Visual and Performing Arts Department

As the first magnet high school in Wake County, Enloe has been a home for developing visual and performing artists for over 35 years. Grand musicals and plays with elaborate sets, costumes, sound and light designs, mural installations, breathtaking dance concerts, awe inspiring choral performances, thrilling orchestra concerts, explosive band concerts, daily live news broadcasts from The ‘Loe Down and the Down ‘Loe, and even entry level students exploring piano, studio arts, TV and Audio Production, costuming, tech theater, acting, and orchestra—it seems impossible that one high school could offer such a wide range of high quality arts education and experience at a single public school program.

Here in the Enloe Magnet High School Arts Department, that is our mission: To enhance and deepen all students’ educational experience through the enriching power of creating, collaborating, exploring, and experiencing visual and performing arts. 

We know, firsthand, the power and reach of an arts education. It is essential for the youth of our country to gain a well-rounded education. As a 2019 Brookings study about the influence of arts education found, there is… 

Strong evidence that arts educational experiences can produce significant positive impacts on academic and social development. Because schools play a pivotal role in cultivating the next generation of citizens and leaders, it is imperative that we reflect on the fundamental purpose of a well-rounded education. This mission is critical in a time of heightened intolerance and pressing threats to our core democratic values (“New evidence of the benefits of arts education,” Brian Kisida and Daniel H. Bowen, February 2019)

Enloe Magnet High School has the largest Arts department in Wake County Public School System and in many ways the arts are a cornerstone of what our magnet programs offer the students, families, community, staff, and the school district.