Tags
- Art School
- Public School
- Dance Studio
Description
High School for the Performing and Visual Arts 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, visual arts, and creative writing . Visual Arts was formed by the merging of what were formerly separate art and media departments. Students may initially audition for multiple art areas however 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 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 by the US Department of Education as selected by the National YoungArts Foundation .
