The Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush (also known as

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, Rush Arts, or simply Rush) is a

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high school located in

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. Rush Arts opened in September 2008 after a two-year remodeling (it was previously a middle school) and typically has about 630 students each year with roughly 500 females and 130 males. It is generally one of the top 10 schools in the School District of Philadelphia each year when state rankings are published. For yearly demographic and performance data, visit https://schoolprofiles.philasd.org/rush/overview. It also has an overall grade of a "B+" on th
website Niche which evaluates the quality of schools nation wide

Academics

Each student at Rush Arts auditions for one specific "major" out of the five that the school offers. These are the visual arts (which have graphic, media, and fine arts as three subcategories), dance, theatre, instrumental music, and vocals. Students generally stick with one major throughout their high school career; while they have the option of switching majors, this requires a re-audition and acceptance into that field.

Athletics

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Philadelphia Public League
which is a part o
PIAA District XII
The school mascot is the

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, while the team colors are purple and black. Its main athletics webpage is https://rushartsknights.org/ Rush Arts offers 7 Varsity sports for girls and 2 Varsity sports for boys. The sports offered to girls are

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, soccer,

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, and

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and

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. The boys sports are

and

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. This unbalanced offering of sports is due to the make up of the school population which is approximately 66% female. In addition, due to the low number of males at the school, the school is involved in cooperative partnerships wit
George Washington High School
for boys soccer, football, Wrestling, Volleyball and Lacrosse and a cooperative partnership wit
Swenson high school
for Baseball and all students may compete as independent athletes for the Philadelphia Public League is sports like Tennis, Golf, Cross Country, Swimming and Track and Field. Furthermore, there are several intramural sports that occur before school, during advisory and after school to help further the opportunity for sports participation including basketball, badminton, soccer, volleyball, football, hockey and ultimate frisbee.

Extracurricular activities

Since its establishment, The Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush has offered a number of extracurricular activities for students to participate in. Among these are:"After School Clubs"
''The Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush'', accessed March 16, 2011. *Relationships First *United Minorities Council *Spirit Council *Student Council *GSA * Chemistry club (with tutoring) *

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club * Trashion club (fashion club) *Anime club In addition, many teachers will stay after school on specified days to aid students academically.

References

https://rush.philasd.org/ https://schoolprofiles.philasd.org/rush/overview https://rushartsknights.org/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush Schools in Philadelphia High schools in Philadelphia Educational institutions established in 2008 Public high schools in Pennsylvania Magnet schools in Pennsylvania 2008 establishments in Pennsylvania Northeast Philadelphia