Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts
| Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | |
| Motto | "Have a safe and productive LaGuardia day" |
| Established | 1984 |
| Type | Public Alternative High school |
| Principal | Kim Bruno |
| Founder | Fiorello H. LaGuardia |
| Faculty | 163[1] |
| Students | 2,492[2] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Location | 100 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, New York, USA |
| District | 10 |
| Campus | urban |
| Colors | Red and White |
| Yearbook | DAVID (DanceArtVocalIntrumentalDrama) |
| Newspaper | State of the Arts |
| literary magazine | The Lively Arts |
| Merger of | The High School of Music & Art (1934) |
| and | High School of Performing Arts (1947) |
| Website | http://www.laguardiahs.org |
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, also officially known as "H.S. 485" and
informally as "LaGuardia Arts", is located near the Juilliard School in the
Although it also offers academic diplomas, the school prepares public high school students for professional careers and/or conservatory study in dance, drama, the visual arts, vocal and instrumental music and theater production.
Informally known as LaGuardia Arts, or LaGuardia High School, Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts is the only school among New York City's eight specialized high schools that receives special funding from the New York State legislature through the Hecht Calandra Act. The other schools are Stuyvesant High School, Bronx High School of Science, Brooklyn Technical High School, Queens High School for the Sciences at York College, High School for Math, Science and Engineering at City College, High School of American Studies at Lehman College, Brooklyn Latin School, and Staten Island Technical High School.
History
Adjacent to New York's Lincoln Center for Performing Arts, the building that is now home to LaGuardia Arts was opened in 1984 to bring together two "sister" arts high schools of the day, The High School of Music & Art (started by Mayor LaGuardia in 1936) and the High School of Performing Arts, established in 1947. Prior to the building's completion in 1984, Music & Art (a/k/a "The Castle on the Hill") was located on Saint Nicholas Terrace and 135th Street in what has since become part of City College (CCNY)'s South Campus; Performing Arts was located in midtown on 46th Street, both in Manhattan. Mayor LaGuardia regarded Music & Art as the "most hopeful accomplishment" of his long administration as mayor[3].
The movie Fame and the TV Series Fame both dramatized student life at the School of Performing Arts prior to its merger into LaGuardia High School, and an Off-Broadway show of Fame was produced in 2003-2004.
Alumni from LaGuardia and its two legacy schools, Music & Art and Performing Arts, are active in supporting the students and the school through scholarships and support for special programs, school events, and reunions held at the school and throughout the world. The school's alumni organization has a full-time executive director and offices at the school. It functions as an independent charitable organization organized under the laws of New York.
Curriculum
Students at LaGuardia take a full academic course load while participating in conservatory-style arts concentration. Each student majors in one studio, choosing from among Dance, Drama, Art, Vocal Music, Instrumental Music, and Technical Theater. There are no double majors.
LaGuardia is a prestigious high school and is one of the top academic high schools that prepares students for scholarships to top colleges such as Harvard, Yale, Brown, and NYU. Ninety-five percent of graduates from LaGuardia continue their studies in universities after graduation. LaGuardia is the only Specialized High School that trains students in both atelier and conservatory arts and in college preparatory academic subjects.
LaGuardia follows a 10 period day, with at least 150 students following a schedule that has a 0 period or,as of the new school year beginning fall of 2007, an 11th period. Periods are 40 minutes long with a 4 minute break between each period. Each student spends a minimum three periods in studio classes (four for Dance and Drama majors, whose studios fulfill physical education requirements), and usually four or five periods in English, Math, Science, History, Language, and/or Physical Education, with one period for lunch. By state law, students are required to complete four years of English and History classes, three years of Math, Science and Physical Education, and two years of a Foreign Language. Students who do not meet their studio requirements at graduation leave without a studio-endorsed diploma.
LaGuardia has offered an honors track to students entering after 2006, known as the DaVinci Program. DaVinci Scholars take more difficult classes and participate in a supplementary after-school enrichment program. Students not in the program may still take individual honors classes. LaGuardia also offers Advanced Placement courses in English Language and Composition, English Literature and Composition, Spanish, French, and Italian languages, United States History, Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Statistics, Chemistry, Biology, Environmental Science, Art History and Music Theory.
Notable alumni
The following people are alumni of LaGuardia High School and its two legacy schools, The High School of Music & Art, and the School of Performing Arts High School.[4]:
Applications
Students are accepted based on auditions (Dance, Drama, Instrumental Music and Vocal Music) and portfolios (Art and Technical Theater). Their academic and attendance records are also scrutinized with most incoming students scoring at least a "3" - meeting standards - on their seventh grade standardized exams. Auditions are held from November through December.
LaGuardia High School has no specific feeder schools.
Notes
- ^ http://schools.nyc.gov/daa/SchoolReports/05asr/103485.pdf
- ^ http://schools.nyc.gov/SchoolPortals/03/M485/AboutUs/Statistics/register.htm
- ^ Steigman, Benjamin: Accent on Talent — New York's High School of Music & Art Wayne State University Press, 1984 ISBN 0686879759
- ^ A more complete list is available at alumniandfriends.org
See also
External links
- School information
- Official school website created and supported by the Parents' Association
- Website of Alumni & Friends of LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts
- Notable alumni of LaGuardia Arts and its two legacy schools: Music & Art and Performing Arts
- Laguardia Cycling Association created and run by current students at the school
- Website of The School of Performing Arts (1948-1984) Alumni
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New York City Department of Education Region 1 | Region 2 | Region 3 | Region 4 | Region 5 | Region 6 | Region 7 | Region 8 | Region 9 | Region 10 |
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| High schools | HSMSE | LaGuardia HS of Music & Art and Performing Arts |
| K-8 schools | Anderson/334 |
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