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COSA CARNIVAL SPECIAL EDITION
FREE EVENT for the WHOLE FAMILY!
This Tuesday, September 15th - Don't Miss the Fun, Friends & Festivities!
Meet in the Theater 5:15 pm
Welcome & Informational session for all new and returning CoSA parents and students to share important CoSA details for THIS school year! Meet Administration, the Staff, Foundation, and hear from the CoSA Council student Vice President, Principal Mellina , upcoming events and more!
Then Bring Friends & Family to the Carnival 5:45 pm - 6:45 pm in CHS Quad: - Open to ALL Ages & the Community!
Bring your friends! Join the celebration of community.and arts! Food! Games! Activities! Conservatory Information Booths! Plus a chance to get to know families and establish relationships!
Activities
To Start the Carnival catch a sneak peak of Grease!
🎪 MTD If you missed them at the last Coronado Promenade Concert, you won't want to miss them again! Musical Theatre & Drama perform a song from upcoming Musical Grease at 5:50 pm in the Quad
🎶 Instrumental Music Enjoy Live Music while playing Musical Chairs! 🎶
🎪 Win Merch as Technical Theatre leads games like Plinko, Ring Toss, Spin-the-Wheel and old school Knock-it-Down!
📸 Stop by Digital Arts Photo Booth costume props from Technical Theatre for $1. or a memory for a lifetime, then pose with your Bestie as Sandy & Danny at the Shake Shack painted by Visual Arts!
🎪 Digital Arts will also be hosting Pictionary plus Level 1 students will draw you some fun blind contour portraits for only $1.
🕺 The little ones may want to play Twister hosted by Dance!
🎨 Bring the kiddos for face painting from Visual Arts or for the older crew - have a wash-away tattoo painted for the night!
FOOD & FRIENDS
Grab a Bite with Friends!
Street Tacos made Fresh on site
Tornado Potatoes
Gourmet Cookies
CoSA Merch
Special Partners
Safe Harbor Coronado
Coronado Playhouse
Parents Make a Memory! SOAK-A-SENIOR!
Take your Chances or Soak your Target!
Stay til 6:20 pm for Soak-A-Senior!
🎲 $ 5 Soak-a-Senior - Roll the Big Dice to see who you get to Soak
💦 $10 Soak-a-Senior - Take your pick from any of our 14 Volunteer Seniors from every Conservatory!
BUT WAIT...There's More!
Grand Finale...Soak-A-Teacher!
Parents, Faculty & Students...Community Members...
💵 Drop a $20 for The Arts
💦 Take Your Pick! SOAK:
Karin Mellina, CHS Principal & CoSA Director
Anna Woerman, CoSA Digital Arts
Michelle Evenson, CoSA Digital Arts
Karrie Jackson, CoSA Visual Arts
Kimberly Strassburger, CoSA Musical Theatre & Drama
Stop by our CoSA Social Booth Before You Go!
Follow to enter the chance to win tickets to an upcoming CoSA Perfonamce this Fall
Facebook: Coronado School of the Arts
Conservatory Accounts
CoSA Council @cosa.council
Dig Arts @cosadigarts
Dance @cosa.dance
MTD @cosamtd
Tech @cosatechnical
Visual Arts @cosa.visual.arts
Celebrate Community!
Invite your Friends & Family!
Thank You to our CoSA Council & CoSA Foundation for Hosting the Event!
CoSA FOUNDATION
Your Investment Makes a Difference!
Thank you to our CoSA Foundation Board of Directors for their dedication!
COSA Foundation Board Members & CoSA Parent Volunteer!
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
Calendars
CHS Bell Schedule
CoSA Calendar
Contact Us
Coronado School of the Arts
(619) 522-4050
Principal & Director of CoSA:
Karin Mellina
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 & Julie Lorenz
Visual Arts: Karrie Jackson
Plus our fabulous Consultants, Guest Artists, Live Models and Volunteers!
COSA Foundation Board of Directors:
President: Arlene Ventimiglia
Vice President: Linda Edison
Secretary: Kristina Quesada
Treasurer: Marnie Herndon
2026-2027 COSA Foundation Board Members:
COSA Director, Advisor to the Board: Karin Mellina
COSA Representative Liaison: Karrie Jackson
Student Representative: CoSA Council Vice President, Wendy Alcaraz
Volunteer Parent Liaison: Rebecca Villanueva
Social Media: Holly Peterson
Dawn Bright
Amber Truax
Reina Valdez
Rebecca Villanueva
Nadia. Mahalingam
Andrea Heinecke
Jennifer Vasquez
Paul Vasquez
Shannon Guths
COSA Foundation Staff:
Director of Development, Jenni Nesbitt
COSA Foundation Administrative Assistant, Erin Everett
COSA Council Student Leadership Team:
President, Emma Olson
Vice President, Wendy Alcaraz
Secretary, Danielle Elizabeth Mensah-Baah
Advisor, Karrie Jackson
Thank you to all our REPs from each of our 6 Conservatories!
Digital Arts Reps: Danielle Elizabeth Mensah-Baah, Carlos Goya Minvielle & & Jose Aguayo
Dance Reps: Norah Hale & George Greeves
Instrumental Music Reps: Mackenzie Fallon, Ella Heinecke & Finely Holzer
MTD Reps: Luca Hansen & Jonah Thygerson
Tech Reps: Rosie Enciso & Donovan Peters
Visual Arts Reps: Scarlett Aispuro, Jackson Carmona & Taja Stanley
And THANK YOU to all our working COSA Student Interns who collaborate on our Productions and Publicity! You are truly PROs!
COSA Graphic Design Interns: Carlos Goya Minvielle & & Jose Aguayo
Follow us on Social Media to see what all the students have been up to: