Hot Springs Middle School's Visual and Performing Arts   Academy is designed to develop interests and talents of students in the arts and at the same time enhance their academic discipline through an interdisciplinary approach by stressing creativity, artistic expression and culture.   

• Student learning in both academics and the arts is the chief priority for this academy.
• All students can learn and do so by held to high expectations with many opportunities for success.
• Students need essential knowledge, must be actively involved in solving problems, and are expected to produce quality work
• Each student is a valued individual with unique physical, social, emotional, and intellectual needs.
• Students learn in different ways, and they should be provided with a vanity of instructional approaches.
• Positive relationships and mutual respect among and between students and staff are essential to learning.
• Diversity can increase students' understanding of different peoples and cultures.
• A safe and physically comfortable environment promotes learning.