CoSA Newsletter
Back to School
September 2026
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COSA Carnival - Welcome ALL!
MARK YOUR CALENDARS! September 15th CoSA Carnival & 2026-2027 Information Night
Everyone had such a wonderful time last year! All CoSA Community Carnival is back with some important information that will help families navigate the 2026-2027 COSA school year.
Tuesday, September 15th 5:15 - 6:45pm
All New and Returning Parents & COSA Students
Hosted by COSA Foundation Board Members & CoSA Council student leadership5:15 pm in Theatre: Welcome & 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! Bring your friends!
Thank You to our Student Leaders!
Upcoming CoSA Performances
The CoSA Instrumental Music Fall Recital will be taking place on Monday, September 28 at 6pm in the Black Box Theatre at 650 D Avenue.
Get your tickets before the Black Box fills up!
The recital will feature a string quintet, jazz ensemble, woodwind trio, saxophone trio, and an all-new brass quintet. Several solo pianists will also be featured. The CoSA Instrumental Music Conservatory emphasizes the study of classical and jazz music. Students receive intensive training in their chosen instruments in wind, percussion, brass, jazz and string. Students also study music theory, ear training, jazz theory and improvisation, electronic music skills, composition and orchestration.
Classes are also offered in music history and culture, music technology and the music business. Students play piano, drums, violin, viola, cello, saxophone, electric guitar, tuba, trombone or any other instrument they desire to learn. CoSA Instrumental Music students are passionate about their craft, and many go on to study music in college, or continue to perform as adults.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS! Free All CoSA Event!
CoSA FOUNDATION
Your Investment Makes a Difference!
Thank you to our CoSA Foundation Board of Directors for their dedication!
COSA Foundation Board of Directors:
President: Arlene Ventimiglia
Vice President: Linda Edison
Secretary: Kristina Quesada
Treasurer: Marnie Herndon
Interested in Volunteering?
Reach out to our Volunteer Parent Liaison: Rebecca Villanueva
Board Liaison for Volunteers
Rebecca Villanueva
Thank you to our Conservatory Parents for 2026-2027!
Dance
Jennifer Vasquez
Digital Arts
NEED TO RECRUIT
Instrumental Music
Donna Latona
Musical Theatre & Drama
Rebecca Villanueva
Tech
Arlene Ventimiglia
NEED TO RECRUIT
Visual Art
NEED TO RECRUIT
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
CoSA Banners are up on Orange Avenue!
Thank you to the City of Coronado!
Congratulations to CoSA Graphic Design Intern and Graduate, Cadence Wright for designing a set of banners for all six CoSA Conservatories that are newly unveiled on the median of Orange Avenue!
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
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