Northwest School of the Arts

Northwest School of the Arts
Motto	Excellence in the Arts and Academics
Type	Public
Principal	Dr. Barry Bowe[1]
Asst. Principal	Jane Ratcliffe
Campus Director	Ryan Collins
Teaching staff	73
Students	1000
Grades	6-12
Location	1415 Beatties Ford, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
District	Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools
Colors	Black/Red/Silver
Athletics	None
Mascot	Dragon
Yearbook	Renaissance
Newspaper	Intermission
Website	pages.cms.k12.nc.us/northwest/

Northwest Schools of the Arts is a grade 6 through 12 art magnet school in Charlotte, North Carolina.^[2]

Northwest School of the Arts is an arts magnet school near downtown Charlotte, North Carolina. The school includes grades 6-12 and currently enrolls around 1100 students.

Students audition for acceptance and choose a major; majors available include performing arts (theatre, musical theatre, ballet, modern dance, tap, jazz, orchestra, choir, and band) and visual arts (painting, drawing, studio, printmaking, photography, fibers, sculpting, ceramics, and other classes which depend on availability and student participation), as well as technical theatre; a communications major was added for the 2010-2011 school year and beyond. NWSA hosts a variety of AP classes, including AP art classes such as AP Studio and AP academics like AP English and AP Biology. Northwest students are active in organizations such as Student Leadership, Diversity Club, Yearbook, Literary Magazine, and Intermission, the school's award-winning newspaper.

References

1. ^ "Principal's Page". Northwest School of the Arts. http://pages.cms.k12.nc.us/northwest/principalspage.html. Retrieved May 4, 2010. ^{[dead link]}
2. ^ Northwest School of the Arts (school website)

External links

• Intermission at NWSA
• Northwest School of the Arts

Coordinates: 35°15′26″N 80°51′22″W / 35.257086°N 80.8561825°W / 35.257086; -80.8561825