Emerson School for Visual and Performing Arts
Encyclopedia
Emerson School for Visual and Performing Arts is a seven year (6-12) school
for the visual and performing arts, located in the Miller Beach
neighborhood of Gary, Indiana
, in the United States
. The original Emerson High School was located in the Emerson neighborhood of Gary.
, was opened in September 1908. They were the first to teach the Work, Study, Play method, the first to have an indoor swimming pool and the first to have a petting zoo.
Emerson was closed in 1981 due to under population. It was reopened during the mid-80s as the first Visual and Performing Arts schools in Indiana.
Emerson is widely known for Academics and Majors, and it is considered to be one of the top High Schools in the State of Indiana.
Emerson is on the National Register of Historic Places.
School
A school is an institution designed for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is commonly compulsory. In these systems, students progress through a series of schools...
for the visual and performing arts, located in the Miller Beach
Miller Beach
Miller Beach is a community on the southernmost shore of Lake Michigan. Originally an independent town first settled in 1851, Miller was annexed by the city of Gary, Indiana in 1918...
neighborhood of Gary, Indiana
Gary, Indiana
Gary is a city in Lake County, Indiana, United States. The city is in the southeastern portion of the Chicago metropolitan area and is 25 miles from downtown Chicago. The population is 80,294 at the 2010 census, making it the seventh-largest city in the state. It borders Lake Michigan and is known...
, in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. The original Emerson High School was located in the Emerson neighborhood of Gary.
History
Emerson School of the Visual and Performing , named after Ralph Waldo EmersonRalph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American essayist, lecturer, and poet, who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century...
, was opened in September 1908. They were the first to teach the Work, Study, Play method, the first to have an indoor swimming pool and the first to have a petting zoo.
Emerson was closed in 1981 due to under population. It was reopened during the mid-80s as the first Visual and Performing Arts schools in Indiana.
Emerson is widely known for Academics and Majors, and it is considered to be one of the top High Schools in the State of Indiana.
Emerson is on the National Register of Historic Places.