Etobicoke School of the Arts
| Etobicoke School of the Arts | |
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Vita Brevis Est, Ars Longa
Life is brief, art is long
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675 Royal York Road The Queensway–Humber Bay, Etobicoke, Ontario, M8Y 2T1 Canada |
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| Coordinates | 43°37′52″N 79°30′13″W / 43.631075°N 79.503706°WCoordinates: 43°37′52″N 79°30′13″W / 43.631075°N 79.503706°W |
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| School type | Public Arts High School |
| Founded | 1981 |
| School board |
Toronto District School Board (Etobicoke Board of Education) |
| Superintendent | Tracy Hayhurst |
| Area trustee | Pamela Gough |
| School number | 2905 / 909602 |
| Principal | Rob MacKinnon |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 955 (2016-17) |
| Language | English |
| Area | Etobicoke |
| Colour(s) | Blue, Gold |
| Mascot | Eagle |
| Team name | ESA Eagles |
| Yearbook | The Muse |
| Website | www |
| Last updated: December 28, 2016 | |
The Etobicoke School of the Arts (ESA) is a specialized public arts-academic high school located in the Etobicoke area of Toronto, Ontario, Canada Royal York Collegiate Institute facility. Founded on September 8, 1981, the Etobicoke School of the Arts has the distinction of being the oldest, free standing, arts-focused high school in Canada.
ESA is part of the Toronto District School Board and accepts students from all over southern Ontario from Grade 9 to 12. The school runs on a two-day schedule with 4 periods a day. Each week is either week A, or week B, and based on which week it is, the 2 afternoon classes are switched in order to ensure a student does not miss the same class every week for rehearsals or appointments. The female-to-male ratio of the school is about 4 to 1.
The school has been publicized in Maclean's, The Toronto Star and in a national newspaper, The Globe and Mail. As well, in the September 2006 issue of the Toronto arts magazine Toronto Life, ESA was named Toronto's best arts high school and is also widely known as the best arts high school in Canada. The school was the feature of CTV's Canada AM in September 2006.
By the late 1970s The Etobicoke Board of Education had gone through the process of closing over thirty schools because of a dramatic decline in enrolment, which dropped from 65,000 to fewer than 35,000 pupils. In spite of this, the senior staff felt compelled to resume innovative programs that had characterized the Board during the 1960s and 1970s. One idea had been talked about in the program department was a school for artistic students.
In the fall of 1979, the board visited the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in New York City. They came away convinced that a successful arts school would have to have an exclusive program, that is, a program that would function on its own, without sharing space within an existing secondary school. To ensure that the right students enrolled, they also agreed that admission would be subject to an audition.
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