Academics
Curriculum Overview
The focus of the school is on the performing arts including theater, music and dance. Students spend three hours a day training in their performing arts area. While there are a number of opportunities for performance each year, the primary focus of the program is on the training and development of the student as an artist. Each student commits to working in a single track for the duration of the school year. Requests to change tracks are handled on a case-by-case basis.
All students are in academics for four and one half hours per day, engaged in programs designed to prepare them for college or a post secondary conservatory program working with academic teachers fully licensed by the Board of Teaching. All arts teachers are performing artists currently working in their field and holding either a limited license or a community expert credential.
The academic program is stream-lined by design to ensure that every student has an opportunity to meet Minnesota’s Graduation Requirements. SPCPA does not have an academic elective program; however, students may elect to challenge themselves in honors or college level courses and are encouraged to go above and beyond basic requirements when possible. Similarly, the arts program is interdisciplinary in design, and requires each student to participate in predetermined arts courses developed specifically for each arts track and level. Students may choose from a number of different arts courses for their Friday electives.
Our Academic Faculty
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