OCVTS Performing Arts Academy

Performing Arts Academy
Location
Performing Arts Academy
Performing Arts Academy
Performing Arts Academy
180 Frederick Avenue
Lakehurst, NJ 08733
United States
Coordinates 40°00′52″N 74°18′41″W / 40.014561°N 74.3112574°W / 40.014561; -74.3112574Coordinates: 40°00′52″N 74°18′41″W / 40.014561°N 74.3112574°W / 40.014561; -74.3112574
Information
Type Magnet public high school
Established September 2001
School district Ocean County Vocational Technical School
Principal Karen Homiek[1]
Faculty 6.0 FTEs[2]
Grades 9-12
Enrollment 266 (as of 2015-16)[2]
Student to teacher ratio 44.3:1[2]
Accreditation Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools[3]
Website School website

Ocean County Vocational Technical School Performing Arts Academy or PAA for short is a specialized, public high school program which concentrates heavily on the fields of performing arts such as dance, vocal music, and theater, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades from all of Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. Located in Lakehurst, it is the sister high school of the Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental Sciences, another full-time program that is also part of the Ocean County Vocational Technical School district. Because the school is a full-time program, students take both their performance major and academic courses at the school.[4] The school is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools.[3]

As of the 2015-16 school year, the school had an enrollment of 266 students and 6.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 44.3:1. There were no students eligible for free lunch and none eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[2]

Awards, recognition and rankings

Schooldigger.com ranked the school tied for 173rd out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (a decrease of 139 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (78.5%) and language arts literacy (95.3%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).[5]

Curriculum

PAA relies heavily on block scheduling; each year is broken up into two semesters and each semester consists of four 80-minute, 5-credit classes. Every class offered is either an honors course or college-prep course because the high school is designed to test and challenge the brightest students both academically and in performance.

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ Administration, Ocean County Vocational Technical School. Accessed March 6, 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 School data for Performing Arts Academy of the Ocean County Vocational Tech, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 12, 2018.
  3. 1 2 Performing Arts Academy (The) / Lakehurst Center, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools. Accessed February 8, 2018.
  4. ↑ Performing Arts Academy, Ocean County Vocational Technical School. Accessed March 6, 2012.
  5. ↑ New Jersey High School Rankings: 11th Grade HSPA Language Arts Literacy & HSPA Math 2010-2011, Schooldigger.com. Accessed March 6, 2012.
  6. ↑ Oglesby, Amanda. "Barnegat teen top vote-getter with #IDontDoDrugs song", Asbury Park Press, April 15, 2015. Accessed October 8, 2016. "Hoffman, the Academy Award and Golden Globe winner known for his unconventional roles, and the 15-year-old Barnegat girl were scheduled to perform in a scene of "Louie," the dark television comedy about the fictionalized life of standup comic Louis CK.... 'I've liked his work for a while,' said Brigid, who voices the character of 'Koko' on the animated children's show Chuggington when she's not attending class at the Performing Arts Academy in Lakehurst."
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