About JDS Creative Academy
JDSCA is dedicated to advancing education and training in the visual, digital, and performing arts. Striving to enhance achievement and provide opportunities to gain leadership skills, creative enrichment, self-confidence, and collaborative skills, JDSCA offers a variety of classes and programs that fulfill the VAPA requirements, per the California Education Standard for K-12, the Apprenticeships Standards for the State of California and the Title-17 training standards for Inland Regional. JDSCA also offers a video production and workforce development program that aims to foster an inclusive environment for diverse populations.
About The Founders
The owners of JDS Video & Media Productions, Scott and Diane Strand, launched a Drama Club program with the Temecula Valley School District in 2010. In response to the program’s success, the Strands created an Actors Studio, now known as JDS Actors Studio, to teach the technique and craft of acting to people of all ages.
The Strands felt that the Temecula Valley area would benefit from advanced education in all the arts. In addition, they wanted to help homeschooled and online students fulfill the Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) requirement per the California Education Core Standard, and assist those looking for a career in the arts. For this reason, they created the non-profit JDSCA and recruited a group of talented industry professionals trained in the arts to make up the Board of Directors.