OCVTS Performing Arts Academy
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Ocean County Vocational Technical School
Performing Arts Academy or PAA for short is a specialized, public high school program which concentrates heavily on the fields of performing arts such as dance, vocal music, and theater. The school is currently located in Lakehurst, New Jersey
with over 160 students currently attending. It is the sister high school of another full time program Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental Sciences which is also part of the OCVTS district. Because the school is a full-time program, students take both their performance major and academic courses at the school.
As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 102 students and 18.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE
basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 5.7.
Ocean County Vocational Technical School
The Ocean County Vocational Technical School is a public school district that provides technical and vocational education to residents of Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. The district provides a number of full-time public high school programs and also serves adult students...
Performing Arts Academy or PAA for short is a specialized, public high school program which concentrates heavily on the fields of performing arts such as dance, vocal music, and theater. The school is currently located in Lakehurst, New Jersey
Lakehurst, New Jersey
Lakehurst is a Borough in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2010 Census, the borough population was 2,654.Lakehurst was incorporated as a borough by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 7, 1921, from portions of Manchester Township, based on the results of a...
with over 160 students currently attending. It is the sister high school of another full time program Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental Sciences which is also part of the OCVTS district. Because the school is a full-time program, students take both their performance major and academic courses at the school.
As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 102 students and 18.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE
Full-time equivalent
Full-time equivalent , is a unit to measure employed persons or students in a way that makes them comparable although they may work or study a different number of hours per week. FTE is often used to measure a worker's involvement in a project, or to track cost reductions in an organization...
basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 5.7.
Curriculum
PAA relies heavily on block scheduling; each year is broken up into two semesters and each semester consists of four 80-minute, 5-credit classes. Every class offered is either an honors course or college-prep course because the high school is designed to test and challenge the brightest students both academically and in performance.External links
- Official Website
- Data for the Ocean County Vocational Technical School, National Center for Education StatisticsNational Center for Education StatisticsThe National Center for Education Statistics is the part of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences that collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance information in the United States...