title: Los Angeles High School of the Arts
text: # Los Angeles High School of the Arts
  
  Los Angeles High School of the Arts—LAHSA is on the Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools campus, on Wilshire Boulevard in the Koreatown district of Central Los Angeles, California. The public specialty high school is within the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD)
  
  It was formerly known as the BAPA (Belmont Academy of Performing Arts), small learning community established in 1998 by the LAUSD. As was, LAHSA continues BAPA's mission, preparing its students for enrollment and success in four-year university programs, with an emphasis placed on the performing arts: drama, singing, and dancing.
  
  Students take classes in set design, sound production, and lighting design. They are also experience other aspects of theater production, by writing, casting, and directing their own plays.
  
  