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Western High School (Washington, D.C.)

Duke Ellington School of the Arts
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Duke Ellington School for the Arts in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. undergoing renovation in 2016
Address
3500 R Street Northwest
Washington, D.C. 20007
United States
Information
School type Public high school
Established 1974
School district District of Columbia Public Schools Ward 2
Head of school Jahi Kennedy
Faculty 20.0 (on FTE basis)
Grades 9 to 12
Enrollment 531 (as of 2012-13)
Student to teacher ratio 24.55
Campus type Urban
Website
Western High School
Duke Ellington School of the Arts is located in Washington, D.C.
Duke Ellington School of the Arts
Coordinates 38°54′47″N 77°4′14″W / 38.91306°N 77.07056°W / 38.91306; -77.07056Coordinates: 38°54′47″N 77°4′14″W / 38.91306°N 77.07056°W / 38.91306; -77.07056
Area less than one acre
Built 1898
Architect Harry B. Davis, Snowden Ashford
Architectural style Classical Revival
MPS Public School Buildings of Washington, DC MPS
NRHP Reference # 03000673
Added to NRHP July 25, 2003

School Website

The Duke Ellington School of the Arts, (established 1974), is a high school located at 35th Street and R Street, Northwest, Washington, D.C., and dedicated to arts education. One of the high schools of the District of Columbia Public School system, it is named for the American jazz bandleader and composer Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (1899–1974), himself a native of Washington, D.C. The building formerly housed Western High School. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Graduates of the school are prepared to pursue an artistic and theatric occupation. In addition to completing the traditional public school curriculum, students must audition for and complete studies in one of the following artistic areas: dance, literary media and communications (L.M.C.), museum studies, instrumental music, vocal music, theater, technical design and production (T.D.P.), and visual arts (V.A.).

The school developed from the collaborative efforts of Peggy Cooper Cafritz, a long-time member of the D.C. School Board and Mike Malone, a veteran of Broadway, off-Broadway, contemporary dancer, director, and master choreographer, who were co-founders of Workshops for Careers in the Arts in 1968. In 1974 this workshop program developed into the Duke Ellington School of the Arts at Western High School, an accredited four-year public high school program combining arts and academics. It is currently operated as a joint partnership between D.C. Public Schools, the Kennedy Center, and George Washington University.


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