Academy For The Performing Arts
The school serves as the host campus for the District's magnet arts program, the Academy for the Performing Arts, an audition-only extracurricular school focused on dance, music, and theater. Originally formed under the name School of the Performing Arts (SPA), the program opened in 1993. It was renamed to Academy for the Performing Arts (APA) in 1997. The Academy has six separate departments: Dance, Music Media Entertainment and Technology (MMET), Orchestral Music, Musical Theater, Theater, and Technical Theater. APA puts on two musicals annually, along with a multitude of other various performances.
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