Public elementary and secondary schools
Stivers School For the Art
Stivers School for the Arts, located in Dayton, Ohio, offers programs in music, dance, theater and the visual arts, as well as a full range of academics. The school is one of the few public schools in the Dayton City School District that has been designated as a school offering programs to students in grades seven through 12. Students enter Stivers at the seventh grade level by audition and make a full six-year commitment. They major in arts themes of band, orchestra, choir, piano, dance, creative writing, theater and visual arts. The special features of the arts programs include weekly, individualized instruction; seminars, master classes and opportunities for performance and creative expression. The students are provided instruction through one-on-one contact with many of the community's leading professional and performing artists. The art themes are integrated into the general curriculum.