Nashville School of the Arts

Nashville School of the Arts
Location
1250 Foster Ave.
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Information
Type Magnet high school
Motto "The Greatest School on the Planet"
Established 1993
Principal Mr. Bob Wilson
Faculty 35
Grades 9 - 12
Number of students 616
Website http://www.nsahs.mnps.org/site215.aspx

Nashville School for the Arts (NSA) is a public magnet high school including grades 9-12 for arts-interested students located in Nashville, Tennessee. Major arts areas include dance, mass media, music, theatre, and visual art. Students are expected to both study in their respective arts and complete the same academic curriculum as all other Metropolitan Nashville Public School students. While the school focuses on the arts, TCAP scores are above the Davidson County scores.[1] Students must audition, interview, or write an essay to be accepted. There is no lottery admission to NSA.

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History

Nashville School of the Arts began as a small magnet program for arts-interested students in Pearl-Cohn High School in 1993. As time went on, NSA grew to a size warranting its own facility, which was achieved in 1996 on the former Cumberland School campus. The school has established pencil partners,[2] which is a business or other community organization that teams up with a Nashville school to volunteer time and donate resources that promote student success, as well as community partners (including Youth Villages and PG-13 players, just to name a couple).

Mission

The mission of Nashville School of the Arts is to provide the highest quality instruction in the fine and performing arts while providing a challenging academic program for the talented and creative students in the public school community we serve.

Vision

The vision of the Nashville School of the Arts is to become the best fine and performing arts school in the nation, preparing students with the knowledge, skills,and attitudes necessary for their profession.

Colors

Black and Purple

Motto

"The Greatest School on the Planet"

Newspaper

Backstage is NSA's student-run newspaper. In 2010, the publication began a web-based format. Stories are added constantly, complete with upcoming NSA events, reviews, scheduled activities, and anything that is of interest to the student body.

Principals

Assistant principals

References

  1. ^ TCAP Scores
  2. ^ The Nashville School of the Ars Pencil and Community Partners

External links

High Schools
Academy at Old Cockrill  • Antioch  • Cane Ridge  • East Literature  • Glencliff  • Hillsboro  • Hillwood  • Hume-Fogg  • Hunters Lane  • Martin Luther King  • Maplewood  • McGavock  • Middle College  • Nashville Big Picture  • Nashville School of the Arts  • John Overton  • Pearl-Cohn  • Stratford  • Whites Creek
Middle Schools
Margaret Allen  • Antioch  • Apollo  • Bailey  • Bass  • Jere Baxter  • Bellevue  • Brick Church  • Cameron  • I.T. Creswell  • Croft  • Donelson  • DuPont Hadley  • DuPont Tyler  • John Early  • East Literature  • Ewing Park  • Goodlettsville  • Gra-Mar  • Haynes  • Head  • H.G. Hill  • Joelton  • J.F. Kennedy  • KIPP  • Litton  • Madison  • Thurgood Marshall  • McKissack  • McMurray  • Meigs  • Moore  • Neely's Bend  • Oliver  • Rose Park  • Two Rivers  • Martha Vaught  • West End  • Wright
Elementary Schools
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Alternative Learning Centers
Baxter  • Cohn  • McCann
Special Education Schools
Harris-Hillman  • Cora Howe  • Murrell  • Johnson
Charter Schools
KIPP  • LEAD  • Smithson-Craighead
Former High Schools
North High School  • Pearl High School  • Meigs High School  • Cameron High School  • Madison High School  • Goodletsville High School  • Cohn High School • Litton High School  • Nashville Central High School  • Bellevue High School  • Donelson High School  • West High School  • Dupont High School  • Two Rivers High School  • Joelton High School  • Cumberland High School
Other Historical Schools
Parmer Elementary  • Tarbox School  • New Hominy School  • Washington Junior High  • Woodmont Elementary