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Visualize a public high school with a deep-rooted passion for pursuits both artistic and academic; a high school with a long and distinguished history of producing talented, creative individuals who pursue their dreams with a fervent desire to make a difference; a visual and performing arts high school established in 1931, the first of its kind in the United States.

As the artistic flagship of the Newark Public Schools, today’s Arts High offers a rigorous program for grades 9-12 in dance, drama, music, TV production and visual art. The interdisciplinary studies in which our students participate enable post-secondary matriculation to many of the best conservatories, colleges, and universities in the country.

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Newark Arts Festival – Big & Small Event

October 2, 2023

Posted in: Posts navigation ← At Newark’s AileyCamp, dance is just one form of expression

At Newark’s AileyCamp, dance is just one form of expression

July 18, 2023

By: Steve Strunsky | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com Cherish Jones, 12, is spending six weeks at AileyCamp this summer. She made a collage of a dancer doing a plie, a ballet move she used in a piece she choreographed. Steve Strunsky | NJ Advance Media For NJ.com Cherish Jones sat pasting together body parts […]

Unleashing Creativity: Exploring the Arts in NBOE Schools

March 24, 2023

The Office of Visual and Performing Arts celebrated Arts in Schools Month with four district-wide programs featuring 661 students in dance, music, theatre, and visual arts. On March 2nd, the department debuted the 2023 Young Artists Annual Exhibition at Newark Vocational High School. 114 students in grades 6-8 from 29 elementary schools presented artwork, dance, […]

Arts High School Awarded AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award

January 27, 2023

Congratulations! Your school, Arts High School, has earned the College Board’s AP® Computer Science Female Diversity Award for expanding young women’s access to AP Computer Science Principles (CSP). This award acknowledges 1,105 schools for their work toward equal gender representation during the 2021-22 school year. Yours is one of only 832 schools to be recognized […]