About SAA
About SAA

Established in 1886, San Antonio Academy of Texas is a non-profit, non-denominational, tax-exempt school for boys in prekindergarten through grade eight.
Admissions
Admissions

Academy boys are taught to be honest, be kind and to be the best they can be.
Academics
Academics

The Academy educates boys to succeed in life scholastically, emotionally and physically.
Fine Arts
Fine Arts

Dedicated to bringing out the very best in each student’s abilities.
Athletics
Athletics

Where physical fitness, self-discipline and sportsmanship are emphasized.
- Meet the Coaches
- About the Program
Enrichment & Summer Programs
Enrichment & Summer Programs

Year-Round Enrichment offers accelerated classes to boys, girls and adults while the summer program over 400 diverse array of classes for kids to create, explore and have fun.
- Enrichment Program
- Summer At The Academy
Support SAA
Support SAA

For over a century, SAA has prepared thousands of young men to be leaders in San Antonio and beyond through the generous support of our families.

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Cary Gates - Art Director

Cary Gates has been teaching art since 1995. First at Grove Ave. Baptist Christian School in Richmond, Va. and then at San Antonio Academy, where he is starting his 13th year. His experience spans a spectrum of work as an artist, a cartoonist and as a graphic illustrator, where back in the mid-seventies, he illustrated a number of posters for Willie Nelson.

Cary has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Advertising from the University of Texas in Austin, and studied painting with Robert Weimerskirsh at the Glassell School of Art in Houston. He's participated in art shows in Houston, Austin, San Antonio and Park City, Utah. Cary is a member of the Coppini Academy, where he has exhibited in a number of shows in the last eight years.

Contact Cary Gates: email or 210.733.7331. ext 217

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Cary Gates - Art Director

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