EASTCONN’s Arts at the Capitol Theater (ACT) is a public, performing arts magnet high school with FREE enrollment for Connecticut students.
ACT offers an integrated approach to instruction, infusing standards-based academic courses with a variety of arts disciplines, and providing differentiated instruction to address individual learning needs.
Students in grades 9-12 study with certified academic teachers and professional artists in this small, arts-focused learning community. Each grade is limited to about 35 students, making this an intimate, focused, artistic learning environment.
A unique, extended-day schedule from 8:45 a.m. to 4:25 p.m., Monday through Thursday, and from 8:45 a.m. to 1:07 p.m. on Fridays, allows students to take 12 classes per semester and fully immerse themselves in the performing arts, whether on stage, or behind the scenes.
Areas of artistic study include: Acting/ Vocal Performance, Audio/Video Production, Creative Writing, Dance, and Theater Production (set design, lighting design and costuming). ACT students have access to a pre-college academic boost, thanks to a partnership with Quinebaug Valley Community College and Eastern Connecticut State University that allows qualified upperclassmen to attend college classes and earn free college credits while attending ACT.
Sound like the right school for you? Apply Today!
Visit: www.eastconn.org/act for an application.
The students, teachers, parents and community members of ACT collaborate to promote an education in arts and academics that inspires intellectual exploration, creative expression and personal motivation in students. Through intensive, rigorous educational experiences in our caring and safe environment, our students learn to understand deeply the imperative that is our philosophical foundation: Respect Yourself, Respect the Work, Respect the Community.
