Pittsburgh High School for the Creative and Performing Arts
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| Pittsburgh High School for the Creative and Performing Arts | |
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| 111 Ninth Street Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222Coordinates: 40°26′41″N 79°59′55″W / 40.444860°N 79.998564°W United States |
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| Type | Public - Magnet |
| Established | September 1979 |
| School district | Pittsburgh Public Schools |
| Principal | Ms. Melissa Pearlman |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 577 as of 1-October-2008[1] |
| Color(s) | black and white, Also red, yellow, white and blue written out in CAPA's symbol |
| Athletics | none |
| Mascot | Unicorn |
| Representative | Mark Brentley, Sr. |
| Website | CAPA |
Pittsburgh High School for the Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA) is a magnet school located in the Cultural District of Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. CAPA is one of ten high schools in the Pittsburgh Public Schools.
CAPA High School offers students six art majors: visual arts, literary arts, theater, instrumental music, vocal music, and dance. The theater major includes traditional theater, musical theater, technical theater, and costume design. Arts classes are taught by adjunct faculty who are working professionals in their respective fields.
Admission is by portfolio or audition. It also offers a complete range of academic studies including Pittsburgh Scholars Program (PSP) and Centers for Advanced Study (CAS), along with activities like the National Honor Society, Tri-M Music Honor Society, National Art Honor Society, yearbook, newspaper, student council, Amnesty International, Model United Nations, Science Olympiad, and ski club.
CAPA opened in September 1979 with just 35 students and it was housed in Baxter Elementary School in the Homewood neighborhood. The school moved into its current space at Ninth Street and Fort Duquesne Boulevard at the beginning of the 2003-2004 school year.
The 8-story, 175,000-square-foot (16,300 m2) building is a world-class facility that includes a 400-seat auditorium, a black box theatre, an art gallery, media arts center, television studio, fitness center, computer labs, and special rehearsal spaces for all the departments. This new location allows students to study their crafts in the hub of Pittsburgh's cultural center and to easily collaborate with working artists from across the city, region, state, and country.
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[edit] Departments
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[edit] Literary arts
Mission Statement: The literary arts program at CAPA high school is a four year, intensive course of study in creative writing—one of only a dozen nationwide. Students participate in many activities including the national Poetry Out Loud competition, and the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. [2]
[edit] Visual arts
Students in the Visual Arts Department learn the fundamentals of painting, drawing, sculpting and pottery, photography, printmaking, and fiber arts. Student work is regularly displayed around the school as well as on the Astrovision (Jumbo-Tron) which can be seen outside the building and in the lunch hall.[3]
[edit] Dance
Mission Statement: Emphasis is placed on the theory and practice of refining and enhancing dance technique, understanding and applying corrections and stimulating creativity within each student.[4]
[edit] Theatre
Straight Theatre/Musical Theatre/Costume/Technical Theatre
The theatre department provides a 4 year structured course in various forms of Musical and straight theatre. Every year the musical theatre students perform in 2 recitals and the All School Musical along with many other opportunities through the year.
[edit] Instrumental music
Classes available to instrumental music majors include orchestra, wind ensemble, string orchestra, chamber music ensembles, various jazz bands, music/jazz theory, music history, piano lab. Each student receives a weekly private lesson with a faculty member specializing on his/her instrument.
[edit] References
- ^ "Pittsburgh High School for the Creative & Performing Arts Fact Sheet". PPS Web Site. http://www.pps.k12.pa.us/14311012791719437/blank/browse.asp?a=383&BMDRN=2000&BCOB=0&c=57174. Retrieved on 2008-10-01.
- ^ "Literary arts mission statement". CAPA Website. http://capahs.pghboe.net/Lit%20Arts/home2.htm. Retrieved on 2006-12-21.
- ^ "Visual Arts Department". CAPA Web Site. http://capahs.pghboe.net/Visual_Arts/home.htm. Retrieved on 2006-12-12.
- ^ "Dance Home". CAPA Web Site. http://capahs.pghboe.net/Dance/homepage.htm. Retrieved on 2006-12-03.
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