**** Middlesex County Arts High School Program ****

The Arts High School program is a special release-time program for gifted and talented students, grades 9-12. Students interested in joining the program must audition to participate.

A representative from Arts High School will be visiting Colonia High School to talk to students interested in trying out for the program. They will be here on October 29th at 9:00am and will go over the different programs they offer. Please see your counselor or the counseling secretary for more information or to sign up. 

School year 2025-2026

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Arts High (grades 9-12) will run on Tuesdays, from January 27 – May

12, 2026.  No classes on March 31 or April 7, 2026.

Class time is 1:30-4:30 PM

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Arts High (grades 6-8) will run on Wednesdays, from February 4-May 6,

2026. No classes on April 1 or April 28, 2026.

Class time is 1:30- 4:30 pm

Arts High Auditions will be held on Sunday, December 7, 2025, at

Middlesex College in Edison. All audition times and instructions will be

posted on our website on November 15, 2025

The Arts High School program is a special release-time program for gifted and talented students, grades 9-12. Students interested in joining the program must audition to participate. It is administered by the Arts & Education Center which has been operating the program in Middlesex County since 1980.

Students selected for the program will receive courses in the literary, performing and visual arts taught by distinguished teaching artists. The courses are taught at an advanced level and provide a rigorous curriculum for developing artistic skills and creative expression in the art form of the student’s choice.

Arts High School classes are held from January to May, with each student scheduled to attend one afternoon per week for a fourteen week term. In cooperation with sending high schools, the program seeks, identifies and recruits talented students through the following means: Press releases; mailings of AHS literature to schools, public libraries, students’ homes, and others; announcements in the schools. Auditions, open to all interested students, are held in December. Students must register in advance. Student acceptance into the Arts High School program is dependent on their schools approval of their participation in the program.