Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts,
often referred to simply as LaGuardia , is a public high school
specializing in teaching visual arts and performing arts, located near Lincoln
Center in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of the Upper West Side in Manhattan,
New York City. Located at 100 Amsterdam Avenue between West 64th and 65th
Streets, the school is operated by the New York City Department of Education,
and resulted from the merger of the High School of Music & Art and the School
of Performing Arts. The school has a dual mission of arts and academics,
preparing students for a career in the arts or conservatory study as well as a
pursuit of higher education.