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ACES Educational Center for the Arts | |
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55 Audubon Street
[1] , , 06510 United States | |
Coordinates | 41°18′39″N 72°55′13″W / 41.3109°N 72.9202°W |
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School type | Public, High School |
School district | Area Cooperative Educational Services [1] |
Authority | Regional Educational Service Center [1] |
Principal | Kevin Buno [1] |
Grades | 9–12 [1] |
Enrollment | 289 [1] |
Athletics | None |
Communities served | Ansonia, Cheshire, Clinton, East Haven, Guilford, Hamden, Madison, Meriden, Milford, New Haven, Newtown, North Branford, North Haven, Old Saybrook, Regional District #3, Regional District #5, Regional District #6, Regional District #9, Regional District #15, Seymour, Shelton, Wallingford, and West Haven [1] |
Website | ACES |
ACES Educational Center for the Arts (ECA), is an American public arts magnet high school, located at 55 Audubon Street in New Haven, Connecticut, United States.
The school is primarily located in the former Congregation Mishkan Israel synagogue with studio spaces across the street. The school has two theaters — the Arts Hall in the main building, and the Little Theatre at 1 Lincoln Street — and multiple gallery spaces throughout the main building.
The school enrolls approximately 260 students and is divided into five departments: Music, Dance, Theater, Creative Writing, and Visual Arts. Students take academic courses at their "sending schools" (public high schools) during the morning and attend classes within their departments during the afternoon from 1:00 to 4:00, Monday through Thursday.[ citation needed]
A born singer, as a child Nalley was taught piano by her great-grandmother and went on to study opera and theatre at the Educational Center of the Arts in New Haven, CT before relocating to San Francisco in the footsteps of the Grateful Dead.