High School for Performing and Visual Arts
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 High School for the Performing and Visual Arts
High School for the Performing and Visual Arts
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Houston, Texas United States |
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| Coordinates | Coordinates: 29°44′14″N 95°23′18″W / 29.7372°N 95.3883°W |
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| Established | 1971 |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 724 (2014-15) |
High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (HSPVA or PVA) is a secondary school located at 4001 Stanford Street in the Montrose district of Houston, Texas. The school is a part of the Houston Independent School District.
The school educates grades nine through twelve. The school is divided into six departments: instrumental music, vocal music, dance, theater (including technical theater), visual arts, and creative writing (new to the 2011-2012 school year). Visual Arts was formed by the merging of what were formerly separate art and media departments. However, students may initially audition for multiple art areas if accepted are required to enroll in the school under only one art area, with later exceptions in rare cases, excelling students with enough credits are allowed to re-audition and with approval balance multiple art disciplines. At the end of every semester students complete a re-audition or portfolio review which does not determine whether or not they return to the school; reviews serve as part of the final grade for each art area.
Students who fail classes (Both academic and art area) are placed on art area probation which makes them ineligible to participate in art area activities. If a student repeatedly fails his or her art area or academics he will most likely be removed from the school.
HSPVA was placed as the top school in the Greater Houston Area by Children at Risk's 2009 annual ranking of high schools, and it still remains on the top ten list in 2012. Since 2003, HSPVA has had eight students named US Presidential Scholars in the Arts (Presidential Scholars Program) by the US Department of Education as selected by the National YoungArts Foundation (YoungArts).
HSPVA does not automatically take in students from the surrounding neighborhood; the surrounding neighborhood is zoned to Lamar High School.
There are six art areas: vocal music, instrumental music, dance, theatre, visual art, and creative writing. There are subdivisions within some of these art areas. Instrumental Music breaks down into band, orchestra, jazz, mariachi, and piano. Theatre breaks down into musical theatre, acting, and technical theatre. A creative writing department was added in the 2011-2012 school year, raising questions about HSPVA's size and whether the current building will be able to house a new department.
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