Fact Sheet
Walking through the
halls of the School for Creative and Performing Arts is much different
than what you'd expect from a typical public school. The music you hear
filtering through the school is live - probably choral or instrumental rehearsal
for an upcoming performance. Down the hall, a dance classroom is filled
with students perfecting plies. Later that same day, they'll be honing their
math skills for the upcoming Advanced Placement Calculus exam.
Holistic Learning for a Well-rounded Student
Set design and mathematics, drama and science, piano practice and social studies. All the courses of arts and academics are intertwined to offer students a holistic, well-rounded education where they can excel in careers that range from creative performance to professional business. Here, students use math to measure and cut a costume pattern in the sewing lab. Language Arts fundamentals find their way into a new script. And science becomes real in the photo lab. Creative and academic energy spills through the open doorways.
It's all part of a unique learning environment where a blend of emphasis on the academic and the artistic challenges students to achieve their personal best.
Highlights of SCPA
A team of accomplished arts and academic instructors, with a passion for teaching and for the arts, work jointly to provide curriculum that integrate arts and academics.
Regularly high academic ranking - SCPA students consistently score above the average on national achievement tests.
Full college-preparatory curriculum for grades 4 through 12, includes challenging work in language arts, foreign language, mathematics, science, and social studies.
More than 90 percent of graduating seniors continue on to colleges and universities each year. In 2007, graduating seniors were awarded $7.1 million in college scholarships.
Comprehensive studies in the arts, including creative writing, dance, drama, instrumental music, technical theater, visual arts, and vocal music and prepare students to professionally pursue their arts majors.
SCPA attracts students from within the Cincinnati Public School District as well as nationally and internationally.
All students must audition for a place in SCPA.
SCPA is free to students who reside in the Cincinnati Public School District. Tuition is accepted from students outside the district.
SCPA HISTORY
- In 1973, the School for Creative and Performing Arts was established as one of five magnet schools in the CPS district. With approximately 150 students in grades 4, 5 and 6, SCPA shared space with an elementary school in Mt. Adams.
- In 1979, the first class of seniors graduated.
- In 1979, student Rocky Carroll was awarded the Presidential Award in the Arts.
- In the 1984/85 school year, SCPA was awarded the Excellence in Education Award by the U.S. Department of Education.
SCPA Mission Statement
SCPA is dedicated to providing an environment that enables the development of each student's artistic and academic potential.
SCPA exists to…
Create a world-class academic and artistic environment where students receive training and encouragement for a fulfilling adult life.
Provide incoming students (regardless of background, ethnicity, race or gender) with the highest level of pre-professional arts, humanities and sciences training available in the country.
Promote academic and artistic excellence within each student while preparing students for post-secondary success in their selected artistic and academic fields.
Be recognized as the premier pre-professional arts training and college preparatory program in America.
