Central Visual and Performing Arts High School information

Central Visual and Performing Arts High School
Central Visual and Performing Arts High School
Location
	3125 S. Kingshighway ; St. Louis, Missouri; United States
Coordinates	38°36′17″N 90°16′15″W / 38.6046°N 90.2709°W
Information
Type	Magnet high school
Motto	There Will Always Be a Central High
Established	February 7, 1853; 171 years ago
School district	St. Louis Public Schools
Superintendent	Keisha Scarlett
Principal	Amy Phillips
Faculty	29.00 (FTE)
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	386 (2022-23)
Student to teacher ratio	13.31
Campus type	Urban
Color(s)	Gold, white, black ; (formerly red and black)
Mascot	Eagle (formerly Owl)
Newspaper	None (formerly the Monthly Blossom, The Nut, The Reflector, and The High School News)
Yearbook	Famebook (formerly The Red and Black)
Website	www.slps.org/CVPA

Central Visual and Performing Arts High School (formerly Central High School) is a magnet high school in St. Louis, Missouri, part of the St. Louis Public Schools.

Founded in 1853, Central High School is the oldest public high school west of the Mississippi River, although it has moved several times and merged with a magnet school in 1984.^[1]^[5]^[6] Central VPA specializes in the arts, with students taking courses in three art majors, including visual art, musical art, and performing art, with focuses on ceramics, drawing and painting, photography, instrumental music, vocal music, dance, and theater.^[7]

^ ^a ^b ^c Cite error: The named reference dillon 24-26 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ ^a ^b ^c "CENTRAL VISUAL/PERF. ARTS HIGH". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
^ "Famebook". Central VPA High School. St. Louis Public Schools. Archived from the original on February 22, 2013. Retrieved January 13, 2012.
^ "Help Yourself". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. October 16, 1990. Dollars and Sense, 6D.
^ Philip Dine (September 18, 1992). "St. Louis Ties Send Mantia To Washington". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Business 10D. Bernard's and Mantia's wives went to the same high school, the old Central High School on Natural Bridge — the oldest high school west of the Mississippi River.
^ Jeannette Batz Cooperman (November 18, 2004). "'There Will Always Be a Central High School'". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Get Out 18. It's endured six moves and a name change, but St. Louis' first public institution of "higher education" marks its 150th anniversary on Tuesday with a gala at UMSL.
^ "Student Handbook and Course Catalog" (PDF). Central VPA High School. St. Louis Public Schools. Retrieved January 13, 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}

[dillon_24-26-1] Cite error: The named reference dillon 24-26 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[NCES-2] "CENTRAL VISUAL/PERF. ARTS HIGH". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved April 21, 2024.

[slpsyearbook-3] "Famebook". Central VPA High School. St. Louis Public Schools. Archived from the original on February 22, 2013. Retrieved January 13, 2012.

[stlpd10161990-4] "Help Yourself". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. October 16, 1990. Dollars and Sense, 6D.

[stlpd11181992-5] Philip Dine (September 18, 1992). "St. Louis Ties Send Mantia To Washington". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Business 10D. Bernard's and Mantia's wives went to the same high school, the old Central High School on Natural Bridge — the oldest high school west of the Mississippi River.

[stlpd11182004-6] Jeannette Batz Cooperman (November 18, 2004). "'There Will Always Be a Central High School'". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Get Out 18. It's endured six moves and a name change, but St. Louis' first public institution of "higher education" marks its 150th anniversary on Tuesday with a gala at UMSL.

[slpscoursecatalog-7] "Student Handbook and Course Catalog" (PDF). Central VPA High School. St. Louis Public Schools. Retrieved January 13, 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}

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Central Visual and Performing Arts High School
Location

3125 S. Kingshighway St. Louis, Missouri United States
Coordinates	38°36′17″N 90°16′15″W / 38.6046°N 90.2709°W / 38.6046; -90.2709
Information
Type	Magnet high school
Motto	There Will Always Be a Central High^[1]
Established	February 7, 1853; 171 years ago (February 7, 1853)
School district	St. Louis Public Schools
Superintendent	Keisha Scarlett
Principal	Amy Phillips
Faculty	29.00 (FTE)^[2]
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	386 (2022-23)^[2]
Student to teacher ratio	13.31^[2]
Campus type	Urban
Color(s)	Gold, white, black (formerly red and black)
Mascot	Eagle (formerly Owl)
Newspaper	None (formerly the Monthly Blossom, The Nut, The Reflector, and The High School News)^[1]
Yearbook	Famebook^[3] (formerly The Red and Black)^[4]
Website	www.slps.org/CVPA