The Alberta School of Performing Arts

The Alberta School of Performing Arts (TASPA) is a part of the Tuscaloosa City Schools (TCS) and offers K-8 students a curriculum placing the visual and performing arts at the center of student learning. The school embraces a trans-disciplinary model of education with a focus on developing creativity and critical thinking skills. At the Alberta School of Performing Arts, the arts serve as a tool in constructing the academic, artistic, and social growth of students.

In addition to meeting standards of the TCS curriculum, TASPA students in the primary grads K-3 receive regular exposure to a variety of art forms including dance, theatre, visual art and music. Students attending TASPA in the intermediate grades 4 and 5 begin to focus on a particular art form as they expand their creative abilities. Middle school students in grades 6-8 experience a deep immersion in their fine arts specialties in addition to a rigorous, arts-infused core curriculum.