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The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts is a theater in Houston, Texas, United States. Opened to the public in 2002, the theater is located downtown on the edge of the Houston Theater District. Hobby Center features 60-foot-high (18 m) glass walls with views of Houston's skyscrapers, Tranquility Park and Houston City Hall.
Through a partnership with the YMCA of Greater Houston TUTS brings creative drama based residencies to after school programs throughout the city. Theatre Under The Stars merged with The River Performing and Visual Arts Center in 2010, creating a barrier free arts education model for non-profit musical theatre performing arts organizations.
Tuition at the School ranged from $90 per year for first and second grades to $130 per year for sixth graders. Tuition for the 2016–2017 school year was $20,500 for Pre-K through Grade 4, $23,720 for Grades 5 through 8, and $25,000 for Grades 9 through 12. Books, lunch, and a one-time $1000 new student fee are not included. [citation needed]
In 2011, YES Prep partnered with KIPP-Houston Public Schools and Spring Branch ISD, becoming the SKY Partnership. YES Prep Northbrook Middle School began in the 2012–2013 school year with only 6th graders. They added 7th graders in the 2013–2014 school year and 8th graders in the 2014–2015 school year.
The cost was $1.3 million, and the HISD board had given the green light to the move the previous year. Keith Plocek of the Houston Press wrote that partly due to the 9th grade being reassigned to the high school level in 1981, "The building on Stanford Street was overcrowded from the get-go" as the facility was only intended for grades 10-12. [9]
Girls and Boys Preparatory Academy (GBPA) was a K-12 state-chartered primary and secondary school located in Greater Sharpstown, Houston, Texas. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It operated from 1995, making it one of the first Texas charter schools, to 2015.
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Eastwood Academy is a secondary school in the Eastwood neighborhood of the East End, Houston, Texas, United States. [2] The school is a member of the Houston Independent School District and is a school-of-choice for residents in the city of Houston. Eastwood Academy has been an "exemplary" high school by the Texas Education Agency since 2008. [3]