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Brooklyn High School of the Arts

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File:X:\anderson\projects\images.jpeg Brooklyn High School of the Arts, (BHSA) is a New York City Public High School located in Boreum Hill in Brooklyn. It is the first and (currently, as of December 2005) the only high school in the United States to offer a major in Historic Preservation otherwise known as Preservation Arts. The school has other majors including Fine Art (visual and design), Dance (performing arts), Instrumental Music (performing arts), and Vocal Music (performing arts). Students must audition for which ever major they may choose before the teaching staff of that major. The school is new, having their first graduating class in June of 2004. They have a student population of about 800 students in grades 9 through 12. The school is sponsored and has partnerships by such corporations as, Invesco, the New Jersey Institute of Technology, 101.1 JACK FM, and the World Monuments Fund. The school as extracurricular activities such as Drama Club, Peer Mediation, Student Advisory Council and the National Honor Society. The principal is Robert W. Finley III.