Professional Performing Arts School

The Professional Performing Arts School, colloquially known as PPAS, is a public school in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, New York City.

Professional Performing Arts School
PPAS
Address
328 West 48th St.

Manhattan, New York City

United States
Coordinates40°45′42″N 73°59′19″W
Information
TypePublic[1]
Established1990[1]
School district10036
PrincipalKeith Ryan[2]
Teaching staff30 academic teachers[3]
Grades6–12[4]
Enrollment485[4]
CampusUrban
Yearbook2009
Websitehttp://www.ppasnyc.org/

History

PPAS was created in 1990 to meet the needs of two groups of students: those who wanted to pursue professional work in the arts as they earned a junior/senior high school diploma and those who wanted to study the arts as an avocation.[5]

It is the special mission of this small, personalized school to develop, refine, and showcase students in dance, drama, and vocal music while also providing them with a rigorous, meaningful academic curriculum.

Every student auditions for a performing arts major. Performing arts instruction is delivered by professional dancers, actors and musicians through professional studios.

Academic staff gives students opportunities for daily study through a rigorous, comprehensive, sequential, fully integrated academic curriculum. The course of study, ending in a New York State Regents endorsed diploma, is centered on an interdisciplinary, multicultural, inquiry based approach to learning which prepares students for college and/or a professional career in the arts.

Notable alumni

References
  1. Official site
  2. Archived 2010-04-20 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Archived 2010-04-20 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-10-06. Retrieved 2009-07-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-04-20. Retrieved 2009-07-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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