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57-710: The Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts , commonly known as CAPA , is a magnet school in South Philadelphia , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , at the edge of the Christian Street Historic District . It is a part of the School District of Philadelphia . Students major in one of seven areas: creative writing, instrumental music, visual arts, theater, dance, vocal music, and media, design, television & video (MDTV). Students may also minor after their freshman year as long as they meet

114-543: A US district court judge required the state of Missouri to fund the creation of magnet schools in the Kansas City Public Schools to reverse the white flight that had afflicted the school district since the 1960s. The district's annual budget more than tripled in the process. The expenditure per pupil and the student-teacher ratio were the best of any major school district in the nation. Many high schools were given college-level facilities. Still, test scores in

171-572: A Curtis-affiliated individual. Non-Curtis collections of published and unpublished materials, as well as published materials by anyone (Curtis-related or not), can be found in Special Collections. Official Curtis recordings are part of the library collection. The Dover Quartet is the Penelope P. Watkins Ensemble in Residence at Curtis. Their faculty residency integrates teaching and mentorship, and

228-595: A child centered approach." Magnet schools have been the most successful of the ideas that originated from the Open Schools movement. It was expounded in 1971 by educator Nolan Estes, superintendent of Dallas Independent School District . The Magnet Schools Assistance Program was developed in the early 1980s as a way to encourage schools to address de facto racial segregation. Funds were given to school districts that implemented voluntary desegregation plans or court orders to reduce racial isolation. From 1985 to 1999,

285-500: A diverse learning environment. Within a few years, in locations such as Richmond, Virginia , additional magnet school programs for children with special talents were developed at facilities in locations that parents would have otherwise found undesirable. That effort to both attract voluntary enrollment and achieve the desired racial balance met with considerable success and helped improve the acceptance of farther distances, hardships with transportation for extracurricular activities, and

342-445: A lottery among applicants. Most magnet schools concentrate on a particular discipline or area of study, while others (such as International Baccalaureate schools) have a more general focus. Magnet programs may focus on academics ( mathematics , natural sciences , and engineering ; humanities ; social sciences ; fine or performing arts ) or may focus on technical/vocational/agricultural education . Access to free transportation

399-411: A means to another end. In an official statement, Bok wrote about the goals and expectations of the institution: “It is my aim that earnest students shall acquire a thorough musical education not learning only to sing or play, but also the history of music, the laws of its making, languages, ear training and musical appreciation. They shall learn to think and to express their thoughts against a background of

456-471: A pattern later characterized as white flight , the hypersegregation of blacks and whites, as the latter moved to the suburbs . The first charter school, McCarver Elementary School, opened in Tacoma, Washington , in 1968. This second type of magnet can often take the form of "a school within a school," meaning that the school may have no competitive admissions for the majority of the school population, and even

513-430: A quiet culture, with the stimulus of personal contact with artist teachers who represent the highest and finest in their art. The aim is for quality of the work rather than quick, showy results.” When the institute opened, it included two distinct divisions: a preparatory division for 400 students and a conservatory for 200 students. Tuition was five hundred dollars, and the school opened with 357 students. Mary Bok became

570-622: A single "center," such as Skyline High School in Dallas . Other countries have similar types of schools, such as specialist schools in the United Kingdom . Most of these are academically selective. Other schools are built around elite-sporting programs or teach agricultural skills such as farming or animal husbandry. In 1965, then Vice President Hubert Humphrey came to John Bartram High School in Southwest Philadelphia to declare it

627-478: A training ground for orchestral musicians to fill the ranks of the Philadelphia Orchestra , although composers , organists , pianists , guitarists , and singers are offered courses of study as well. With the exception of composers, conductors, pianists, organists, and guitarists, admission is granted only to the number of students to fill a single orchestra and opera company. Accordingly, enrollment

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684-429: A variety of contests, and complete various projects. There are two separate choruses : Concert Choir and Mixed Choir. There is also a Combined Choir period where the entire major (all classes) sing and perform repertoire together. Concert Choir is the elite, select group of singers (sophomores to seniors), to get in students must keep up their grades, be competent and respectful in class, and sing out. The Mixed Choir

741-584: A variety of disciplines, including: drawing and painting, graphic design, commercial arts, and ceramics and 3-dimensional sculpture. Freshmen and sophomores focus on drawing and quick sketching. Students also study the human body and perspective. The freshman students are introduced to hand-built pottery and 3-D clay design, and learn basic graphic design. The juniors and seniors learn advanced graphic design, commercial art, continue painting, advanced 3-D sculpture and work on college portfolios. Throughout all four years at CAPA, art major students are required to enter

798-483: A variety of external film festivals and contests. The major hosts multiple events throughout the year such as Fright Fest and CAPA's annual film festival. Besides academic and art courses, CAPA offers many extracurricular activities, organizations, and sports teams to students. Magnet school There are magnet schools at the elementary , middle , and high school levels. In the United States, where education

855-407: Is decentralized , some magnet schools are established by school districts and draw only from the district, while others are set up by state governments and may draw from multiple districts . Other magnet programs are within comprehensive schools , as is the case with several "schools within a school". In large urban areas, several magnet schools with different specializations may be combined into

912-542: Is a key component in facilitating racial diversity in magnet schools. According to a survey distributed at the Magnet Schools of America's (MSA) 2008 annual meeting, in magnet schools with free transportation services, non-white students comprise almost 33% of the student body, which is higher than the 23% found in magnet schools without such services. Moreover, 11.9% of magnet schools that do not provide transportation are largely one-race, while only 6.4% of magnet schools with

969-452: Is in the range of 150 to 175 students. According to statistics compiled by the U.S. News & World Report , the institute has the lowest acceptance rate of any college or university (4 percent), making it among the most selective institutions of higher education in the United States. Nina Simone claimed her application for a scholarship was rejected because of her race, despite her excellent credentials and audition performance. Simone

1026-600: Is required for seniors to teach them how to master the art of harmony. You must pass all of these courses to graduate. The CAPA choirs have achieved a position of excellence among choral groups in the Delaware Valley . A few of the choir's notable singing engagements: Communication technology or MDTV (stands for media, design & television) is the most recent addition to the majors available at CAPA. Students learn filming, video editing, storyboarding, photography, and graphic design. MDTV students also submit their work into

1083-570: Is to: provide Curtis students, faculty, and staff with the best possible collection of printed music, books, periodicals, recordings, and electronic resources needed to fulfill the school's mission; promote the Rock Resource Center's holdings through forward thinking and open patron service; and preserve and make Curtis’s past accessible to the greater Curtis community. The Curtis Archives comprises largely unpublished materials whose value derives from its collection by, ownership of, or relation to,

1140-642: Is used for weekly student recitals, faculty and alumni concerts, master classes, and recording sessions. It also houses a 5-manual, 116-rank Aeolian-Skinner organ. The Rock Resource Center of the Curtis Institute of Music contains more than 100,000 music scores, books, and recordings for study and performance. Comprising the John de Lancie Library and the Curtis Archives, the Rock Resource Center’s mission

1197-413: Is where freshman students begin and upperclassmen who do not make it into Concert Choir sing in this ensemble as well. All vocal majors have to take at least one year of Solfeggio (two if you begin in freshman year). Solfeggio (or Solfege) is a sight reading and ear training course, you will also learn piano skills in these courses. Juniors take Music History. In addition, an Advanced Placement Theory class

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1254-586: The New England Conservatory of Music , and as of 2024, the Juilliard School . The instrumentalists have taken trips to play all over the tri-state area from Harrisburg to Atlantic City . The CAPA concert band has also recorded their own CD entitled Superlative . CAPA graduate, composer, and multi-instrumentalist Rhyuhn Green performed his original piano solo "Symbiosis" at the Kimmel Center for

1311-669: The Thanksgiving Day Parade as well as the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington D.C. The CAPA Instrumental Department encompasses a wide variety of performances and ensembles, including concert band, orchestra, and string ensembles, Jazz ensemble and a number of smaller groups. Students participate in these ensembles on a daily basis and are also instructed in such topics as music theory, composition and improvisation. CAPA students are integral members of

1368-470: The war years . This focus caused a shift away from orchestra , opera , and chamber music and a reduction of the instrumental faculty. Due to the war, enrollment decreased from 223 in 1937 to 100 in 1942. In 1944, the Curtis Alumni Association established a concert office to assist graduates in their professions. In 2020, following credible allegations of abuse at the hands of past faculty,

1425-781: The All-Philadelphia High School music ensembles and have participated in the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association ensemble program at the district, regional and all-state levels. Graduates of the CAPA instrumental program have attended some of America's finest colleges, universities, and conservatories, such as the Curtis Institute , the Peabody Conservatory , Oberlin Conservatory of Music ,

1482-654: The Arts (formerly the University of the Arts ). CAPA moved into the Palumbo Elementary School Building at 11th and Catherine Streets in 1984. The school board had planned to close Palumbo School, but canceled the closure to accommodate CAPA. CAPA moved into the restored Ridgway Library building at Broad and Christian Streets in November 1997. In its new location, CAPA became an anchor on Philadelphia's Avenue of

1539-596: The Arts . In November 2014, CAPA alumni Black Thought and Questlove of The Roots helped to launch the CAPA Foundation, a nonprofit organization with the mission of raising funds and providing financial support to the school. On Saturday, June 24, 2017, the stretch of Broad Street in front of the school was renamed Boyz II Men Boulevard. The R&B group attended CAPA when it occupied space in Palumbo Elementary School. The Palumbo building appears in

1596-533: The Curtis Institute on April 18, 1924, which opened in October 1925 on three mansions on 1727 and 1720 Locust Street and 235 South 18th Street. Both the Curtis Institute and the Settlement Music School shared a building at Queen Street in South Philadelphia for the first year. Bok established the institute to train talented musicians for professional careers and to teach music for its own sake and not as

1653-678: The Performing Arts All-City Music Festival. The Theater Department puts on an average of seven performances a year, plus three more by the MyVision Theater Ensemble, a selective theater group. The students actors also worked in partnership with the Philadelphia Theatre Company to see plays and write their own pieces with teaching artists from the company before PTC's education department was removed in 2018. CAPA's Visual Arts department covers

1710-406: The United States or Europe. The new funds further allowed all students to study at Curtis at no cost. Since 1928, the institute has not charged tuition; it provides full scholarships to all admitted students. Instead, students pay comprehensive fees and other additional fees to cover the cost of maintaining buildings, health insurance, meal plans, a library fee, and a graduation fee. As of fall 2023,

1767-425: The United States, and although there is some overlap, their origins and missions remain largely distinct. The first type of magnet school is the fully competitive admissions magnet school. These schools use competitive admissions, usually rely on a standardized assessment score, and are structured to serve and support populations that are 100% gifted and/or talented students. Schools in this group generally rank among

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1824-488: The application text itself. Curtis Institute The Curtis Institute of Music is a private conservatory in Philadelphia . It offers a performance diploma, a Bachelor of Music , Master of Music in opera , and a Professional Studies Certificate in opera. All students attend on a full scholarship. The Institute also offers needs based financial aid to help cover living expenses. The Curtis Institute of Music

1881-523: The audition requirements. The school is located on South Broad Street, in the former Ridgway Library . Notable alumni include Boyz II Men , Questlove and Black Thought of The Roots and Leslie Odom Jr. CAPA was founded in 1978 by John R. Vannoni. The school was originally located in the Atlantic Building at Broad and Spruce Streets where it shared space with the Philadelphia College of

1938-509: The comprehensive fee for Curtis is $ 3,500, and the health insurance fee, which can be waived if a parental health insurance plan provides adequate protection, of $ 2,500. With the new endowment, the school purchased several Steinway pianos and enough instruments for an orchestra so that students would not have to pay for instruments. The school faced financial difficulties in the 1930s, decreased enrollment, and had to remove some departments and reduce salaries. Josef Hoffman resigned in 1938 and

1995-650: The conservatory’s first president, a position she would hold until 1969. Johann Grolle served as the first school director for one year, William E. Walter became director in 1925 and Josef Hofmann , head of the piano department, became director in 1927. The institute added a library in 1925 with over 5,000 volumes. Other notable original faculty included conductor Leopold Stokowski , violinist Carl Flesch , pianists David Saperton and Isabelle Vengerova , singers Marcella Sembrich and Andreas Dippel , cellist Michel Penha , and flutist William Kincaid . Under Josef Hofmann as director, Curtis made several new changes to advance

2052-450: The country and broadcast the orchestra on the radio. The school held its first commencement a decade after opening, awarding Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees. Starting in the late 1920s, Curtis made significant changes to fully support students financially. In 1928, Mrs. Louis Bok expanded the school's first endowment of $ 500,000 to $ 12.5 million. The school started providing summer residency programs for advanced students in

2109-449: The creative writing majors get together to put on their own show, the Writers' Cafe, an expose where many creative writing students perform original pieces they have authored, ranging from simple poetry reading to dramatic performance art. The CAPA Dance Department instructs their students in different levels of Ballet, Modern, Jazz, Tap, Hip-Hop, and Flamenco. Dance majors perform annually in

2166-461: The first magnet school in the country. Bartram's curriculum was concentrated in the commercial field, offering commercial and business training to students from all over Philadelphia. In the United States, the term "magnet school" refers to public schools with enrichment programs that are designed to attract and serve certain targeted subgroups of potential students and their families. There are two major categories of public magnet school structures in

2223-502: The group's Motownphilly music video. CAPA served 707 students in grades 9-12 during the 2017-2018 school year. The school has a 96% graduation rate and a 95% college matriculation rate. CAPA ranked #62 among high schools in Pennsylvania by the 2018 Best High Schools edition of the U.S. News & World Report. The current teacher is student ratio is 22:1. CAPA's longest serving faculty member, dance teacher LaDeva Davis , had been with

2280-486: The magnet program itself may not have fully competitive admissions. This is consistent with the equity-based objectives of such programs. With the magnets designed to increase equity, at first school districts tried using involuntary plans which involved court-ordered attendance, the busing of children far from their homes, and building closer schools to achieve the required balance. Later, voluntary school integration plans were developed. One approach that educators within

2337-517: The magnet schools did not rise; the black-white gap did not diminish; and there was less, not greater, integration. Finally, on September 20, 2011, The Missouri Board of Education voted unanimously to withdraw the district's educational accreditation status from January 1, 2012. Districts started embracing the magnet school models in the hope that their geographically open admissions would end racial segregation in "good" schools and decrease de facto segregation of schools in poorer areas. To encourage

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2394-420: The number of magnet schools has risen dramatically. Over 232 school districts housed magnet school programs in the early 1990s. By the end of the decade, nearly 1,400 magnet schools were operating across the country. Traditionally, these magnet schools are found in neighborhoods with large minority populations. They advertise their unique educational curricula in order to attract white students who do not live in

2451-560: The older term " specialized school " instead of "magnet school" to refer to them ). Another type of "magnet school" or "magnet program" emerged in the United States in the 1970s as one means of remedying racial segregation in public schools, and they were written into law in Section 5301 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Authorization. Demographic trends following the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education US Supreme Court decision revealed

2508-483: The provision of transportation are characterized as one-race schools. Such services are integral in ensuring that potential out-of-neighborhood students have access to these schools of choice. Ultimately, the presence of free transportation contributes to more integrated magnet environments. Across the country, magnet school application forms assume that its readers are proficient in reading and writing in English, understand

2565-479: The public school system came up with was open schools. During the Open Schools movement of the 1970s, several ideas designed to influence public education were put into practice, including Schools without Walls, Schools within a School, Multicultural Schools, Continuation Schools, Learning Centers, Fundamental Schools, and Magnet Schools. "These schools were characterized by parent, student, and teacher choice, autonomy in learning and pace, non-competitive evaluation, and

2622-472: The racial integration aspects, such as Capital Prep Magnet School, a high school in Hartford, Connecticut . Capital Prep, a year-round school where more than 80% of its students are black and Latino, boasts a near-0% dropout rate; 100% of its 2009 senior class was sent to a four-year college. According to the school's principal, the goal is to prepare all of its students for college. Since coming into fruition,

2679-454: The school ended its practice of keeping students enrolled "at the discretion of their major instrument teacher". In accepting the findings of an independent investigation of abuse allegations that found the practice was a "real threat" and a student "could be dismissed for any reason at any time", Curtis pledged several other steps to ensure students' well-being, including providing them with access to counseling. The institute formerly served as

2736-495: The school since its founding in 1978. She died in September of 2022. CAPA's academic curriculum includes English, history, mathematics, science, Spanish, physical education and health. Honors and AP classes are offered in English, history, mathematics and science. Creative writing (CW) is responsible for various school publications and events. Many writers are also a part of the yearbook staff. Every year, under faculty supervision,

2793-505: The school's curriculum, and recognize what kinds of resources are offered to students at that respective school. In diverse urban contexts especially, these assumptions privilege some families over others. Parents who seek out magnet schools tend to be Asian, educated, middle-class, and English-fluent. Thus, in order to break down the racial disparities these schools were intended to dismantle, magnet school programs have to be intentional in not only their outreach efforts, but also how they create

2850-463: The school's standards and publicize the school. Hofmann reduced enrollment to ensure that students would receive individualized attention. Curtis initiated weekly radio broadcasts through CBS in 1929. The Curtis String Quartet was established in 1928 and lasted until 1981. From 1931 to 1941, Fritz Reiner served as the conductor of the Curtis Orchestra, who toured with the orchestra throughout

2907-479: The separation of siblings. Even as districts such as Richmond were released from desegregation court orders, the parental selection of magnet school programs has continued to create more racially diverse schools than would have otherwise been possible. With a wide range of magnet schools available, a suitable program could be found for more children than only the "bright" ones for whom the earliest efforts were directed. Some 21st-century magnet schools have de-emphasized

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2964-469: The surrounding area. In this way, the schools act as a "magnet" pulling out-of-neighborhood students that would otherwise go to a school in their traditional attendance zone. Some magnet schools have a competitive entrance process, requiring an entrance examination , interview , or audition . Other magnet schools either select all students who apply, or use a lottery system among students who apply, while others combine elements of competitive entrance and

3021-636: The top 100 public high schools in the United States. Examples of this type of school and program include the Maine School of Science and Mathematics , Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Virginia, The School Without Walls in the District of Columbia, and nine schools that all use competitive admissions and are overseen by the New York City Department of Education (which still uses

3078-569: The voluntary desegregation, districts started developing magnet schools to draw students to specialized schools all across their districts. Each magnet school would have a specialized curriculum that would draw students based on their interests. One of the goals of magnet schools is to eliminate, reduce, and prevent minority group isolation while providing the students with a stronger knowledge of academic subjects and vocational skills. Magnet schools still continue to be models for school improvement plans and provide students with opportunities to succeed in

3135-617: Was founded in 1924, following the formation of the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1900 and the Philadelphia Opera Company in 1908 and amidst industrial decline and political corruption in Philadelphia . The institute's founder, Mary Louise Curtis Bok , a philanthropist, administrator, and major proponent of the Settlement Music School in Philadelphia , named the new school after her father, publishing magnate Cyrus Curtis . The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania chartered

3192-428: Was one of 75 pianists to audition in 1951; only three were accepted. A short while before her death, Simone was awarded an honorary diploma by Curtis. Gould Rehearsal Hall A 2,850-square-foot, acoustically designed rehearsal hall accommodates a full orchestra, with state-of-the-art video and audio capabilities. Field Concert Hall is a 240-seat auditorium with facilities for both video and audio recording. The venue

3249-454: Was succeeded by Randall Thompson , who became director in 1939 and held the post for two years. Thompson introduced mandatory weekly lectures providing an overview of music history. Violinist Efrem Zimbalist , who had become the head of the violin department in 1930 at Curtis, replaced Thompson as director in 1941. Under Zimbalist, the institute focused more on training soloists and cutting down on costs, which became especially necessary during

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