Stivers School for the Arts, high school in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio
Stivers School for the Arts is a public school in the St. Anne's Hill neighborhood of Dayton, Ohio, serving students from grades 7 through 12 with a focus on visual and performing arts. The red brick building dates from the early 20th century and was renovated in the 2000s to combine original architectural features with updated classrooms and studios.
The school was founded in 1908 to ease crowding at other schools in Dayton, and its current building was completed in 1914. In 1990 it began shifting toward arts education, and by 2000 it had fully become an arts-focused school.
The school takes its name from Captain Charles Bryan Stivers, a Civil War veteran who later worked as a principal in the local school system. Visitors walking through the building during open events can sense how the arts program shapes the daily life of the students who fill its halls.
The building sits in the St. Anne's Hill neighborhood, a short distance from downtown Dayton and easy to reach by car or on foot. The exterior can be seen freely from the street, but going inside is generally only possible during school events or open houses.
Milton Caniff, the cartoonist behind comic strips such as Terry and the Pirates, attended this school and drew caricatures for the yearbook as a student. A nearby street was later renamed Milton Caniff Drive in his honor, making his connection to the school visible even from the outside.
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