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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanks for all the replies! I think what I'm envisioning doesn't quite exist -- I'd love for there to be a high school where kids do theatre, singing, or dance production as part of the school day and not necessarily as an after-school add-on. Not looking for "Fame" level performing arts education, but something more than extracurricular. My understanding of the Blair magnet is that it is focused on communications/journalism and arts in terms of writing or photojournalism. My understanding of private schools (including GDS, where we are currently), is that they have good dramatic productions and a few classes here or there, but it is not a focus area.[/quote]
Performing arts schools at the HS level exist in NY for sure and probably LA, but DC doesn’t have the kind of performance scene to support many children/teens who are performing/studying at a professional level. [/quote]

Duke Ellington is the closet you'll get. The Blair CAP program (no one calls it a magnet) does have Drama and Scriptwriting as required courses and even in history and English there's a lot of emphasis on the performing arts so you there are a lot of regular projects that require acting, skits, performing. No singing though. It's not really so narrowly focused as you think.[/quote]

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