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HSPVA (High School for the Performing and Visual Arts) was the first ever magnet high school founded in 1971. It is located in Houston, Texas and was originally built to help the integration by helping kids come together through a common interest of fine arts rather than race.

The departments include art (visual), dance (mostly modern and ballet, but some jazz and tap integrated as well), theatre (including but not limited to technical and musical), and music (instrumental and vocal).

HSPVA is not a typical high school in the sense that it is one big family. There is no real drama uproars and pretty much everyone is friends with everyone else. Respect and tolerance is a big deal and greatly a part of PVA's environment.

To go to PVA, you must audition. It is pretty tough to get into, and each art area's criteria vary. You may audition for multiple, but can only go for one. The scheduales are half a day of your academics (typically English, Math, Social Studies/History, Spanish or French, and Science) and the other half if your art area.
hspva is the the best high school ever
hspva by a student at this school October 28, 2008
Words you can keep
an artistic school located in houston texas
the art areas are voice, theatre, dance, art, musical theatre
there are the typical art freaks
the typical dance preps
and the typical choir "song lovers" who go around singing 24/7
the best art area has to be the dancers
there are a few obnoxious dancers named robbie moore and blair bohny
there are also a few cool ones who arent loud
there are mostly 5 dance studios
Bohny's En Toure
North Harris Performing ARts
Kingwood
Becky's
Masters Upper Level
all others don't really matter.

In the art classification
there are many goths/punks
you dont see very much pink in there area

the commons area is pretty much the coolest most pimped out ghetto area ever
i love it though.
my favorite teacher has to be the biology teacher

he just knows so much about everything
i recommend him for a helping hand
My friend Lindsay went to HSPVA to try out for the theatre department.
HSPVA by Miscelss November 10, 2008

HSPVA Vocal Dept.

Where the top singers of Middle schools in Houston, Texas go to have their spirits broken. It involves verbal abuse towards a collection of sexually confused/frustrated teenagers. Will be accused of smoking weed if you don't sing well. Better not wear a mask for covid, you will be berated for trying to not catch an airborne virus. Favorites will be picked, it won't be you.
"my mom really laid into me last nigh, felt like I was back in the HSPVA vocal dept."

The HSPVA creative writing department 

The members of the creative writing department at HSPVA, located in houston texas. They are the not self-proclaimed chillest of departments.
"Wanna audition for The HSPVA creative writing department "

The HSPVA piano department 

I mean, it's kind of self explanatory. The HSPVA piano department is a branch of the instrumental department at Kinder HSPVA, located in Houston Texas. they literally do one thing and one thing only, play piano.
"Hey dude, I got a friend in The HSPVA piano department. They might be able to play Rush E"

Kinder HSPVA Vocal Dept. 

A department in the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts that deals with training of the voice in all (you will only sing classical music, stop dreaming) types of music. It is a school where the best middle school singers in Houston, Texas go to have their spirits broken. It will include verbal abuse towards sexually confused/frustrated teenagers. You will be accused of smoking weed if you don't sound the best, and you will be berated for wearing a mask for corona virus. You will be ridiculed among the other art areas for being "stupid musicians". You will come out a better singer but you will NEVER want to do it again.
"My mom really laid into me last night, felt like I was back in the Kinder HSPVA Vocal Dept.
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