Rosedale Heights School of the Arts (RHSA) is an arts-based high school in

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, Canada.

History

Formerly Castle Frank, the school has been reinvented and re-purposed by Principal Barrie Sketchley. It is a non-semester school with an emphasis on the arts. Students can take dance, dramatic arts, music-instrumental (band or strings), vocals, visual and media arts. In 2005, ''

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'' Magazine named RHSA one of the best arts-focus high schools in Canada, as well as one of the three best special-focus schools in Canada. In 2017, 8.4 percent of Rosedale Heights School of the Arts students had not been

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due to philosophical or religious reasons, the highest percentage of any Toronto high school.

Overview

RHSA accepts students from all over the Greater Toronto Area. It is the only arts school in the Toronto District School Board that does not use auditions for acceptance. It is also the only arts school that encourages students to explore interdisciplinary arts by not expecting students to choose a "major" in one art and making students select a variety of arts courses in their first two years at the school.

Notable alumni

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Facilities

RHSA has a 670-seat auditorium, two band/orchestra rehearsal spaces, three fully equipped dance studios, two drama rooms, a dark room, a vocal room, and various visual art studios used for printmaking, graphic design, etc.

Acceptance

RHSA accepts students from the

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. This school does not use any auditions for acceptance.

History

Overview

Notable alumni

Facilities

Acceptance

References

See also