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Connexions: A School For The Arts

Located in the old William H. Lemmel building at 2801 N Dukeland on the west side of Baltimore, Connexions is a middle and high school for the arts. From its meager beginnings as a small charter school serving only a single 6th grade class Connexions has grown from a middle school to a middle and high school with a student body of over 300 students and is about to see its first graduating class in 2010.                                                                                                                 

Life At Connexions

Following the Coalition Of Essential Schools  model, Connexions helps students learn to use their minds well, through a philosophy of "depth over breadth" and an inquiry based approach. A tone of decency and trust allows teachers to build relationships with students, providing them with a personalized education and follows the idea of student as worker and teacher as coach. Every student is expected to succeed and is required to prove their mastery through exhibition.

Aside from rigorous academics, Connexions boasts a host of electives that include performing arts like African Dance, Modern Dance, Hip Hop, and African Drum in addition to the Visual Arts of Painting/ Drawing, Printmaking, Design, Audio Visual and Photography. The performing arts Travel Squad has gained a citywide reputation of excellence and has performed to rave reviews in both local and national venues. Students of the visual arts have exhibited work at The University Of Baltimore, The Creative Alliance and The Eubie Blake National Jazz Institute and Cultural Center.

Exercising the Mind and Body

After school oppurtunities at Connexions help to fortify and enrich students lives and build community. In addition to class offerings of Debate, Phys Ed and Tai Chi, Connexions has a growing after school athletic program offering high school and middle school flag football, girls volleyball, and boys and girls basketball for middle and high. Check in the sports menu for schedules of upcoming sporting events and news. For students who are looking for a mental workout, Connexions offers competion through the Baltimore Urban Debate League(BUDL) Team and tutoring program through Baltimore Algebra Project.