High School for the Performing and Visual Arts
The High School for the Performing and Visual Arts ( or: HSPVA ) is a high school (Houston Independent School District ), which was built in 1971 in Houston / Texas. It was built where previously the Congregation Beth Israel stood. 1981 the school moved into the 4001 Stanford Street, where the former Montrose Elementary School stood.
In the 1990s, the school moved into the downtown area of the city. In 2005, the school was recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School. There were plans to build a new building district, which includes a theater for 2000 spectators, faculties and a recording studio, but the project in 2007 was rejected.
Classification
The school includes grades 9 to 12 and is divided into five artistic fields. These are instrumental music, singing, dancing, drama and the visual arts. Shortly before each end of the semester, students have the obligation to prepare a portfolio in which they have to provide, among others, the area in which you want to be informed in the next semester.
Students recordings
The school is mainly students after the 8th grade at St. Mark's Episcopal School, Presbyterian School, River Oaks Baptist School, John Paul II School and the Annunciation Orthodox School on. Known exceptions are the singer Beyoncé Knowles and actress Renée O'Connor dar.
Known graduates
- Lisa Hartman Black
- Susan Choi
- Mireille Enos
- Robert Glasper
- John Gremillion
- Everette Harp
- Sara Hickman
- Beyoncé Knowles
- Jason Moran
- Matthew Mullenweg
- Renée O'Connor
- Donnie Scantz
- Kendrick Scott
- Mark Seliger
- Ronen Segev
- Helen Sung
- Jimmy Tsai
- Chandra Wilson