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About Our School
Visualize a public high school with a deep-rooted passion for pursuits both artistic and academic; a high school with a long and distinguished history of producing talented, creative individuals who pursue their dreams with a fervent desire to make a difference; a visual and performing arts high school established in 1931, the first of its kind in the United States.
As the artistic flagship of the Newark Public Schools, today’s Arts High offers a rigorous program for grades 9-12 in dance, drama, music, TV production and visual art. The interdisciplinary studies in which our students participate enable post-secondary matriculation to many of the best conservatories, colleges, and universities in the country.
Welcome to Arts High School!
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Main Office Clerk Janice Oliver - 973-733-7391
Guidance Clerk Edith Battles - 973-733-7392
PeopleSoft Clerk Barbara De Nose - 973-733-8346
Our School in the News
Unleashing Creativity: Exploring the Arts in NBOE Schools
The Office of Visual and Performing Arts celebrated Arts in Schools Month with four district-wide programs featuring 661 students in dance, music, theatre, and visual arts. On March 2nd, the department debuted the 2023 Young Artists Annual Exhibition at Newark Vocational High School. 114 students in grades 6-8 from 29 elementary schools presented artwork, dance, […]
Read More Arts High School Awarded AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award
Congratulations! Your school, Arts High School, has earned the College Board’s AP® Computer Science Female Diversity Award for expanding young women’s access to AP Computer Science Principles (CSP). This award acknowledges 1,105 schools for their work toward equal gender representation during the 2021-22 school year. Yours is one of only 832 schools to be recognized […]
Read More Arts High School Guitar Quintet Performance for Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel Cardona
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AHS ALUMS
Jazz Legend Sarah Vaughan - 1930'S

Jazz Legend Sarah Vaughan attended Arts High School in the 1930's.
Wayne Shorter - AHS c/o 1952

Saxophonist and Composer Wayne Shorter
Melba Moore - AHS c/o 1958

Tony Award Winner, Grammy Nominee, Star of Stage and Screen Melba Moore
Tisha Campbell - AHS c/o 1988

Star of Martin and My Wife and Kids, Tisha Campbell
Savion Glover - AHS c/o 1991

Tony Award Winning Dancer, Choreographer, and Actor Savion Glover
Michael B. Jordan - AHS c/o 2005

Arts High Alum Michael B. Jordan with AHS students during a 2019 Photo Shoot at Arts High School
Kat DeLuna- AHS c/o 2006

Latin Billboard Music Award Winning Artist Kat DeLuna
Michaela Jaé Rodriguez- AHS c/o 2008

Golden Globe Winner Michaela Jaé Rodriguez
Jasmine Mans - AHS c/o 2009

Award-winning Poet and Author Jasmine Mans
Crystal Clarke - AHS c/o 2011

Crystal Clarke of Ordeal by Innocence and Star Wars in Sanditon