Dreyfoos School of the Arts

UPCOMING EVENTS

Auditions will begin on January 11, 2010 and run through February 16, 2010.

Audition Notification Postcards are currently being mailed to students who have applied with Choice Programs.

Due to academic initiatives that require the full attention of our faculty and students, we are unable to offer campus tours.

Magnet Office

Under the leadership of Jane Grandusky, the Magnet Office at the Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts holds a multitude of institutional responsibilities. The primary functions of the Magnet Office are to:

Market the school to prospective students and their families
Recruit middle school students with the greatest level of, or potential for success in, the arts
Run a fair and equitable audition process
Serve as the public relations specialists of the school
Provide artistic guidance to each of the nine artistic disciplines
Develop academic and artistic programs
Coordinate the ARTSPrimer Program for Title I Middle Schools
Supervise the Dreyfoos Artist-in-Residence and Guest Artist programs
Produce schoolwide special events
Jane Grandusky, Magnet Coordinator

Jane Grandusky is a visual art educator with over thirty years of experience. She studied painting at Wesleyan College and the University of Georgia before receiving a Bachelors in Art Education from Florida Atlantic University. She has been an art instructor in the School District of Palm Beach County from 1976 to 2005. Jane was the founding dean of the Visual Arts department at the Palm Beach County School of the Arts, the predecesor of the Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts. Jane was twice named a finalist in the Dwyer Award for Excellence in Teaching, a Nationally Board Certified Teacher for Early Adolesence/Young Adulthood Art in 1999, and Florida Art Education Association's Florida Art Teacher of the Year in 2002. Mrs. Grandusky was appointed to both the State of Florida Visual Art Textbook Adoption Committee in 2001, and the State of Florida Visual Art Accomodations and Modifications for Students with Disabilities Resource Team in 2003.

Wade T. Handy, Assistant Magnet Coordinator

Wade Handy joined the Magnet Office in August 2007 after spending two years serving as an artist-in-residence in the Theatre Department. While in residence at the Dreyfoos Theatre Department, he taught Theatre History and Literature and Unified Arts as well as was the box office, public relations, and production manager for all theatre-initiated performances. Prior to Dreyfoos, Wade was the Assistant Production Manager at Kean University in Union, New Jersey. Theatrical producing credits: FSU New York Showcases, FSU Non-Subscription Series, Becoming, and the School of the Arts Foundation Gala. Stage management credits include: The Vagina Monologues (Jane Fonda/Rosie Perez), La Ronde (Jane Alexander), Proof (Theatre Southeast), and Chicago (Fred Chappell). Wade holds a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre from Florida State University School of Theatre with additional training from the U.S.I.T.T. Stage Management Mentor Project and the Paul A. Kaplan Theatre Management Program at the Manhattan Theatre Club.

501 South Sapodilla Avenue, West Palm Beach, FL 33401

Phone: 561. 802-6000