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City Academy 
Our Story

City Academy's Mission

To graduate responsible, informed citizens who have achieved their best academic success.

We do this through distinctive teaching that is engaging, investigative and thought-provoking; close attention to each student’s finest learning and personal progress; and involving students in exploration of civic and current issues in our city.
Since City Academy opened its doors in the fall of 2000, our tuition-free Salt Lake City charter school for 7th – 12th grade students has earned a reputation for truly helping its diverse student body transition from youth to adulthood.
At City Academy, students are taught how to think, communicate and problem solve in ways that simply aren’t found in most other schools’ curriculums.
The University of Utah educators who founded City Academy wanted the school and its students to play a role in improving the community’s quality of life. They also knew that as students were serving in the community, they were simultaneously broadening their learning through their involvement. The real-life experiences from these service opportunities complement our students’ classroom learning. As a part of this commitment to academic service learning, each one of our students completes field work and an internship as a part of graduation.
We are committed to achieving the promise of public education – to provide a high quality preparatory education for every student through an approach that builds the intellectual, creative, personal, social, and civic capacity of our students.

Want to learn more about our independent public charter school?
We encourage you to arrange a campus visit. We’ll show you why many parents are excited about the quality of education we provide to our students.

Make City Academy your Salt Lake City school of choice.
Get in touch with our office today for more details.

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Testimonials

"They challenge me to think–not just memorize things and regurgitate a bunch of information. I feel like I’m growing intellectually."
- Diego
"This school has really helped me understand who I am as an individual, and it helped me grow. It’s also helped me get into multiple colleges, which, chances are, I might have never heard from."
- Walker
"I know that I’m going to a safe place. When I walk into school every morning, I know that the students are going to respect me. The teachers are going to respect me. I am not going to be unnoticed and disappear into the crowd. I have presence at City Academy, and that is something I didn’t have at my other school."
- Haley
"I was not motivated at other schools. And, I thought it was actually cool to not be good at school. After coming to City Academy, I realized that it is cool to be good at school—and, it’s fun to succeed in life."
- Alex
"City Academy helps me to be my best by pushing me, especially in essays and analysis and critical thinking beyond what I thought I could do."
- Olivia
"I was originally at another school. I really didn’t like the environment of that school, and then I came here, and the environment difference from that school to this school is dramatic. Everyone here is a friend. Thank you City Academy for making me who I am today."
- Dayan
"(At other schools) there’s a totem pole of popularity. At the top, you have the jocks and the cheerleaders and the rich kids and other people. I was at the very bottom of the totem pole, which was uncarved and pointless and just there. It wasn’t fun. Then I came here, and the totem pole got knocked over. Thank you City Academy for changing my life in so many ways. This is an amazing school."
- Lucas
"I needed a change. I needed to downsize. The school that I was at was just so big, and there were just so many people that I just couldn’t focus. And, the kids were mean to me. I thought this [City Academy] would be perfect because it’s small. It feels like a community. It’s just awesome. Many of my teachers will hunt me down to find me and ask me where my work is. And, I can’t just give them some lame excuse because they know that my work is missing. They don’t accept anything less than the work you’re supposed to give them. Thank you City Academy for saving my life."
- Connor
"Last year, when I got out of the Cambridge testing, after writing three essays in two hours about European world history, it was a totally different kind of relief. I was so proud that I did something like that. That’s like one of those crazy Hogwarts things that you don’t think kids actually do. You know—write three essays in two hours—but I did it, and I got an A. And, it was awesome, and it felt really, really good."
- Megan

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