About FLAMA
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The Frank Liu Jr. Academy for Music and Arts was founded on Frank Liu Jr.’s conviction that music and art are the engines of academic excellence, community, and lifelong flourishing. FLAMA carries his conviction forward every day.
Frank Liu Jr.
Frank Liu Jr. was a visionary Houston musician, businessman and advocate for his home city. FLAMA is founded on his belief in the transformative power of education and the arts. Frank Jr. was himself a gifted, driven student who thrived in pursuits ranging from music to mathematics to basketball. FLAMA will prepare students for the same wide-ranging success in their own lives. Most importantly, Frank was a kind and generous friend to all, whose grace as an educator, and generosity of spirit, we take as the bar for our own success. These values drive everything we do as a school and a community.
Our Vision
What We're Building Toward
FLAMA will graduate students who thrive in disciplined creativity; who turn perception into meaning and imagination into form; who are deeply literate; who write with clarity, logic, and originality; who recognize structure within mathematical complexity; who are financially literate and civically engaged; who make healthy choices; and who value scientific inquiry as a way of understanding the world.
Disciplined Creativity
Graduates who thrive in creative work and have the skill and persistence to bring it to life.
Deep Literacy
Curious students who write with clarity, logic, and originality.
Mathematical Fluency
Students who see structure in complexity and apply mathematical thinking to the world.
Civic Readiness
Financially literate and engaged citizens who make healthy choices.
Student Success Profile
What a FLAMA Graduate Looks Like
ACADEMIC FOUNDATIONS
- →Reads deeply and critically across genres; writes with clarity, logic, and purpose
- →Demonstrates mathematical fluency and can apply it to academic and real-world problems
- →Designs scientific investigations and draws evidence-based conclusions
- →Understands history, civic systems, and the role of individuals in society
DISCIPLINED CREATIVITY
- →Listens deeply, reads music fluently, and performs individually and collaboratively
- →Understands composers and musical traditions across genres and cultures
- →Designs with purpose; understands color, composition, and perspective
- →Uses visual form to interpret and express meaning with patience and precision
WHOLE-CHILD READINESS
- →Plans, organizes, and manages time effectively; persists through challenges
- →Makes informed choices that support physical and mental health
- →Understands saving, credit, and investment; manages resources responsibly
- →Participates in performances and exhibitions that contribute to civic life
School Model
How We Teach
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Cognitive Science & Direct Instruction
Teaching grounded in how the brain actually learns. Explicit modeling, guided practice, and spiraled sequencing build lasting mastery — in academics and the arts alike. Classrooms are interactive, not passive.
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Intentional Executive Function Skills
Achievement depends on more than academics. From Pre-K through 8th grade, FLAMA explicitly builds students' ability to plan, self-regulate, persist, and collaborate — skills reinforced daily in music and art.
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Music & Arts as the Foundation
At FLAMA, music and arts are core. Daily general music, choir, instrumental instruction, and visual arts are woven into the academic day, with literacy and math intentionally integrated throughout.