VAPA
Visual and Performing Arts Concentration
The Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) Concentration acknowledges seniors who have excelled in arts participation within the Fine Arts Department at Brentwood Academy. Students will note the VAPA Concentration or Excelled VAPA Concentration on college resumes and will also wear a cord at graduation to recognize the achievement.
Credits Per Year
- Performing Arts Class: 3 (bands, chorus, acting, Academy Singers)
- Visual Arts Class: 3 (all art classes)
- Set Design: 3
- Theater Appreciation: 3
- Media Arts: 3
- US Play/ US Musical: 2
- Stage Manager: 2
- Dance Team: 2
- *Speech Team: 2
- Tech Crew: 1 or 0.5 (makeup and hair)
*Students must have competed in 80% of the speech tournaments for that year
VAPA Concentration
- 20 credits total (average of one fine arts class and one show per year)
- Student wears solid royal blue cord at graduation
Excelled VAPA Concentration
- 28+ credits total
- Eligible for the VAPA Scholarship
- Student wears royal blue with white, braided cord