The Claude Watson School for the Arts is an "arts magnet" elementary school (grades 4-8), located in the North York part of Toronto. First opened in 1981, this school offers programs for children who wish to focus on the arts in a flexible yet strong academic environment.
Features
Programs
The Claude Watson Arts Program offers an enriched arts education in the fields of dance, drama, music and visual arts. The students divide their day between regular academic classes and the Arts.
The goals of this program are to enrich and accelerate aesthetic development, to stimulate creativity and original thinking, to nuture the visual, aural and kinetic senses and to create an enduring respect and passion for learning within a climate of artistic and academic excellence.
Students graduating from this elementary program may continue their arts-focused studies at the secondary level in the Claude Watson Arts Program at Earl Haig Secondary School.
Teachers:
Auditions:
Audition information is available in October and must be completed by the closing date in November. Auditions are held in February by appointment. Each year there are 60 spaces for grade 4 students. Spaces in other grades are by availability and will vary from year to year. Call the school for information.
Contact Information:
CLAUDE WATSON SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS
50 Spring Garden Ave.
Toronto, ON M2N3G2
(416) 395-3180
e-mail: ClaudeWatson@tdsb.on.ca
Web: schools.tdsb.on.ca/claudewatson/site.html
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