A Student-Centered Program Durham School of the Arts' program prioritizes individual needs through customized course selections and individualized instruction. School life at Durham School of the Arts emphasizes choice, personal responsibility, and respect for individual differences. A 6th Through 12th Grade Center Durham School of the Arts is one school, not a separate middle and high school. We emphasize ongoing personal development by expanding expectations, independence, and responsibility each year. Many courses at Durham School of the Artsare open to students in different grades.
Entrance depends on interest, experience, and readiness.
These classes are open to students who can succeed with a more demanding curriculum that emphasizes higher order thinking skills. Middle school students can take advanced math courses, and begin high school Algebra I in the 7th or 8th grade depending on their success with the IOWA test. High school students can elect to take honors or advanced placement classes in all academic subjects provided they meet DPS prerequisites. All schools have school nurses, counselors, psychologists, and social workers to assist students. Our facility contains a newly renovated dance space, piano lab, art classrooms, photography studio, guitar studio, strings studio, Black Box theatre, art gallery, documentary photography exhibition area in balcony of auditorium, computer room, graphic design classroom, 6th grade classroom wing, and an1800 seat auditorium.