Pittsburgh High School for the Creative and Performing Arts
| Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts 6–12 | |
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| Type | Public - Magnet |
| Motto | Believe. Be alive. Work. |
| Established | September 1979 |
| School district | Pittsburgh Public Schools |
| Principal | Ms. Melissa Pearlman |
| Grades | 6–12 |
| Enrollment | 894 as of August 2010 |
| Color(s) | Black and white, Also red, yellow, white and blue written out in CAPA's symbol |
| Athletics | Ultimate Frisbee |
| Mascot | Unicorn |
| Representative | Mark Brentley, Sr. |
| Website | CAPA |
Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts 6–12 (CAPA) is a magnet school located in the Cultural District of Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. CAPA is one of four 6th to 12th grade schools in the Pittsburgh Public Schools. It was formed from a merger between CAPA High School and Rogers CAPA Middle School.
CAPA offers students six art majors: visual arts, literary arts, theater, instrumental music, vocal music, and dance. The theater major includes traditional theater, musical theater, and technical theater. Arts classes are taught by adjunct faculty who are working professionals in their fields.
Admission is by portfolio or audition. The school offers 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, the American Mathematics Competitions and North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad, and ski club.
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