Professional Children's School

TheProfessional Children's School(PCS) is a not-for-profit,college-preparatory schoolgeared toward working and aspiring child actors and dancers in grades four through twelve.[1]The school was founded inNew York Cityin 1914 to provide an academic education to young people working on the New York stage, invaudeville,or "on the road".[2]

PCS was co-founded by Jean Greer and Jane Harris Hall when they learned that children who were working in entertainment were not able to attend traditional school.[citation needed]The school's premises were originally atThe Rehearsal Clubon West 45th Street inmidtown Manhattan,and later at 1860 Broadway, near West 61st Street, on Manhattan’sUpper West Side.Its curriculum and hours have changed over time.[3][4]

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Dance

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Music

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Theater, film, and television

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  1. ^"Professional Children's School: Academics: Schoolwide Resources: Welcome".www.pcs-nyc.org.RetrievedApril 12,2017.
  2. ^"Professional Children's School: About Us: History I".www.pcs-nyc.org......Archived fromthe originalon January 18, 2011.RetrievedApril 12,2017.
  3. ^Anderson, Arthur (February 3, 2010).An Actor's Odyssey: From Orson Welles to Lucky the Leprechaun.BearManor Media. pp.20–23.ISBN978-1-59393-522-1.
  4. ^Gollin, James (2010).Pianist: A Biography of Eugene Istomin.Xlibris Corporation. p. 25.ISBN978-1-4535-2235-6.
  5. ^abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzaaabacadaeafagahaiajakalamanaoapaqarasatauavawaxayazbabbbcbdbebfbgbhbibjbkblbmbnbobpbqbrbsbtbubvbwbxbybzcacbcccdcecfcgchcicjckclcmcncocpcqcrcsctcucvcwcxcyczdadbdcdddedfdgdhdidjdkdldmdndodpdqdrdsdtdudvdwdxdydzeaebecedeeefegeheiejekelemeneoepeqereseteuevewexeyezfafbfcfdfefffgfhfifjfkflfmfnfofpfqfrfsftfufvfwfxfyfzga Professional Children's School (January 5, 2019)."Distinguished Alumni | Professional Children's School".RetrievedJanuary 5,2019.
  6. ^ab"DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI".Professional Children's School. Archived fromthe originalon March 23, 2018.RetrievedSeptember 14,2014.
  7. ^https://www.barriskilldance.com/copy-of-barriskill-studio-company
  8. ^Delatiner, Barbara (April 30, 2006)."A Pas de Deux of Youth and Dance".The New York Times.RetrievedAugust 4,2021.
  9. ^"From the Top at Carnegie Hall. Peng-Peng Gong - PBS".www.pbs.org.
  10. ^"Caroline Jones's Unusual Journey to Country Music Stardom".The Wall Street Journal.July 6, 2018.
  11. ^Tommasini, Anthony."Beverly Sills, All-American Diva With Brooklyn Roots, Is Dead at 78".The New York Times.July 4, 2007. "But her father put an end to her child-star career when she was 12 so that she could concentrate on her education at Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn and the Professional Children's School in Manhattan."
  12. ^Hellomagazine.com (October 8, 2009)."Mischa Barton: Biography".us.hellomagazine.com.
  13. ^Haskin, Frederic J. (March 22, 1920)."School in Church for Stage Folk; Children of New York Stage and Studio Are Trained at Parents' Expense".Asbury Park Press.p. 4. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  14. ^Marcia (November 14, 2018)."Biography".barrett-doss.net.
  15. ^"Scarlett Johansson Biography".Biography.com.Retrieved August 26, 2012.
  16. ^"Scarlett Johansson".Yahoo! TV.Retrieved August 26, 2012
  17. ^Giordana, Lucille (1992). "Growing Up Is Great".Daytime TV.Vol. 23, no. 4. p. 39.
  18. ^Braun, Stephen; Jones, Charrise (July 24, 1989)."Murder suspect seems determined as victim".Eugene Register-Guard.p. 5A.RetrievedJune 10,2013.
  19. ^https://www.nytimes.com/1971/10/28/archives/miss-vanderbilt-becomes-bride-of-jones-harris.html
  20. ^"Ashima Shiraishi: A Strong Mind".YouTube.November 30, 2016.RetrievedDecember 4,2016.
  21. ^abc"Professional Children's School: Alumni: Distinguished Alumni".pcs-nyc.org.Archived fromthe originalon January 28, 2016.RetrievedJanuary 28,2016.
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