Bristol Arts and Innovation Magnet School

Bristol Arts and Innovation Magnet School is a school for students in grades six through twelve that is tailored to coursework that leads to college and career opportunities in the creative arts industries.  Courses at BAIMS are categorized into pathways: Visual Arts, Musical Arts, Theater Arts, and Creative Construction. 

Schedule.  High school students who request and are enrolled in courses at BAIMS will take their classes at Bristol Arts and Innovation Magnet School on Memorial Boulevard for their first two blocks of the day on “A days.” Students can take two courses in the afternoons on A days and up to four courses on B days at their home high school.  Students electing to enroll in courses at BAIMS may not be able to fit in a study hall to meet the graduation requirements.  Health, a graduation requirement that must be taken when students are freshmen, will be one of the courses taken at BAIMS for all freshmen students. 

Course Request: Students must choose 4-6 courses that will occur at BAIMS. You will be scheduled for 2-4 of the courses selected. 

Transportation to BAIMS.  High school students will have transportation from their home area bus stop to BAIMS for the beginning of the school day on A days.  They will be transported from BAIMS to their home high school after the first two blocks of the high school day.  Transportation will be provided from their home high school to home at the end of the school day.

Extracurricular activities. There will be extracurricular activities that occur at BAIMS.  Transportation from home high schools to BAIMS will not occur at the end of the school day.  BAIMS students will also have the opportunity to participate in extracurricular activities at their home high school.