IB Schools – Bronx

Fordham High School for the Arts

Iris Blige, Principal
500 EAST FORDHAM ROAD, BRONX, NY 10458
Phone: 718-733-4656

THE MISSION OF FORDHAM  High School for the Arts

Fordham High School for the Arts (Iris Blige, Principal) believes that the arts further students’ development as well-rounded individuals who express themselves through creativity, discipline, skill and teamwork.

A SNAPSHOT OF FORDHAM ARTS

Fordham Arts is a new NYC small public school serving 419 students (grades 9-12) with an interest in the arts.  Each Fordham Arts student chooses one of five arts majors-Instrumental Music, Vocal Music, Drama Dance and/or Visual Arts and studies that art form for four years in addition to completing a rigorous academic, Regents Based curriculum.

Fordham Arts has been the lucky recipient of some significant honors in the past year:

  • Eight Fordham drama majors graduated with Chancellor’s Endorsed Diplomas in Theatre.
  • Sophomore Tanai Pirela’s play THE BABY PROJECT was featured on Broadway in Fidelity Future Stage’s Finals featuring four Fordham Arts seniors.
  • Twelve vocal majors participated in the Weill Music Institute’s Bernstein Mass at Carnegie Hall directed by Marin Alsop in 2008 and are participating in the Gospel Messiah Project in 2010.
  • Fordham Arts received a Level Three (Silver) Rating in Major Organization Level and ten Fordham Arts vocal students received Excellent Ratings in Solo and Small Ensemble from New York State School Musical Association (NYSSMA).
  • Visual Arts student Juyaveel Wright’s artwork was chosen as the t-shirt and program image for New York Student Shakespeare Festival.
  • Fordham Arts was a recipient of a Lowe’s Toolbox for Education Grant to create a Living Museum in Fordham Arts’ hallways; an Impact Broadway grant to take 30 students to three Broadway shows this year; a recipient of a TDF Stage Doors residency and a recipient of The Center for Arts Education “Careers in the Arts” internship program.
  • Fordham Arts has been an arts partner with Vital Theatre Company for five years. This partnership has been made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts funding.

Fordham Arts Impact Broadway Founding Members:

Andrew Vinzant
Rose Hernandez
Gloria Atsiboguie
Vianca Peguero
Issabella E.A. Oguuah
Shaquille Houston
Faculty Liaison: Gloria Atisogbuie

http://schools.nyc.gov/SchoolPortals/10/X437/default.htm

Theatre Arts Production Company School (TAPCO)

2225 Webster Ave, Bronx, NY, 10457

Theatre Arts Production Company (TAPCO) is a supportive, family style oriented school where students get advanced training in the arts. Opened as a middle school in 1997, TAPCO has added high school grades and has become a top school for aspiring artists, musicians and performers in the Bronx.

TAPCO prides itself in providing multiple opportunities for your child to succeed both academically, artistically and in their personal lives. The program ensures that every student is challenged and engaged with routine individual attention and skills classes designed to support those in need and to others requiring advanced work. TAPCo staff’s goals are to keep children safe, challenge their minds, rouse college aspirations, and develop self-esteem as well as social and emotional skills.

TAPCO’s advanced art courses include:

Acting and Directing

  • Fine Arts
  • Dance
  • Video Production & Film
  • Set Design & Stagecraft
  • Chorus & Instrumental Music
  • Playwriting
  • Architectural Carpentry
  • Sculpting

Recent TAPCO Productions:
November 19, 2009: Nicholai Erdman’s “The Suicide”
February 11-13, 2010: The Bus
Learn more about TAPCO by visiting their website at http://www.tapconyc.org/home

TAPCo Impact Broadway Founding Members:
Tytianna Kelly
Nathalie Noboa
Roshena Peart
Desteny Salazar
Sergio Vargas
Faculty Liaison: William Naedler