The top Schools To Attend If You Want To Study Arts Along With A College Prep Curriculum
Written by Admin on June 12th, 2010Most public schools and high schools in the United States are traditional teaching a curriculum that will prepare you for college. There are other schools, however, that focus one specialty such as creative and performing arts. This article will look into three such schools located in Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, and Philadelphia. They have good academic programs in addition to classes to promote the artistic talents of their students. SPCA in Cincinnati has been highlighted with a reality television series on MTV giving others a glimpse into what a school like this is like showing singers sitting at a piano with a piano lamp or piano lamps shining down on them as they get ready to compete in an all school talent show, for example.
The first school is the one mentioned above called SPCA which stands for the School of Performing and Creative Arts located in downtown Cincinnati. It is the oldest public arts school in the country and the enrollment has increased by 60% over the past year after the airing of the reality show Taking the Stage showed what the school is like on MTV. The show is like a real life Fame exploring the lives of different students pursuing their dreams of being a professional dancer, rapper or songwriter. A newly built facility and building will be opened for this public school for next year to house the 988 students in grades 4-12. Academics are as important as the arts here being named a Blue ribbon School in the past.
Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts has the mission to nurture all of the creative talents of their students while also giving them a solid college prep academic curriculum. The arts that are offered here are creative writing, dance, drama, instrumental music, vocal music and visual arts. To be admitted to CAPA you must have good grades from your previous school and do an audition in the art area you wish to major in. The well known boy band called, Boyz II Men are alumni of the Philadelphia Arts school.
The Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts School started in 1979 with about 35 students and has grown over the years to now have students in grades 6-12 at the school learning various arts programs. During the 2003-2004 school year, they moved into a new building that has a large auditorium, a theatre, an art gallery, a TV studio and large rehearsal areas for all of the various arts to practice in. This new building puts this school above the several others in the area and because of that, the competition to get in to this school is very difficult.
There are over 350 arts schools in the US, but just a handful of them have been nationally recognized for for their success including the ones mentioned in this article. Kids are becoming more interested in arts schools today and the Taking the Stage show will only increase the interest.
