Founding Year: 2006 Grades: 6–12  |  Grade Active: 9–11 509 West 129th Street New York, NY 10027 | | | The Urban Assembly School for the Performing Arts infuses the performing arts into every aspect of a challenging college-preparatory curriculum. Not only are most of its teachers performing artists, but every student participates in performances four days a week following classes. By using the arts as a teaching tool, drawing on the cultural and professional resources of New York City and providing students with the means to express themselves, UASPA breathes life and creativity into all subjects and builds confidence in all its students. | | | The attendance rate at UASPA averages 90%. The Dance Theatre of Harlem conducts UASPA’s dance program. UASPA partners include City College of New York, Apollo Theater Foundation, and Harlem Stage/Aaron Davis Hall. Address: 509 West 129th Street, New York, NY 10027 Principal: Fia Davis  |  (212) 234 4631  |  fax (212) 234 4975 Partnership coordinator: Keanna O’Quinn  |  (718) 858 0249 cell (917) 843 0626 Apollo Theater City College of New York Dance Theater of Harlem Harlem Stage/Aaron Davis Hall Jazz Museum in Harlem