ACES Educational Center for the Arts

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.

ACES Educational Center for the Arts
ACES Educational Center for the Arts
Address
55 Audubon Street[1] South Central Region New Haven , New Haven County , CT 06510 United States
Coordinates	41°18′39″N 72°55′13″W
Information
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

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]}

Notable alumni

• Lauren Ambrose (born 1978) Broadway actress and singer.^[2]
• Tom Burr (born 1963) a conceptual artist.^[3]
• Wayne Escoffery (born 1975) a jazz saxophonist.^[4]
• Kaliegh Garris (born 2000) model and beauty pageant titleholder.^[5]
• Sam Levinson (born 1985) actor and filmmaker. Best known for creating the HBO teen drama series Euphoria (2019–present).
• Kim Nalley (born 1969) jazz and blues singer.^[6]
• Brenda Zlamany^[7] (born 1959) painter and portraitist.