Administration:

Karin Mellina - COSA School

Tim Kusserow - COSA Foundation

COSA Support Staff:

COSA Office Administrative Assistant, Deidre Smith

COSA Coordinator, Karrie Jackson

COSA Faculty:

Dance: Caryn Ipapo-Glass

Digital Arts: Animation/Graphic Design, Anna Woerman & Film, Michelle Evenson

Instrumental Music: Matt Heinecke

Musical Theatre & Drama: Barbara Wolf, Kim Strassburger, David McBean

Technical Theatre: Cynthia Bloodgood & Coleman Clark

Visual Arts: Karrie Jackson

Plus our fabulous Consultants, Guest Artists, Live Models and Volunteers!

COSA Foundation Board Leaders:

President, Linda Edison

Vice President, Holly Peterson

Director of Development, Jenni Nesbitt

Press & Social Media, Christine VanTuyl

Island Youth Theatre, Stephanie Nurding

Erin Everett, COSA Foundation Administrative Assistant

COSA Council Student Leadership Team:

President, Abigail Kim

Vice President, Haissam Kouli

Secretary, Cadence Wright

Co-Leaders of Publicity Team: Noemi Swearingen Ordonez & Eleanor McLellan

Advisor, Karrie Jackson

And THANK YOU to all our working COSA Student Interns who collaborate on our Productions and Publicity! You are truly PROs!

Follow us on Social Media to see what all the students have been up to:

Instagram @cosasdofficial

Facebook.com/cosasandiego