The Alumni And Friends Of Fiorello H Laguardia High School Inc

School support in the form of department grants, master classes, instrument repair, performance support, digital media program and in-kind donation:department grants - a&f give annual, unrestricte grants to equip each art studio with the latest technology, equipment and supplies.master classes - a&f provides funds for guest artists and master teachers to enhance artistic programming through first-hand, specialized industry knowledge. Master teachers have included members of the new york philharmonic and the metropolitan opera; renown jazz musicians; lead dancers from the american ballet theater, the joffrey ballet, new york city ballet, dance theater of harlem, alvin ailey, american ballet theater and martha graham dance company; and internationally recognized artists. A&f pays for special accompanist for vocal classes, dance classes, musical theater classes and performances. This funding also provides a stipend for private lessons for students with financial needs.instrument repair - laguardia has a fully-staffed instrument repair shop that manages the majority of repairs on school and personnal instruments. A&f provides annual funding for the instrument repair shop.performance support - performance is a key component of the education at laguardia high school. A&f maintains special funds to support the technical theater department so that it can support the 50+ productions at the school each year. This includes funding for the annual musical.in-kind equipment donations - a&f procures donations of equipment such as instruments, cameras, specialized flooring for dancers, and theatrical lighting that the school cannot purchase due to budget restrictions.

A&f maintains a data base on the alumni from laguardia high school and its two predecessor schools - the high school of music & art and the high school of performing arts and keeps alumni in contact with each other and the school through quarterly newsletters, a website, a facebbook site, reunions and invitations to school performances and events.