Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts
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The Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art is located near the Juilliard School in the Lincoln Center district of Manhattan, on Amsterdam Avenue between 65th Street and 64th Street.
It prepares public high school students for professional careers and/or conservatory study in dance, drama, the visual arts, vocal and instrumental music and theater production.
LaGuardia H.S. is the only arts school among New York City's four specialized high schools, which receive special funding and offer specialized courses of study. The other three are Stuyvesant High School, Bronx High School of Science and Brooklyn Technical High School.
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History
The movie Fame and the TV Series Fame both dramatized student life at LaGuardia High School.
Noted Alumni
- Jennifer Aniston
- Adrien Brody
- Dom DeLuise
- Al Pacino
- Wesley Snipes
- Elly Stone
- Omar Epps
- Marlon Wayans
- Billy Dee Williams
- Lisa Vidal
- Freddie Prinze
- Hector Elizondo
- Kevin Ceballo
- Richie Ray
- Rick Gonzalez
See also
External links
- official website (http://www.laguardiahs.org/)