HWDSB Program of the Arts offered at Glendale Secondary School for students in Grade 9-12

The Hamilton Wentworth District School Board‘s Programs of the Arts has been running at Glendale Secondary School for nine years now, educating just over 300 students from grade 9-12 in a multitude of different programs.

Their Audition-based Program of the Arts, which teaches dance, drama, and instrumental music is in rehearsals now for their production of ‘Newsies’. The musical is on stage at Glendale Secondary School from May 24th-May 31st.

Other programs include Strings, Media Arts, Popular Music, Production, Visual Arts and Vocal Music.

The Program of the Arts is open to students all over Hamilton and other cities and it is the only publicly funded audition-based arts program west of the GTA.

Emily Vukovic got to sit in on four different programs to learn more about the programs and the great experience it gives to students.