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Apex Arts High Schools
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The Apex Arts High School Magnet program offers arts students the opportunity to build their artistic skill while gaining
real world experience. Located at Annapolis and Broadneck High Schools, this program is designed to engage
students in focused arts instruction with highly qualified teachers and professional artists to foster aesthetic and
critical thinking, creative inquiry, and artistic excellence. During extended day instruction, students from all arts
majors at both Apex Arts schools have the chance to further refine their craft in small group instruction while expanding
their creative lens through collaboration, community engagement, and multiple performance avenues.Apex Arts Program Highlights
- Arts-infused curriculum for students interested in achieving their maximum artistically through focused arts instruction with qualified teachers and professional artists to foster creative inquiry, artistic excellence, and community engagement.
- Provides collaborative experiences with professional artists and musicians
- Extensive instruction in chosen Prime arts area
- Offers many performance and exhibition opportunities
- Summer Bridge programs offer students opportunities for intensive study with Apex Arts teachers, guest artists, and community arts partners.
- Field trips to professional arts events, performances and exhibitions
- Opportunities for exploration across the arts in Extended Day
- Integration of technology for research, as a choice of media and/or as a tool to archive achievement
- Students build artistic skills while gaining real world experience.
- Extended Day Program allows students to further refine their craft in small group instruction while expanding their creative lens through collaboration, community engagement, and multiple performance avenues.
- Daily instruction in your Prime arts area
- Study abroad opportunities
- Coordinated internships in the arts
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The AACPS Apex Arts Program leverages the Maryland State Department of Education Fine Arts Standards to inform its curriculum design and development.
Apex Arts Contacts
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General Inquiries
Apex Arts Magnet Program
ApexArts@aacps.org
410-280-1501David Kauffman
Apex Arts Senior Manager
dfkauffman@aacps.org
410-280-1501Jennifer Jerrell
Apex Arts Teacher Specialist
jjerrell@aacps.org
410-280-1501Jillian Murphy
Apex Arts - Apex+ Teacher Specialist
jlmurphy2@aacps.org
410-280-1501Caroline Hathaway
Apex Arts Department Chair- AHS
chathaway@aacps.org
410-266-5240Paul Dembowski
Apex Arts Department Chair- BHS
pdembowski@aacps.org
410-757-1300