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A block in Downtown Houston is the new location for HSPVA. It formerly housed Sam Houston High School; at a later point the building housed the HISD headquarters. [25] The building is five stories and 168,000 square feet (15,600 m 2) in size, [26] at a cost of $88.4 million. [27] [28] Gensler Architects designed the building. [29]
Richard Farias, the founder, borrowed $90,000 so he could open the school. The Houston campus originally was located in the Latino Learning Center. In 1996 the school had 100 students. In 1997 the enrollment doubled to 200. The school, which had a mostly Hispanic student body, had grades 6 through 8. Farias planned to expand the school to K-12. [4]
Christian Life Center Academy (CLCA) is a private, college preparatory Christian school serving primary, secondary and postgraduate students located in the Kingwood area of Houston. [1] It was previously in another section of the city of Houston, near Humble .
During the 1950s, [1] Houston Ballet Academy was established under the leadership of Tatiana Semenova, a former dancer with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. [2] [3] In July 2003, Houston Ballet Academy was renamed Houston Ballet's Ben Stevenson Academy in honor of Ben Stevenson, former artistic director of the professional company and director of the academy.
Victory Preparatory Academy or Victory Prep (VPREP) was a charter school in Houston, Texas that had two campuses: one in the city's south, Victory Preparatory Academy South; and a northern campus, Victory Preparatory Academy North. The system all together served grades K-12 and was operated by the nonprofit organization Management ...
Benji's Special Educational Academy Independent School District (or Benji's Academy Charter School) was a state charter school with two campuses (including Benji's II) in the Northside district of Houston, Texas, [1] [2] near the Fifth Ward. [3] The school covered grades Pre-Kindergarten 4-12. [4]
St. Agnes Academy is a Dominican college-preparatory school for young women grades 9 through 12 [3] in the Chinatown area and in the Greater Sharpstown district of Houston, Texas. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The school operates within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston .
The student body represents fifty-one Catholic parishes and 101 zip codes across the Houston metropolitan area and is a community of 348 young women. As of the 2017–2018 school year, school's racial percentages are as follows: [2] Hispanic: 24%; White American: 48%; African-American: 9%; Multi-racial: 11%; Asian/Pacific Islander: 8%