Arts and Humanities Focus Program explained

Arts and Humanities
Established:1999
Type:Public magnet high school
Schoolboard:Lincoln Public Schools
Principal:James Blake
Faculty:4[1]
Grades:9-12
Nickname:Arts[2]
Streetaddress:643 S. 25 Street
City:Lincoln
State:Nebraska
Country:United States
Website:arts.lps.org

Arts and Humanities Focus Program, commonly referred to as Arts,[2] is a focus program that specializes in art and the humanities. The school opened in 1999,[3] and is housed in a historic bottling plant along the banks of Antelope Creek in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States.[4]

Academics

The program's current regular activities include:

The Arts and Humanities Focus program has welcomed several speakers over the past six semesters, including actor and director Peter Riegert, New York mime Bill Bowers, DC Comics and Marvel Comics cartoonist Bob Hall, and director Rodney Evans.

Past speakers who have visited include author Daniel Quinn, author and activist Howard Zinn, and President of the ACLU Nadine Strossen.

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2007-2008 State of the Schools Report: A Report on Nebraska Public Schools . . 2009-04-30.
  2. "Arts" is used in the school's official website URL, for example.
  3. Web site: Arts and Humanities Focus Program - About our Program . Lincoln Public Schools . 2009-05-09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080603105247/http://arts.lps.org/about/index.html . June 3, 2008 .
  4. Web site: Focus program students find first Fridays important . https://web.archive.org/web/20110614165514/http://www.dailynebraskan.com/2.3976/focus-program-students-find-first-fridays-important-1.995815 . dead . June 14, 2011 . Rooney . Megan R. . February 7, 2005 . Daily Nebraska . 2009-05-09 .
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20060206142013/http://www.unl.edu/artsarebasic/ Arts are Basic