The Detroit School of Arts, originally known as the Detroit School for the Fine and Performing Arts, is a blue ribbon

Blue ribbon

The blue ribbon is a term used to describe or symbolize something of high quality. The usage came from The Blue Riband, a prize awarded for the fastest crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by passenger liners—and prior to that from Cordon Bleu which referred to the blue ribbon worn by a particular order...

 high school

High school

High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....

 located in Detroit, Michigan

Detroit, Michigan

Detroit is the major city among the primary cultural, financial, and transportation centers in the Metro Detroit area, a region of 5.2 million people. As the seat of Wayne County, the city of Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and serves as a major port on the Detroit River...

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Entrance to Detroit School of Arts is based on an audition that takes place at the end of a student's eighth grade year. Students are required to choose a "major".
The Detroit School of Arts is one of four magnet schools in Detroit, others being (Renaissance High School

Renaissance High School

Renaissance High School is a public high school located within the city of Detroit, Michigan. Renaissance is one of four magnet high schools in the Detroit Public Schools district .Founded in 1978 on the previous site of Catholic Central High School, Renaissance's first...

, Cass Technical High School

Cass Technical High School

The Cass Tech Technicians football team is a high school football program in Division 1 Public School League, representing the prestigious Cass Technical High School in Detroit, MI. Cass Tech High School has long been recognized nationwide for its extraordinary football program dating back to its...

 and Communication & Media Arts High School

Communication & Media Arts High School

Communication & Media Arts High School is a school of choice and part of Detroit Public Schools in Detroit, Michigan on 14771 Mansfield in between Grand River and Fenkell. Kim Woo Gray was principal when the school opened in 1992 until her retirement in 2008. CMA has twenty-three full time staff...

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Curriculum

The Detroit School of Arts offers Spanish as a foreign language. The school also has a particular instructional focus on accelerated learning, honors, and college preparation, as well as requirements for physical education.

History

Established in 1992 by the now-retired Dr. Denise Davis-Cotton.

During the nine-hour school day, students follow a rigorous college preparatory curriculum with an intensive study in the arts. The school received the Kennedy Center Creative Ticket National Arts School of Distinction Award for the 2002-2003 school year.

External links

• Official home page
• Schools of the 21st Century -- discussion of the school building's architecture