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{{Infobox school
| name = Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts
| image = Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.jpg
| alt = 
| caption = New downtown HSPVA campus
| motto = 
| address = 790 Austin Street, Houston, TX 77002
| location = [[Houston, Texas]]
| country = [[United States]]
| coordinates = {{coord|29.75686|-95.36022|type:edu_region:US-TX|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map = USA Texas#USA
| established = 1971<!-- {{start date|1971|MM|DD}} -->
| opened = 
| type = Public Arts Magnet High School
| district = [[Houston Independent School District]]
| grades = 9-12
| superintendent = 
| principal = Dr. R. Rivas Priscilla
| enrollment = 753 (2017-18)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&SchoolID=482364002552&ID=482364002552|title=PERFOR & VIS ARTS H S|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|access-date=December 1, 2018}}</ref>
| newspaper = hspvapaper
| website = {{url|hspva.org}}
}}
'''Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts''' (Kinder HSPVA, HSPVA or '''PVA''') is a [[secondary school]] located at 790 Austin Street in the [[Downtown Houston|downtown district]] of [[Houston, Texas]]. The school is a part of the [[Houston Independent School District]].

The school provides education for grades nine through twelve. The school is divided into six departments: instrumental music, vocal music, dance, theater (including technical theater), visual arts, and creative writing.

HSPVA was placed as the top school in the Greater Houston Area by [[Children at Risk]]'s 2009 annual ranking of high schools,<ref>Mellon, Ericka. "[http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6369800.html 3 HISD schools sweep top spots]." ''[[Houston Chronicle]]''. April 12, 2009. Retrieved on May 5, 2009.</ref> and it has continued to be ranked as an "A" grade or higher by Children at Risk.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://texasschoolguide.org/school-rankings/|title=2018 School Rankings {{!}} Texas School Guide|language=en|access-date=2019-01-25}}</ref> Since 2003, HSPVA has had eight students named US Presidential Scholars in the Arts ([[Presidential Scholars Program]]) by the [[US Department of Education]] as selected by the National YoungArts Foundation ([[YoungArts]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.ed.gov/programs/psp/awards.html|title=Awards - U.S. Presidential Scholars Program|date=August 31, 2016|work=ed.gov|access-date=December 31, 2016}}</ref>

As a Magnet school, HSPVA does not automatically enroll students from the surrounding neighborhood; the surrounding neighborhood is zoned to [[Northside High School (Houston)|Northside High School]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/TX01001591/Centricity/Domain/32468/boundarymaps/Northside_HS.pdf|title=Northside Attendance Boundary Map}}</ref>

==Art areas==
There are six art areas: vocal music, instrumental music, dance, theatre, visual art, and creative writing. There are subdivisions within some of these art areas. Instrumental Music breaks down into band, orchestra, jazz, mariachi, and piano. Theatre breaks down into musical theatre, acting, and technical theatre.

==History==
{{more citations needed section|date=March 2009}}
[[File:HoustonAcademyPlaque.jpg|left|thumb|Plaque located at 790 Austin Street detailing history of the new campus site.]]
HSPVA was established in 1971.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.houstonisd.org/site/default.aspx?PageID=159359|title=School Information / History|website=www.houstonisd.org|language=en|access-date=2019-01-25}}</ref> 
[[File:HeinenTheaterHCCSHouston.JPG|thumb|The school was established in the former [[Congregation Beth Israel (Houston)|Temple Beth Israel]]]]
HISD chose Ruth Denney as the school's founding director.<ref name=Gorep9>Gore, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=o2lSdwON_ioC&pg=PA9 9].</ref> The district asked Denney to choose between three potential sites: W. D. Cleveland Elementary School, Montrose Elementary School, and the former [[Congregation Beth Israel (Houston, Texas)|Temple Beth Israel]] building. After touring them, Denney selected the temple building and in May 1971 the final plans for HSPVA were presented to the school board.<ref name=Gorep10>Gore, p. 10. {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o2lSdwON_ioC&pg=PA10|title=Talent Knows No Color: The History of an Arts Magnet High School|first=Elaine Clift|last=Gore|date=January 1, 2007|publisher=IAP|isbn=9781593117627|access-date=December 31, 2016|via=Google Books}}</ref>

Parents rallied against a planned move to [[Timbergrove Manor]] due to its lack of proximity to Downtown Houston, artist landmarks, and the [[Houston Museum District]], even though the district had already paid $500,000 for planning as of 1979.<ref name=Plocek>{{cite web|author=Plocek, Keith|url=https://www.houstonpress.com/news/on-shaky-grounds-6551044|title=On Shaky Grounds|work=[[Houston Press]]|date=2004-12-30|access-date=2019-08-27}}</ref> The school moved to 4001 Stanford Street, the site of the former Montrose Elementary School, in 1982.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://houston.culturemap.com/news/city-life/06-22-12-10-43-hisd-bond-with-a-brand-new-downtown-hspva-building/|title=New HSPVA school building in downtown Houston is part of proposed HISD bond package|website=CultureMap Houston|date=June 22, 2012 |language=en|access-date=2019-02-11}}</ref> The cost was $1.3 million, and the HISD board had given the green light to the move the previous year. Keith Plocek of the ''[[Houston Press]]'' wrote that partly due to the 9th grade being reassigned to the high school level in 1981, "The building on Stanford Street was overcrowded from the get-go" as the facility was only intended for grades 10-12.<ref name=Plocek/> The HSPVA Friends booster club stated an intention to raise funds to recoup the money used for the Timbergrove site planning; according to the group, the district and HSPVA Friends had conflicting interpretations of their accord in the said recouping, and Plocek stated "The Friends never really paid much of the bill".<ref name=Plocek/>

By the late 1990s parents advocated for another move due to overpopulation, but again rejected the idea of the Timbergrove site due to the lack of proximity.<ref name=Plocek/> In the 1990s, there was a proposal to move HSPVA to the Bob R. Casey Federal Building in [[Downtown Houston]].<ref name="SarnoffHSPVADowntown">Sarnoff, Nancy. "[http://blogs.chron.com/primeproperty/2009/10/officials_ponder_downtown_move_1.html Officials ponder downtown move for HSPVA] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100110035046/http://blogs.chron.com/primeproperty/2009/10/officials_ponder_downtown_move_1.html |date=January 10, 2010 }}." ''Houston Chronicle''.  October 14, 2009.  {{Retrieved|access-date=November 24, 2009}}</ref> HISD later proposed moving the school near the [[Gregory-Lincoln Education Center]] in Houston's Freedmen's Town Historical District in the [[Fourth Ward, Houston|Fourth Ward]]. HISD officials agreed to pursue a relocation at that time as Friends of HSPVA agreed to raise about 50% of a projected $30 million cost to develop a new site; otherwise HISD officials were reluctant to promote building a new HSPVA when there were schools with campuses in much worse repair.<ref name=Plocek/>

The Fourth Ward building would have included a 2000+ seat state-of-the-art theater, updated facilities and possibly a recording studio.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}  Construction was temporarily delayed due to the discovery of a possible [[American Civil War]]-era cemetery.<ref name=Plocek/> In June 2007, the project page for the building displayed "CANCELLED."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.houstonisd.org/portal/site/Bond/menuitem.c46eefd63c468b3df4819bd9e041f76a/?vgnextoid=be2a0c9b494ef010VgnVCM10000028147fa6RCRD&vgnextchannel=874a57ebf04ef010VgnVCM10000028147fa6RCRD|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930210610/http://www.houstonisd.org/portal/site/Bond/menuitem.c46eefd63c468b3df4819bd9e041f76a/?vgnextoid=be2a0c9b494ef010VgnVCM10000028147fa6RCRD&vgnextchannel=874a57ebf04ef010VgnVCM10000028147fa6RCRD|url-status=dead|archive-date=2007-09-30|title=High School for Performing and Visual Arts Replacement School|publisher=[[Houston Independent School District]]|access-date=2019-09-01}}</ref> The site that was to have the new HSPVA instead has the new [[Carnegie Vanguard High School]].<ref>Downing, Margaret. "[http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2009/12/hisd_carnegie_vanguard_high_te.php Carnegie Vanguard May Finally (And Happily) Move To A New Home]." ''[[Houston Press]]''. December 10, 2009. {{Retrieved|access-date=September 8, 2011}}</ref>

=== Naming discussion ===
On October 13, 2016,<!--The date of the KPRC article, October 13, 2016, is a Thursday--> the Houston Independent School District Board of Trustees voted 7 to 2 to accept a naming rights contract from the [[Kinder Foundation]] for a $7.5&nbsp;million for capital improvements to the new facility. The school's name was to become Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts when the school moved to the new downtown location. The Kinder funds provide primarily upgrades to theater equipment and some performance spaces, such as outfitting the mini-theater.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.click2houston.com/news/hspva-to-be-renamed-after-hefty-donation-from-kinder-foundation|title=HSPVA to be renamed after Kinder Foundation donates $7.5M|date=October 14, 2016|work=[[KPRC-TV]] click2houston.com|access-date=December 31, 2016|archive-date=October 28, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161028215154/http://www.click2houston.com/news/hspva-to-be-renamed-after-hefty-donation-from-kinder-foundation|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The contract was approved by the school board after the Kinder Foundation said it would withdraw the funds if the board did not vote,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/education/article/HISD-board-president-Arts-school-renaming-9969067.php|title=Fate of arts high school renaming proposal uncertain|work=Houston Chronicle|access-date=2018-02-02}}</ref> six days after the public announcement of the deal.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Pulsinelli|first=Olivia|date=2016-10-14|title=HISD approves Kinder gift, name change|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2016/10/14/hisd-approves-kinder-gift-name-change.html|journal=Houston Business Journal}}</ref>

One HISD board member, Jolanda Jones, spoke against the deal, arguing that it was selling out the rights to name a school and that HISD was not giving attention to the non-specialty schools in the district. Jones and Diana Davila were the only board members to vote against the deal. Most speakers at the board meeting, including community members and HSPVA students and parents, supported the deal (17 speakers in favor, 11 against).<ref name="Downingsupp">{{cite news|url=http://www.houstonpress.com/news/trustees-vote-to-rename-hspva-and-jones-says-hisd-is-like-a-pimp-8858000|title=Trustees Vote to Rename HSPVA and Jones Says HISD "Is Like a Pimp"|author=Downing, Margaret|date=2016-10-14|newspaper=[[Houston Press]]|access-date=2017-01-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://houstonisdtx.swagit.com/play/10132016-843|title=October 13, 2016 Board Meetings - Houston Independent School District|website=houstonisdtx.swagit.com|language=en|access-date=2018-02-19}}</ref>
[[File:HoustonHSPVA.JPG|thumb|Former [[Montrose, Houston|Montrose]] campus]]
In April 2017, in response to a petition asking the Kinders to give the name back, Richard Kinder wrote to the superintendent of Houston Independent School District. Citing negative controversy, he offered to release the naming rights, but did not suggest or request the school's name be restored.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.houstonpress.com/news/hspva-and-the-kinder-naming-rights-9389838|title="The HSPVA Fight Continues Even After Rich Kinder Offers to Take Back His Name"|last=Downing|first=Margaret|date=2017-04-27|work=The Houston Press|access-date=2018-02-01}}</ref>  By contract, the name change became effective when the new downtown campus was occupied.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/329759520/Kinder-HSPVA-HISD-Executed-Agreement-10-13-16|title=Kinder-HSPVA-HISD Executed Agreement 10-13-16|website=Scribd|language=en|access-date=2018-02-02}}</ref>

===New campus===
In January 2019, HSPVA moved from its Montrose campus to the downtown site at 790 Austin Street.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.houstonisd.org/site/default.aspx?PageID=79620|title=Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts / Homepage|website=www.houstonisd.org|language=en|access-date=2019-01-25}}</ref> The former campus now houses the [[Arabic Immersion Magnet School]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blogs.houstonisd.org/news/2019/05/09/arabic-immersion-magnet-school-relocating-to-former-kinder-hspva-campus/|title=Arabic Immersion Magnet School relocating to former Kinder HSPVA campus|publisher=[[Houston Independent School District]]|date=2019-05-09|access-date=2019-05-17}} – [https://blogs.houstonisd.org/noticiashisd/2019/05/09/la-escuela-magnet-de-inmersion-al-lenguaje-arabe-se-traslada-a-la-antigua-kinder-hspva/ Spanish version]</ref>

==Demographics==
The demographics for the 2017 - 2018 school year are listed below.<ref>http://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/TX01001591/Centricity/domain/21231/school_profiles/HSPVA_HS.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Race/Ethnicity !! 2016-2017
|-
| African American || 18%
|-
| American Indian || <1 %
|-
| Asian/Pac. Islander || 9%
|-
| Hispanic || 26%
|-
| White || 45%
|-
| Two or More || 3%
|}

{{Asof|2017}} Anglo white students made up less than 50% of the student body, and the three [[ZIP codes]] with the highest numbers of students in HSPVA included [[Meyerland, Houston|Meyerland]], Montrose, and the [[West University, Texas|West University]] areas. The HSPVA student body had a higher percentage of Anglo white students than that of HISD as a whole. That year 15% of the students were low income. HSPVA historically had higher rates of minority enrollment as it had [[affirmative action]] policies, but these policies were withdrawn after 1997.<ref>{{cite web|author=Isensee, Laura|url=https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/2017/07/13/221290/once-tool-to-desegregate-hspva-doesnt-reflect-diversity-in-houston-school-district/|title=Once Tool to Desegregate, HSPVA Doesn't Reflect Diversity in Houston School District|publisher=[[KUHT|Houston Public Media]]|date=2017-07-13|access-date=2019-02-23}} - [https://cdn.hpm.io/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/12160101/08371_HSPVA-Feature.mp3?source=plyr-article Audio file]</ref>

==Campus==
A block in Downtown Houston is the new location for HSPVA. It formerly housed [[Sam Houston High School (Houston)|Sam Houston High School]]; at a later point the building housed the HISD headquarters.<ref name="GonzalesSamoldbuilding">Gonzales, J.R. "[http://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2010/03/sam-houston-high-school-old/ Sam Houston High School (old)]." ''Houston Chronicle''. March 30, 2010. {{Retrieved|access-date=November 22, 2011}}.</ref> The building is five stories and {{convert|168000|sqft|sqm}} in size,<ref>Mellon, Ericka. "[http://blog.chron.com/k12zone/2014/10/hspva-to-get-80-million-makeover-with-roof-terrace-outdoor-dining/#27582101=0 HSPVA to get $80&nbsp;million makeover with roof terrace, outdoor dining] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826063800/http://blog.chron.com/k12zone/2014/10/hspva-to-get-80-million-makeover-with-roof-terrace-outdoor-dining/#27582101=0 |date=August 26, 2018 }}." ''Houston Chronicle''. October 15, 2014. {{Retrieved|access-date=October 17, 2014}}.</ref> at a cost of $88.4 million.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.houstonisd.org/Page/71979|title=Building Programs / High School for the Performing and Visual Arts|website=www.houstonisd.org|language=en|access-date=2018-02-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://blogs.houstonisd.org/news/2017/10/27/new-kinder-hspva-on-track-to-welcome-students-jan-2019/|title=New Kinder HSPVA on track to welcome students in January 2019|work=News Blog|publisher=Houston Independent School District|access-date=2018-02-02|language=en-us}}</ref> Gensler Architects designed the building.<ref>"[http://blogs.houstonisd.org/news/2014/12/15/hspva-breaks-ground-for-new-school-in-downtown-theater-district/ HSPVA breaks ground for new school in downtown theater district]." [[Houston Independent School District]]. December 15, 2014. {{Retrieved|access-date=December 21, 2014}}.</ref> Groundbreaking occurred on December 14, 2014.<ref>"[http://blogs.houstonisd.org/news/2014/12/18/hisd-breaks-ground-on-four-new-campuses-celebrates-first-project-to-go-vertical/ HISD breaks ground on four new campuses, celebrates first project to ‘go vertical’]." [[Houston Independent School District]]. December 18, 2014. {{Retrieved|access-date=December 21, 2014}}.</ref>

The previous campus was on Blocks 12 and 13 of the Lockard Connor and Barziza Addition,<ref>Lockard Connor and Barziza Addition, Blocks 12 and 13. ''Harris County Assessor's Block Book''. Volume 23, Page 68 ([http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v023/AE1997_23-24_0030.pdf PDF] and [http://books.tax.hctx.net/v023/AE1997_23-24_0030.jpg JPG]) and 69 ([http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v023/AE1997_23-24_0031.pdf PDF] and [http://books.tax.hctx.net/v023/AE1997_23-24_0030.jpg JPG]). They indicate the Montrose School, which HSPVA was built upon.</ref> in [[Montrose, Houston|Montrose]]. {{Asof|2014}}, many students practiced their creative arts in the school hallway due to the small size of the campus. Many Montrose-area residents attended performances even though they do not have children enrolled in the school. Students sometimes traveled to area cafes and restaurants after the official end of the school day but before additional rehearsals.<ref name=Ambrose>{{cite web|author=Ambrose, Amber|url=http://montrosedistrict.org/2014/08/a-sense-of-place-appreciating-hsvpas-montrose-campus-before-the-big-jump-to-downtown/|title=A Sense of Place: Appreciating HSPVA's Montrose Campus Before the big Jump to Downtown|publisher=[[Montrose Management District]]|date=2014-08-25|access-date=2017-07-01}}</ref>

==Admissions patterns==
HSPVA has no actual feeder patterns. Since it is a magnet school it takes students from all over HISD,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hspva.org/admissions/|title=The High School for the Performing and Visual Arts / Homepage|access-date=October 21, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100213000822/http://hspva.org/admissions/|archive-date=February 13, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>  and from districts outside of HISD.{{citation needed|date=August 2019}}

HSPVA takes students from many HISD middle schools. In addition, some students who are enrolled in private schools in the 8th grade, such as [[St. Mark's Episcopal School (West University Place, Texas)|St. Mark's Episcopal School]], [[Presbyterian School]], [[River Oaks Baptist School]], [[John Paul II Catholic School (Houston)|John Paul II School]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jp2.org|title=St. John Paul II Catholic School|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070522213831/http://www.jp2.org/|archive-date=May 22, 2007|df=mdy-all}}</ref> and [[Annunciation Orthodox School]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aoshouston.org/admissions/graduatingfromaos.shtm |title=Link Lookup |access-date=2012-11-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208023757/http://www.aoshouston.org/admissions/graduatingfromaos.shtm |archive-date=February 8, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> choose to go to HSPVA for high school.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stmes.org/aboutus.html |title=About Us |access-date=2006-05-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030807152922/http://www.stmes.org/aboutus.html |archive-date=August 7, 2003 |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pshouston.org/fw/main/Class_of_2004-183.html |title=Presbyterian School - Class of 2004 |access-date=2012-11-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060118103723/http://www.pshouston.org/fw/main/Class_of_2004-183.html |archive-date=January 18, 2006 |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>http://www.robs.org/podium/default.aspx?t=1996 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928162219/http://www.robs.org/podium/default.aspx?t=1996 |date=September 28, 2007 }} {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jp2.org/OurPrograms/middleschool-overview.htm |title=John Paul II - Our Programs - Middle School Overview |access-date=2007-05-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927080440/http://www.jp2.org/OurPrograms/middleschool-overview.htm |archive-date=September 27, 2007 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

==Notable alumni==
{{more citations needed|section|date=December 2019}}
* [[Jay Alexander]] (magician mentalist)<ref name="Alumni Database"/>
* [[Lisa Hartman Black]] (actress)<ref name="DistinguishedAlumni">"[http://www.houstonisd.org/HISDConnectDS/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=c3783acb02efc010VgnVCM10000052147fa6RCRD Distinguished HISD Alumni] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120515061020/http://www.houstonisd.org/HISDConnectDS/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=c3783acb02efc010VgnVCM10000052147fa6RCRD |date=May 15, 2012 }}." ''[[Houston Independent School District]]''.</ref>
* [[Kevin Cahoon]] (Broadway Performer)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/HSPVA/status/1025602041165565953|title=Theatre alum @KevinCahoon will direct Hedwig @zachtheatre in January. We hope you're able to stop by and see our new campus!https://twitter.com/KevinCahoon/status/1025482143571443712 …|last=HSPVA|first=Kinder|date=2018-08-03|website=@HSPVA|language=en|access-date=2019-02-11}}</ref>
* [[Susan Choi]] (novelist)<ref name="Alumni Database"/>
* [[Tamarie Cooper]] (Playwright and Performer)
* [[Bryan-Michael Cox]] (Grammy Award-winning songwriter/record producer)<ref name="DistinguishedAlumni"/><ref name="HSPVAAlumni"/>
* [[Sapphira Cristál]] (Drag queen)
* [[Chris Dave]] (drummer)
* [[Tamar Davis]] (singer and actress)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://stylemagazine.com/news/2015/jul/29/ashley-tamar-davis-returns-home-star-hit-motown-mu/|title =Ashley Tamar Davis Returns Home to Star in the Hit "Motown The Musical"|access-date= August 10, 2016}}</ref>
* [[Ryan Delahoussaye]] (member of the rock band Blue October)<ref name="DistinguishedAlumni"/>
* [[Adam J. Elkhadem]] (Cartoonist)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Communications |first=HISD |date=2013-09-11 |title=Sixty HISD Students Named National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists |url=https://blogs.houstonisd.org/news/2013/09/11/sixty-hisd-students-named-national-merit-scholarship-semifinalists/ |access-date=2024-05-03 |website=News Blog |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Mireille Enos]] (Actress)<ref name="HSPVAAlumni">"[http://hspva.org/departments/vocalMusic/students.htm Outstanding Alumni] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080518103029/http://www.hspva.org/departments/vocalMusic/students.htm |date=May 18, 2008 }}." ''High School for the Performing and Visual Arts''.</ref>
* [[Major (American musician)|Major R. Johnson Finley ("MAJOR.")]]<ref>{{cite web |author1=Lapacazo Sandoval |title=Soul Singer MAJOR drops new album "EVEN MORE" |url=https://lasentinel.net/soul-singer-major-drops-new-album-even-more.html |website=Los Angeles Sentinel |access-date=7 September 2018 |date=30 August 2018}}</ref>
* [[Michelle Forbes]] (Actress)
* [[James Francies]] (pianist and keyboardist)<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Panken |first=Ted |date=November 2018 |title=Empathy & Authenticity |url=http://downbeat.com/news/detail/james-francies-empathy-authenticity |magazine=DownBeat |volume=85 |issue=11 |page=26 }}</ref>
* [[K. Todd Freeman]] (Stage Actor)
* [[Justin Furstenfeld]] (frontman of the rock band "[[Blue October]]")<ref name="DistinguishedAlumni"/>
* [[Robert Glasper]] (Grammy Award-winning Jazz Musician)<ref name="DistinguishedAlumni"/><ref name="HSPVAAlumni"/>
* [[Bianna Golodryga]] (TV journalist)<ref>{{cite news|last1=Golodryga|first1=Bianna|title=Bianna's Inspiration: My High School Teacher|url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Inspirations/bianna-golodryga-inspired-high-school-theater-teacher-play/story?id=11110388|access-date=June 4, 2017|publisher=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]|date=July 8, 2010}}</ref>
* [[Chachi Gonzales]] (Dancer, Choreographer)
* [[John Gremillion]] (voice actor in [[anime]] films)<ref name="Alumni Database">{{cite web|url=http://www.hspva.org/alumni/|title=The High School for the Performing and Visual Arts / Homepage|access-date=August 13, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723201518/http://www.hspva.org/alumni/|archive-date=July 23, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Tim Guinee]] (Actor)
* [[Eric Harland]] (Jazz Drummer)
* [[Everette Harp]] (Jazz musician)<ref name="DistinguishedAlumni"/><ref name="Alumni Database"/>
* [[Sara Hickman]] (Singer and songwriter)<ref name="DistinguishedAlumni"/><ref name="HSPVAAlumni"/>
* [[Lance Hosey]] (Award-winning architect and author)
* [[Cheryl Kelley]] (Photorealist painter)
* [[Autumn Knight]] (interdisciplinary artist)
* [[Beyoncé|Beyoncé Knowles]] (Grammy Award-winning musician)<ref name="DistinguishedAlumni"/>
* [[Solange Knowles]] (Grammy award winning musician)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sewing |first=Joy |date=August 16, 2022 |title=Houston native Solange becomes the first Black woman to compose music score for New York City Ballet |url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/lifestyle/article/Solange-becomes-first-Black-woman-to-compose-17376555.php |access-date=April 30, 2024 |website=Houston Chronicle}}</ref>
* [[LeToya Luckett]] (Grammy Award-winning musician)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Guerra |first=Joey |date=August 24, 2009 |title='Shy girl' Letoya Luckett steps up when the spotlight shines |url=https://www.mysanantonio.com/entertainment/music-stage/article/shy-girl-letoya-luckett-steps-up-when-the-856977.php |access-date=April 30, 2024 |newspaper=Mysa}}</ref>
* [[Jáhfeeil|Elder Jahfeeil Manley]] (Singer songwriter)
* [[Ralphie May]] (Comedian)
* [[Adam Mayfield]] (An [[United States|American]] actor, who has been portraying [[Scott Chandler (All My Children)|Scott Chandler]] on the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] [[soap opera]] ''[[All My Children]]'' since April 2009.)<ref>[https://abc13.com/archive/7663883/ Soap star talks about struggles, surviving Ike]  KTRK.com special report</ref>
* [[Margarita Monet]] (founder of the band Edge Of Paradise)
* [[DeQuina Moore]] (Broadway Actress, Singer, Dancer)<ref>{{cite web |author1=MARGARET DOWNING |title=Flashdance, the Musical Brings Its Dance Dreams Back to Life in Houston |url=https://www.houstonpress.com/arts/flashdance-the-musical-brings-its-dance-dreams-back-to-life-in-houston-6367026 |website=Houston Press |access-date=7 September 2018 |date=27 May 2013}}</ref><ref name="6 June 2013">{{cite web |author1=Jo-Carolyn Goode |title=DeQuina Moore Stars in Flashdance – The Musical |url=http://stylemagazine.com/news/2013/jun/06/dequina-moore-stars-flashdance-musical/ |website=Houston Style Magazine |access-date=7 September 2018}}</ref>
* [[Jason Moran (musician)|Jason Moran]] (jazz musician)<ref name="DistinguishedAlumni"/><ref name="Alumni Database"/><ref name="HSPVAAlumni"/>
* [[Mike Moreno]] Jazz Guitarist
* [[Carli Mosier]] (Voice actress)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.roadwomen.com/carli-mosier|title = Carli Mosier}}</ref>
* [[Matt Mullenweg]] (Co-founder of [[WordPress]])<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://houstonpress.com/2004-10-28/news/the-blog-age/ |title=Matusow, Cathy. "The Blog Age." ''Houston Press''. October 28, 2004. Retrieved May 18, 2009. |access-date=May 30, 2008 |archive-date=April 10, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150410151942/http://houstonpress.com/2004-10-28/news/the-blog-age/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.houstonisd.org//site/Default.aspx?PageID=32184
 |title       = Videos Featuring Distinguished Alumni
 |publisher   = Houston Independent School District
 |access-date  = November 8, 2015
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20150503222901/http://www.houstonisd.org//site/Default.aspx?PageID=32184
 |archive-date = May 3, 2015
 |url-status    = live
 |quote       = <small>Matt Mullenweg - The founder of Wordpress is a Houston ISD graduate. In this video, HISD alumnus Matt Mullenweg describes his experiences at HISD schools, including Parker Elementary and HSPVA, and explains how he created Wordpress.</small>
 |df          = mdy-all
}}</ref>
* [[Renee O'Connor]] (Actress)<ref name="DistinguishedAlumni"/>
*[[Lovie Olivia]] (Multidisciplinary artist)
*[[Mark Payne (makeup artist)|Mark Payne]] (Emmy Award-winning makeup artist)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.houstonpress.com/content/printVersion/217877/|title=Press Picks|first=Edith|last=Sorenson|date=May 30, 1996}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1362413/awards|title=Get Happy|date=October 21, 2008|via=IMDb}}</ref>
* [[Esteban Powell]] (Actor)
* [[Robh Ruppel]] (Illustrator)
* [[Kendrick Scott]] (Jazz musician)<ref name="DistinguishedAlumni"/><ref name="Alumni Database"/>
* [[Ronen Segev]] (Classical Pianist)<ref>"[http://tocmusic.com/about_ronnie_segev.html Ronen Segev]." ''[[Ten O'Clock Classics]]''. Retrieved on May 18, 2009.</ref>
* [[Mark Seliger]] (Photographer)<ref name="DistinguishedAlumni"/>
* [[Olly Sholotan]] (Actor & musician)
* [[Justin Simien]] (Filmmaker, Writer)<ref>{{cite web |author1=Yvonne Villarreal |title='Dear White People': Creator Justin Simien goes back to class in Season 2 |url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-st-justin-simien-dear-white-people-20180505-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=7 September 2018 |date=5 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author1=Terry Gross |title='Dear White People' Is A Satire Addressed To Everyone |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=356494289 |website=NPR |access-date=7 September 2018 |date=16 October 2014}}</ref>
* [[Walter Smith III]], (Jazz composer and saxophonist)
* [[Helen Sung]] (Professional musician)<ref name="DistinguishedAlumni"/><ref name="HSPVAAlumni"/>
* [[Leron Thomas]] (multi-genre composer, Jazz musician, vocalist, rapper)
* [[Devyn Tyler]] (Actress)<ref>{{Cite web |last=writer |first=LESLIE CARDÉ {{!}} Contributing |title=Role in 'Clarice' turns out to be a big break at the right time for New Orleanian Devyn Tyler |url=https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/movies_tv/article_cf0cff9e-8d06-11eb-9642-5b94c7270472.html |access-date=2022-05-28 |website=NOLA.com |date=April 2, 2021 |language=en}}</ref> 
* [[Chris Walker (musician)|Chris Walker]] (R&B Singer)
* [[Chandra Wilson]] (Emmy nominated Actress)<ref name="Alumni Database"/><ref name="HSPVAAlumni"/>
* [[Harris Wittels]] (Comedian, writer)
* [[Camille Zamora]] (Opera singer)
* [[Gwendolyn Zepeda]] (Poet)<ref>"[http://blogs.houstonisd.org/communitynews/?p=2398 Reagan HS grad becomes Houston’s first poet laureate] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907221323/http://blogs.houstonisd.org/communitynews/?p=2398 |date=September 7, 2018 }}." [[Houston Independent School District]]. May 9, 2013. Retrieved on August 19, 2017. While she graduated from Reagan, she also attended HSPVA as noted on the page</ref>

==References==
* Gore, Elaine Clift (2007). ''Talent Knows No Color: The History of an Arts Magnet High School''. Charlotte, NC: [[Information Age Publishing, Inc.]] (IAP). {{ISBN|1593117612}}, 9781593117610.

==Notes==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite news |url=https://www.chron.com/neighborhood/bellaire/news/article/HSPVA-earns-Grammy-honor-9558900.php |title=HSPVA earns Grammy honor |agency=[[West University Examiner]] |work=[[Houston Chronicle]] |date=2006-05-24}}<!--Old URL:  http://www.examinernews.com/articles/2006/05/24/bellaire/community/comm05.txt-->
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.scribd.com/document/329759520/Kinder-HSPVA-HISD-Executed-Agreement-10-13-16 |title=Kinder Foundation Grant Agreement with HSPVA Friends and the Houston Independent School District |date=2016-10-13 |version=Execution Version |website=Scribd |language=en |access-date=2018-02-02}}
* {{cite news |last=Levine |first=S. |date=December 13, 1981 |title=New arts school should be the envy of districts everywhere. |newspaper=[[Houston Chronicle]] |pages=2{{hyphen}}13, 2{{hyphen}}17}}
* {{cite news |last=Mellon |first=Ericka |url=http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/education/article/For-HSPVA-dancers-graduation-is-more-than-caps-5536642.php |title=For HSPVA dancers, graduation is more than caps and gowns |newspaper=[[Houston Chronicle]] |orig-date=June 7, 2014 |date=2015-01-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929054222/https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/education/article/For-HSPVA-dancers-graduation-is-more-than-caps-5536642.php |archive-date=2022-09-29}}

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