Los Angeles High School of the Arts—LAHSA is on the
Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools campus, on
Wilshire Boulevard in the
Koreatown district of
Central Los Angeles
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Geography The City of Los Angeles
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, California.
The public specialty
high school is within the
Los Angeles Unified School District
Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) is a public school district in Los Angeles, California, United States. It is the largest public school system in California in terms of number of students and the 2nd largest public school district in ...
(LAUSD)
It was formerly known as the BAPA (Belmont Academy of Performing Arts), small
learning community established in 1998 by the LAUSD. As was, LAHSA continues BAPA's mission, preparing its students for enrollment and success in four-year university programs, with an emphasis placed on the
performing arts
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: drama, singing, and dancing.
Students take classes in
set design, sound production, and
lighting design. They are also experience other aspects of theater production, by writing, casting, and directing their own plays.
See also
*
Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools
*
California Institute of the Arts
References
External links
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Academics
Stem Program
* Acting
* Technical Theatre (costume, set design, lighting and sound)
* Computer Science
* Physiology
* AP Biology
* Chemistry
* Environmental Science
* Computer-aided Drafting
* Vectorworks
* Algebra 1
* Algebra 2
* Geometry
* Pre-Calculus
* AP Calculus
* Transitional College Math (Statistics)
Current Administration
Susan Canjura (principal)
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Los Angeles Unified School District schools
Art schools in California
Drama schools in the United States
High schools in Los Angeles
Public high schools in California
Schools of the performing arts in the United States
Koreatown, Los Angeles
Theatre in Los Angeles