Young Audiences Family Fun Day 2015

The Young Audiences Charter School at Kate Middleton invites the Westbank community, currently enrolled and prospective students and their families to attend the second annual YACS Family Fun Day on Saturday, August 15, 1-4pm at Mel Ott Park, 2301 Belle Chasse Highway in Gretna. The event will include performances, food and fun for families. Plum Street Snowballs will be on hand as well to serve snowballs to all attendees. Family Fun Day is free and open to the public.    

Young Audiences Charter School at Kate Middleton will begin the 2015-2016 school year August 10th, and is open to any Jefferson Parish student entering Kindergarten through 5th grade. Limited spaces are still available for the 2015-16 school year.  Each following academic year, the school will add one grade to serve students in grades K-8 by Fall 2018. 

Parents are encouraged to visit the school’s website www.yacharterschool.org, call (504) 304-6332, or email damein@yacharterschool.org for enrollment information.  


Opened in 2013, Young Audiences Charter School at Kate Middleton is an open enrollment, arts-integrated charter school on the Westbank of Jefferson Parish. Enrollment is open to any Jefferson Parish student entering Kindergarten through 5th grade. The school will add one grade each academic year to serve students in grades K-8 by Fall 2018.   Recent research shows that students at schools with an arts integrated curriculum scored higher on standardized tests and academic measures than those at other types of schools, including academic magnet schools. (PAIR, 2013)  Additionally, students involved in the arts are more likely to have better attendance, fewer behavior referrals, and increased class participation.