| The Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts | |
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| Location | |
| The Learning Corridor, Hartford, Connecticut 06106 United States |
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| Type | Magnet |
| Established | 1985 |
| Head of school | Eric Bernstein, Director |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Website | GHAA |
The Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts (known formerly as The Greater Hartford Academy of the Performing Arts or GHAPA) is an integrated magnet arts high school in Hartford, Connecticut. It is one of four schools located on the 16-acre (65,000 m2) campus of The Learning Corridor.
"The Academy" is open through lottery to high school students in the state of Connecticut. The Capital Region Education Council (CREC) has managed the school since it was established in 1985.
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"The Academy" was founded as a desegregation magnet school, and strives to maintain a student body that is balanced in terms of race and socioeconomic status. It was formed to give students artistic freedom without feeling judged by others.
In 2005 the Academy was selected by the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization to be the first high school in the United States to perform the long-running Broadway Musical Cats.[1]
In December 2011 the Academy became the first high school to perform Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori's Caroline, or Change.
Initially, students submitted applications and were required to audition in their specific art form. This was the case up until only a few years ago.
Today, students are selected to attend the school based on lottery. The school is open to students that can enroll either for a half day or a full day, which includes taking all the English, science, math, social studies, and world language classes in the school. The first graduating class of the full day program will be in 2011. For the 2008-2009 school year, the full day program will enroll 120 new incoming freshmen.
Since 2001 "the Academy" has been located at The Learning Corridor, a 16-acre (65,000 m2) campus adjacent to Trinity College. Previously, it was housed in a former funeral parlor, with an annex that was a former bar. "The Academy" offers a curriculum in nine concentrations: musical theater, technical theater, drama, dance, music (both vocal and instrumental), visual arts, Interarts, and creative writing.
Courses of study include:
Greater Hartford Academy of Math and Science