Western High School (Washington, D.C.)
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Duke Ellington School for the Arts in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. undergoing renovation in 2016
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3500 R Street Northwest Washington, D.C. 20007 United States |
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| 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 |
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Western High School
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| Coordinates | 38°54′47″N 77°4′14″W / 38.91306°N 77.07056°WCoordinates: 38°54′47″N 77°4′14″W / 38.91306°N 77.07056°W |
| 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 |
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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