Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, often referred to simply as LaGuardia, is a public magnet high school specializing in teaching visual arts and performing arts, located near Lincoln Center in the Lincoln Square in the neighborhood of the Upper West Side, Manhattan, New York City, in the U.S. state of New York.
History[edit]
The High School of Music & Art was founded by Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia in 1936. He wanted to establish a public school in which students could hone their talents in music, art and the performing arts. In 1948, a similar institution – the High School of Performing Arts – was created in an effort to harness students’ talents in dance. The schools merged on paper in 1961[7] and were to be combined in one building. However, this took many years.
It was not until 1984 that they moved to a new concrete building, designed by Argentine architect Eduardo Catalano and adjacent to Lincoln Center . The Board of education honored Mayor LaGuardia posthumously by naming the new building after him. Prior to the building's completion in 1985,[8] Music & Art – colloquially known as "The Castle on the Hill" – was located in Manhattan at Convent Avenue and 135th Street in what has since become part of City College of New York's South Campus; the building is home to A. Philip Randolph Campus High School. Performing Arts was located in Midtown Manhattan on West 46th Street. Mayor La Guardia regarded Music & Art as the "most hopeful accomplishment" of his long administration as mayor.[9]
Alumni from LaGuardia and its two legacy schools, High School of Music and Art and School of Performing Arts,[10] are active in supporting the students and the school through scholarships and support for special programs, school events, and reunions held at the school and throughout the world. The school's alumni organization has a full-time executive director and offices at the school.[11] It functions as an independent charitable organization organized under the laws of New York. The prestigious Fame School has built up a reputation as the #1 ranked performing arts high school in NYC.
| Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | |
|---|---|
| The exterior of LaGuardia, one block west of Lincoln Center | |
| Address | |
| Wikimedia | © OpenStreetMap | |
| 100 Amsterdam Avenue
Upper West Side, New York , New York 10023 United States | |
| Coordinates | 40°46′27″N 73°59′08″WCoordinates: 40°46′27″N 73°59′08″W |
| Information | |
| Type | Selective school |
| Established | 1961; 61 years ago |
| School district | 10 |
| NCES School ID | 360007804458[4] |
| Principal | Yeou-Jey Vasconcelos[1][2][3] |
| Teaching staff | 141.08 (FTE) (2017–18)[4] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 2,819 (2017–18)[4] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 19.98:1 (2017–18)[4] |
| Color(s) | Red
White |
| Website | www.laguardiahs.org |
