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Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts 6–12
Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts 6–12
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Type	Public - Magnet
Motto	Believe. Be alive. Work.
Established	September 1979
School district	Pittsburgh Public Schools
Principal	James Clawson
Grades	6–12
Enrollment	868 (as of October 1, 2018)
Color(s)	Black and white, Also red, yellow, white and blue written out in CAPA's symbol
Athletics	Ultimate Frisbee
Mascot	Unicorn
Website	CAPA

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Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts 6–12 (CAPA) is a magnet school located in the Cultural District of Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. CAPA is one of four 6th to 12th grade schools in the Pittsburgh Public Schools. It was formed from a merger between CAPA High School and Rogers CAPA Middle School.

CAPA offers students seven art majors: visual arts, literary arts, theater, production technology, instrumental music, vocal music, and dance. The theater major includes traditional theater and musical theater. The Instrumental department is composed of Instrumental and Piano Majors. Arts classes are taught by adjunct faculty who are working professionals in their fields.

Admission is by portfolio or audition. The school offers academic studies including Pittsburgh Scholars Program (PSP) and Centers for Advanced Study (CAS), along with activities like the National Honor Society, Tri-M Music Honor Society, National Art Honor Society, yearbook, newspaper, student council, Amnesty International, Model United Nations, the American Mathematics Competitions and North American Computational Linguistics Open competition, and ski club.

CAPA opened in September 1979 with 35 students, housed in Baxter Elementary School in the Homewood neighborhood. While in Homewood, CAPA only housed grades 9-12, while arts students in grades 6-8 were at Rogers Middle School. The school moved into its current space at Ninth Street and Fort Duquesne Boulevard at the beginning of the 2003–2004 school year.

The 11-story, 175,000-square-foot (16,300 m²) includes a 400-seat auditorium, a black box theater, a cabaret theater, an art gallery, media arts center, television studio, fitness center, computer labs, and rehearsal spaces for the departments. This location allows students to study their craft in the hub of Pittsburgh's cultural center and to collaborate with artists from all over. Pittsburgh CAPA has become one of four 6–12 schools in Downtown Pittsburgh.

Enrollment

As of October 1, 2018:^[1]

Group	Number of students	Percent
All	868	100.0%
White	548	63.1%
African American	208	24.0%
Asian	18	2.1%
Hispanic	26	3.0%
Multiracial	66	7.6%
American Indian	<5	<1%

Male	237	27.3%
Female	631	72.7%

Literary arts

The literary arts program at CAPA is a seven-year course of study in creative writing — one of only a dozen nationwide. Student activities include the national Poetry Out Loud competition, and the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards.^[2]

Visual arts

Students in the Visual Arts Department learn painting, drawing, sculpting, ceramics, printmaking, digital media, art history, and fiber arts. Student work is displayed around the school as well as on the Astrovision (Jumbo-Tron).^[3] The Astrovision display has since broken, and has not been repaired.

Dance

The mission of the Dance Department is to provide a comprehensive and quality dance education in an environment that nurtures the talent of each individual dancer. Emphasis is placed on refining and enhancing dance technique while simulating creativity.

Theatre

Drama/Musical Theatre. The theatre department provides a four-year structured course in musical theatre and drama. Every year the musical theatre students perform two recitals and the All School Musical.

Instrumental music

Classes available to instrumental music majors include orchestra, wind ensemble, string orchestra, chamber music ensembles, various jazz bands, music/jazz theory, music history, piano lab, and solfege. Each student normally receives a private lesson once every two weeks with a faculty member specializing on his/her instrument.

Piano

Piano students learn techniques, piano history, new genres of music, play in ensembles, have private piano lessons, and are classically trained. They have a piano recital every year along with other performances in collaboration with the Instrumental department.

Production Technology

The Pro-Tech major gives students the opportunity to learn engineering techniques and the fundamentals of building sets for theatre shows. They act as crew for recitals, performances, and musicals.

Vocal music

The Voice Department offers students education through its sequential four-year curriculum, through collaborative work with professional music organizations, and through performance opportunities and Master Classes. Students in grades 9–12 receive a private voice lesson every other week. Students will perform in Concert Choir, Jazz Choir, and Chamber Ensemble. Students participate in the Opera Workshop class and perform in the yearly Opera. Other classes include: music theory, piano lab, music history, solfeggio, eurhythmics, Studio Class, and the creative music technology class. Each Friday, students perform in a recital for their peers studying vocal music. They showcase songs that they work on in private lessons with the staff.

Athletics

In addition to the Ultimate Frisbee team, CAPA students may play on the University Prep football team and the Obama Academy teams in other sports.

The 6–8 students do have sports teams. They have a boys and girls soccer, basketball, girls softball and boys baseball. The girls soccer team was an undefeated section champion in 2004. The CAPA 6–8 sports teams mascot is the unicorn changed from the phoenix in 2012, changed from the unicorn in 2011.

Notable alumni

Billy Porter (Tony Award winner for his role as Lola in the Broadway show Kinky Boots) (Emmy award winner for his role as Pray Tell in the television show Pose)
Reba Meyers, Jami Morgan and Joe Goldman (members of the metalcore band Code Orange and rock band Adventures)
Chirag Manohar, best known as Cheech Manohar (Broadway and Film actor of Mean Girls (musical) and Dead Boy Detectives (TV series)
Margot Bingham (actor in television show Boardwalk Empire)
Leo Pellegrino, known professionally as Leo P (baritone saxophonist and member of Too Many Zooz)
Noa Denmon (illustrator and winner of Caldecott Honor in 2021)

References

^ ^a ^b "CAPA Enrollment". Discover PPS. Pittsburgh Public Schools. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
^ "Literary arts mission statement". CAPA Website. Archived from the original on 2007-04-25. Retrieved 2006-12-21.
^ "Visual Arts Department". CAPA Web Site. Archived from the original on 2007-04-25. Retrieved 2006-12-12.

External links

Pittsburgh CAPA 6–12 website
Pittsburgh High School for the Creative and Performing Arts at the Wayback Machine (archive index)

[enrollment-1] "CAPA Enrollment". Discover PPS. Pittsburgh Public Schools. Retrieved 13 May 2019.

[2] "Literary arts mission statement". CAPA Website. Archived from the original on 2007-04-25. Retrieved 2006-12-21.

[3] "Visual Arts Department". CAPA Web Site. Archived from the original on 2007-04-25. Retrieved 2006-12-12.

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 '''Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts 6–12''' ('''CAPA''') is a [[magnet school]] located in the [[Cultural District, Pittsburgh|Cultural District]] of [[Downtown Pittsburgh|Downtown]] [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]]. CAPA is one of four 6th to 12th grade schools in the [[Pittsburgh Public Schools]]. It was formed from a merger between '''CAPA High School''' and [[Rogers CAPA Middle School]].
-CAPA offers students six art majors:  [[Art|visual arts]], [[Writing|literary arts]], [[Acting|theater]], [[Instrumental|instrumental music]], [[Vocal|vocal music]], and [[dance]]. The theater major includes [[Theatre|traditional theater]], [[musical theatre|musical theater]], and [[stagecraft|technical theater]]. Arts classes are taught by adjunct faculty who are working [[professional]]s in their fields.
+CAPA offers students seven art majors:  [[Art|visual arts]], [[Writing|literary arts]], [[Acting|theater]], [[stagecraft|production technology]], [[Instrumental|instrumental music]], [[Vocal|vocal music]], and [[dance]]. The theater major includes [[Theatre|traditional theater]] and [[musical theatre|musical theater]]. The Instrumental department is composed of Instrumental and Piano Majors. Arts classes are taught by adjunct faculty who are working [[professional]]s in their fields.
 Admission is by [[Career portfolio|portfolio]] or [[audition (performing arts)|audition]]. The school offers academic studies including Pittsburgh Scholars Program (PSP) and Centers for Advanced Study (CAS), along with activities like the [[National Honor Society]], [[Tri-M|Tri-M Music Honor Society]], [[National Art Honor Society]], [[yearbook]], [[newspaper]], [[student council]], [[Amnesty International]], [[Model United Nations]], the [[American Mathematics Competitions]] and [[North American Computational Linguistics Open Competition|North American Computational Linguistics Open competition]], and [[skiing|ski club]].
-CAPA opened in September 1979 with 35 students, housed in Baxter Elementary School in the [[Homewood (Pittsburgh)|Homewood]] neighborhood. The school moved into its current space at Ninth Street and [[Fort Duquesne]] Boulevard at the beginning of the 2003–2004 school year.
+CAPA opened in September 1979 with 35 students, housed in Baxter Elementary School in the [[Homewood (Pittsburgh)|Homewood]] neighborhood. While in Homewood, CAPA only housed grades 9-12, while arts students in grades 6-8 were at Rogers Middle School. The school moved into its current space at Ninth Street and [[Fort Duquesne]] Boulevard at the beginning of the 2003–2004 school year.
-The 11-story, {{convert|175000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} includes a 400-seat [[auditorium]], a [[black box theater]], a [[cabaret]] theater, an [[art gallery]], media arts center, [[television studio]], [[fitness center]], [[computer lab]]s, and rehearsal spaces for the departments. This location allows students to study their craft in the hub of Pittsburgh's cultural center and to collaborate with artists from all over. Pittsburgh CAPA has become one of four 6–12 schools in Pittsburgh.
+The 11-story, {{convert|175000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} includes a 400-seat [[auditorium]], a [[black box theater]], a [[cabaret]] theater, an [[art gallery]], media arts center, [[television studio]], [[fitness center]], [[computer lab]]s, and rehearsal spaces for the departments. This location allows students to study their craft in the hub of Pittsburgh's cultural center and to collaborate with artists from all over. Pittsburgh CAPA has become one of four 6–12 schools in Downtown Pittsburgh.
-==Academic achievement==
-In 2009, [[U.S. News and World Report]] ranked 21,000 public high schools in the United States based on three factors. First, the schools were analyzed for the number of students who achieved above the state average on the reading and math tests in 2008. Then they considered how the economically disadvantaged students performed against the state average. Finally, they considered the participation rate and the performance of students in college readiness by examining [[Advanced Placement]] (AP) and International Baccalaureate test data. Seventy Pennsylvania high schools earned a bronze, silver or gold rating. Fifty-three Pennsylvania high schools achieved bronze.<ref>Best High Schools 2008, U.S. News and World Report. December 9, 2009</ref> Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts High School achieved a Silver ranking. Eight high schools in [[Allegheny County, Pennsylvania|Allegheny County]] and two Pittsburgh School District schools achieved inclusion in the ranking. Also in 2009, students from the school performed for First Lady Michelle Obama and the spouses of other leaders attending the [[2009 G-20 Pittsburgh summit|G-20 summit]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lehane Directs Unique Concert|url=http://www.cmu.edu/cmufront/homepage/creativity/2009/fall/white-house-lehane.shtml|year=2009|publisher=[[Carnegie Mellon University]]|postscript=|accessdate=May 24, 2011}}</ref>
-[[File:Pittsburgh CAPA jeh.jpg|thumb|Ninth Street]]
 ==Enrollment==
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 ===Literary arts===
-The literary arts program at CAPA is a seven-year course of study in creative writing — one of only a dozen nationwide.  Student activities include the national Poetry Out Loud competition, and the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://capahs.pghboe.net/Lit%20Arts/home2.htm |title=Literary arts mission statement |accessdate=2006-12-21 |work=CAPA Website |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070425143751/http://capahs.pghboe.net/Lit%20Arts/home2.htm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2007-04-25}}</ref>
+The literary arts program at CAPA is a seven-year course of study in creative writing — one of only a dozen nationwide.  Student activities include the national Poetry Out Loud competition, and the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://capahs.pghboe.net/Lit%20Arts/home2.htm |title=Literary arts mission statement |access-date=2006-12-21 |work=CAPA Website |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070425143751/http://capahs.pghboe.net/Lit%20Arts/home2.htm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2007-04-25}}</ref>
 ===Visual arts===
-Students in the Visual Arts Department learn painting, drawing, sculpting, ceramics, printmaking, [[Digital Art|digital media]], art history, and fiber arts. Student work is displayed around the school as well as on the Astrovision (Jumbo-Tron).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://capahs.pghboe.net/Visual_Arts/home.htm |title=Visual Arts Department |accessdate=2006-12-12 |work=CAPA Web Site |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070425143932/http://capahs.pghboe.net/Visual_Arts/home.htm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2007-04-25}}</ref> The Astrovision display has since broken, and has not been repaired.
+Students in the Visual Arts Department learn painting, drawing, sculpting, ceramics, printmaking, [[Digital Art|digital media]], art history, and fiber arts. Student work is displayed around the school as well as on the Astrovision (Jumbo-Tron).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://capahs.pghboe.net/Visual_Arts/home.htm |title=Visual Arts Department |access-date=2006-12-12 |work=CAPA Web Site |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070425143932/http://capahs.pghboe.net/Visual_Arts/home.htm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2007-04-25}}</ref> The Astrovision display has since broken, and has not been repaired.
 ===Dance===
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 ===Theatre===
-Straight Theatre/Musical Theatre. The theatre department provides a four-year structured course in musical and straight theatre.  Every year the musical theatre students perform two recitals and the All School Musical.
+Drama/Musical Theatre. The theatre department provides a four-year structured course in musical theatre and drama.  Every year the musical theatre students perform two recitals and the All School Musical.
 ===Instrumental music===
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 *[[Billy Porter (entertainer)|Billy Porter]] (Tony Award winner for his role as Lola in the Broadway show [[Kinky Boots (musical)|Kinky Boots]]) (Emmy award winner for his role as Pray Tell in the television show Pose)
-* [[Reba Meyers]] (lead guitarist of the hardcore punk band [[Code Orange (band)|Code Orange]] and rock band [[Adventures (band)|Adventures]])
+* Reba Meyers, Jami Morgan and Joe Goldman (members of the metalcore band [[Code Orange (band)|Code Orange]] and rock band [[Adventures (band)|Adventures]])
+* Chirag Manohar, best known as Cheech Manohar (Broadway and Film actor of [[Mean Girls (musical)]] and [[Dead Boy Detectives (TV series)]]
-*[[Margot Bingham]] (actor in television show [[Boardwalk Empire]])
-*[[Leo Pellegrino]] (baritone saxophonist and member of [[Too Many Zooz]])
+* [[Margot Bingham]] (actor in television show [[Boardwalk Empire]])
+*[[Leo Pellegrino]], known professionally as Leo P (baritone saxophonist and member of [[Too Many Zooz]])
+*[[Noa Denmon]] (illustrator and winner of [[Caldecott Honor]] in 2021)
 ==References==

v t e Pittsburgh Public Schools
High schools	Allderdice Brashear CAPA 6–12 Carrick Obama 6–12 Perry Milliones 6–12 Science and Technology Academy Westinghouse 6–12
Elementary/middle schools	Allegheny PreK–5 Allegheny 6–8 Arsenal PreK–5 Arsenal 6–8 Beechwood PreK–5 Colfax K–8 Concord K–5 Dilworth PreK–5 Fulton PreK–5 Greenfield PreK–8 Langley K–8 Lincoln PreK–5 Linden K–5 Mifflin PreK–8 Montessori PreK–5 Morrow PreK–8 Schiller 6–8 Spring Hill K–5 Sterrett 6–8 Woolslair K–5
Special schools	Student Achievement Center Conroy Education Center Oliver Citywide Academy
Former schools	Bayard Bedford Becks Run Beltzhoover Birmingham Boggs Avenue Connelley Vocational High Fifth Avenue High Fort Pitt Foster Gladstone Holmes Knoxville Larimer Latimer Lawrence Lemington Letsche Madison McCleary Morse Park Place Prospect Rogers Schenley High South High Springfield Stevens Washington Industrial Wightman

v t e Performing, creative, fine, and visual arts high schools in the United States
Arizona	Arizona School for the Arts
California	Charter High School of the Arts (Los Angeles) Coronado School of the Arts (Coronado) Ramon C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts (Los Angeles) Los Angeles County High School for the Arts (Los Angeles) Oakland School for the Arts Orange County School of the Arts (Santa Ana) San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts
Colorado	Denver School of the Arts
Florida	New World School of the Arts (Miami)
Georgia	Savannah Arts Academy John S. Davidson Fine Arts Magnet School (Augusta) DeKalb School of the Arts (Atlanta Metro) Barrow Arts and Sciences Academy (Atlanta Metro)
Illinois	Chicago High School for the Arts Chicago Academy for the Arts
Indiana	Wirt-Emerson Visual and Performing Arts High Ability Academy (Gary)
Maryland	Baltimore Design School Baltimore School for the Arts Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts (Baltimore)
Massachusetts	Boston Arts Academy
Michigan	Detroit School of Arts
Mississippi	Mississippi School of the Arts
Missouri	Central Visual and Performing Arts High School
New Jersey	Charter-Tech High School for the Performing Arts
New Mexico	New Mexico School for the Arts Public Academy for Performing Arts
New York	Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School (New York City) High School of Art and Design (New York City)
North Carolina	Durham School of the Arts
Ohio	School for Creative and Performing Arts Cleveland School of the Arts
Pennsylvania	Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts The Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush (Philadelphia) Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts School
Rhode Island	Beacon Charter High School for the Arts (Woonsocket)
Texas	Austin School for the Performing and Visual Arts Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts Fine Arts Academy at McCallum High School (Austin) High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (Houston) Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (Dallas) Vidal M. Trevino School of Communications and Fine Arts (Laredo)
Washington	Tacoma School of the Arts
Former schools	Wilmer-Hutchins Performing Arts High School (Dallas) The High School of Music & Art (New York City)

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