Stivers School for the Arts

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Stivers School for the Performing Arts

Stivers School for the Arts is a magnet school in the Dayton Public Schools in Dayton, Ohio located in the St. Anne's Hill Historic District neighborhood. It is a public middle- and high school that focuses on education in the visual and performing arts.

Stivers was founded in 1908. Its building is Dayton's oldest school building. Stivers was a high school until the mid-1980s when it became both a middle and high school. It encompasses grades 7–12 (the only such public school in the school district) and offers programs in music, dance, theater, creative writing, choir and visual arts. Students must audition to be admitted. The school currently has around 800 students in grades 7-12.

In 2005 Stivers school was relocated to a temporary facility while their old one is being renovated. The building is located in the Five Oaks Neighborhood in Dayton. The renovations at the building on E. Fifth St. should be completed by the beginning of the 2007/2008 school year.

[edit] Recognitions

Selected to be an Ohio Venture Capital school and receive a grant of $25,000 per year for five years, to be used for staff development.
Named a Finalist for National Blue-Ribbon School of Excellence in 1992.