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The Schuyler sisters from Hamilton mainly Angelica Schuyler because she is an ambassador for women's rights.  

Elle Woods from Legally Blonde because she becomes a lawyer while remaining authentic.  

Matilda because she's incredibly intelligent and is a bookworm.  

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Another role model for Taylor is Rosa Parks because of her activeness in the civil rights movement, What Rosa is famous for is her social movement in 1955 on the 1st of December, instead of going to the back of the bus which was for African Americans she sat in the "white" section and instead of moving when asked, she refused, which was a sign that the times were changing even though she did get arrested.

Born into an African American family in the year 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama she grew up witnessing racial hate and violence and Rosa married a man called Raymond Parks who was a local barber but he too was fighting to end racial injustice. Together they worked on many social justice organizations. She was then after a little bit of time, was elected secretary for the Montgomery chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

Before the Montgomery Bus Boycott, she had already established herself as an organizer and leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Alabama and when she did the act of not giving up her seat she was arrested and then lost her job so she and her husband moved to Hampton in Virginia but later moved permanently to Detroit, Michigan and she continued her work in the Detroit’s Civil Rights Movement as well however in 1980 she was widowed and because she had worked endlessly to get equality she was both suffering from health and financial problems and then after being nearly evicted from her home, the local community in Detroit gave back to her, supporting her and then her life ended in 2005 after years of fighting for equality for all.

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On December 1,1955, Rosa Parks boarded a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Instead of going to the back of the bus, which was designated for African Americans, she sat in the front. When the bus started to fill up with white passengers, the bus driver asked Parks to move. She refused. Her resistance set in motion one of the largest social movements in history, the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

Rosa Louise McCauley was born on February 4th, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama. As a child, she went to an industrial school for girls and later enrolled at Alabama State Teachers College for Negroes (present-day Alabama State University). Unfortunately, Parks was forced to withdraw after her grandmother became ill. Growing up in the segregated South, Parks was frequently confronted with racial discrimination and violence. She became active in the Civil Rights Movement at a young age.

Parks married a local barber by the name of Raymond Parks when she was 19. He was actively fighting to end racial injustice. Together the couple worked with many social justice organizations. Eventually, Rosa was elected secretary of the Montgomery chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

By the time Parks boarded the bus in 1955, she was an established organizer and leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Alabama. Parks not only showed active resistance by refusing to move she also helped organize and plan the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Many have tried to diminish Parks' role in the boycott by depicting her as a seamstress who simply did not want to move because she was tired. Parks denied the claim and years later revealed her true motivation:

"People always say that I didn't give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn't true. I was not tired physically, or no more tired than I usually was at the end of a working day. I was not old, although some people have an image of me as being old then. I was forty-two. No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in."

Parks courageous act and the subsequent Montgomery Bus Boycott led to the integration of public transportation in Montgomery. Her actions were not without consequence. She was jailed for refusing to give up her seat and lost her job for participating in the boycott.

After the boycott, Parks and her husband moved to Hampton, Virginia and later permanently settled in Detroit, Michigan. Parks work proved to be invaluable in Detroit's Civil Rights Movement. She was an active member of several organizations which worked to end inequality in the city. By 1980, after consistently giving to the movement both financially and physically Parks, now widowed, suffered from financial and health troubles. After almost being evicted from her home, local community members and churches came together to support Parks. On October 24th, 2005, at the age of 92, she died of natural causes leaving behind a rich legacy of resistance against racial discrimination and injustice.

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Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat and set in motion one of the largest social movements in history, the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Find out more about her at womenshistory.org.

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My characters role models-Eleanor Roosevelt-

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Eleanor Roosevelt born a miss Anna Eleanor Roosevelt in 1884 was the 32nd first lady of the united states but was also a United Nations diplomat as well as a humanitarian.

Born into a wealthy family she was privately educated in her home in America until she was 15 which is when she went to Allenswood which is a girls’ boarding school just outside London and she attended that until she was 18 in which was when she returned to America, while being at boarding school she was inspired by her headmistress, Marie Souvestre, she influenced Roosevelt a lot while she attended the school.

When Roosevelt returned to America and devoted her time to the community to taught in a settlement house, and within that time she and her future husband who would later be known as President Franklin Roosevelt begin courting and then the married in 1905.

In 1911 her husband, Franklin, won a seat in the New York Senate which meant that Roosevelts would move to Albany, Eleanor became a political wife and then in 1913 her husband again got a promotion which made him assistant secretary of the navy so the family then moved to Washington, D.C., Eleanor performed her duties as her husbands wife and partook in social events, attending formal parties and also making social calls to other government officials homes however she longed for more and with the world war she was able to volunteer again much to her delight.

Part of her volunteering was visiting the wounded soldiers as well as she worked in the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society and in the Red Cross canteen, this gave her enjoyment and a sense of purpose and then when her husband lost the votes for vice president, Eleanor became interested in politics, she became a massive pushing force for Franklin after he got polio in 1921 and had lost his ability to feel below his waist, becoming invested in politics made her able to partake in organizations that she believed in for example she joined the Women’s Trade Union League and then also became active in the New York state Democratic Party. Being a member of the Legislative Affairs Committee of the League of Women Voters, she also started studying the Congressional Record, learning about the voting records and debates.

Franklin became governor of New York in 1929, and with that Eleanor found the opportunity to combine her responsibilities of a political hostess and her own budding career, she and two friends of hers purchased a school called Todhunter, which is a girls’ school in Manhattan in which she taught at.

Much to her and her husbands benefit, her hard work over the years paid off and Franklin became the 32nd president and over her 12 years as the first lady she accomplished a lot, for example, she instituted regular White House press conferences for the women correspondents and forced the press like the newspapers to employ women as well something else she was because her husband was not able to do so, she traveled all over America on tours then reported back to her husband as his ears and eyes then at the beginning of 1936 she started to write daily on the syndicated newspaper column, “My Day.” Which allowed her to connect to the people on a different level and in that she took a huge interest in the child welfare and the housing reform, equal rights for women and more importantly because of the time, racial minorities.

Away she showed her support and love towards other communities was in 1939, when the Daughters of the American Revolution otherwise known simply as the DAR, banned an African American opera singer named Marian Anderson, perform at the Constitution Hall, Eleanor resigned her membership in the DAR and held a concert in the Lincoln Memorial which turned into a big celebration in which 75,000 people went to, also in a public meeting, local officials in Alabama, wanted the seating to be segregated by race, in retaliation, Eleanor carried a folding chair to all of the meetings and then her seat in the centre aisle.

After her husband's death in 1945, the current President made Eleanor responsibility to the United Nations (UN), and she was the chairman of the Commission on Human Rights from 1946 to 1951, she also was a major part in the drafting and adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948.

Then within the last part of her life, she was an active part within the Democratic Party and worked for Democratic presidential nominee Adlai Stevenson between 1952 to 1956. And then President John F. Kennedy in 1961, made her chair of his Commission on the Status of Women, she did that before she passed away in 1962.

And that is why she's a key role model for my character because of her work within the fight for gender equality and race equality too.

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Eleanor Roosevelt, in full Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, (born October 11, 1884, New York, New York, U.S.-died November 7, 1962, New York City, New York), American first lady (1933-45), the wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd president of the United States, and a United Nations diplomat and humanitarian. She was, in her time, one of the world's most widely admired and powerful women.

Eleanor was the daughter of Elliott Roosevelt and Anna Hall Roosevelt and the niece of Theodore Roosevelt, 26th president of the United States. She grew up in a wealthy family that attached great value to community service. Both her parents died before she was 10, and she and her surviving brother (another brother died when she was 9) were raised by relatives. The death of Eleanor's father, to whom she had been especially close, was very difficult for her.

At age 15 Eleanor enrolled at Allenswood, a girls' boarding school outside London, where she came under the influence of the French headmistress, Marie Souvestre. Souvestre's intellectual curiosity and her taste for travel and excellence-in everything but sports-awakened similar interests in Eleanor, who later described her three years there as the happiest time of her life. Reluctantly, she returned to New York in the summer of 1902 to prepare for her "coming out" into society that winter. Following family tradition, she devoted time to community service, including teaching in a settlement house on Manhattan's Lower East Side.
(Read Eleanor Roosevelt's Britannica essay on Franklin Roosevelt.)
Soon after Eleanor returned to New York, Franklin Roosevelt, her distant cousin, began to court her, and they were married on March 17, 1905, in New York City. His taste for fun contrasted with her own seriousness, and she often commented on how he had to find companions in pleasure elsewhere. Between 1906 and 1916 Eleanor gave birth to six children, one of whom died in infancy.

After Franklin won a seat in the New York Senate in 1911, the family moved to Albany, where Eleanor was initiated into the job of political wife. When Franklin was appointed assistant secretary of the navy in 1913, the family moved to Washington, D.C., and Eleanor spent the next few years performing the social duties expected of an "official wife," including attending formal parties and making social calls in the homes of other government officials. For the most part she found these occasions tedious.

With the entry of the United States into World War I in April 1917, Eleanor was able to resume her volunteer work. She visited wounded soldiers and worked for the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society and in a Red Cross canteen. This work increased her sense of self-worth, and she wrote later, "I loved it...I simply ate it up."

In 1918 Eleanor discovered that Franklin had been having an affair with her social secretary, Lucy Mercer. It was one of the most traumatic events in her life, as she later told Joseph Lash, her friend and biographer. Mindful of his political career and fearing the loss of his mother's financial support, Franklin refused Eleanor's offer of a divorce and agreed to stop seeing Mercer. The Roosevelts' marriage settled into a routine in which both principals kept independent agendas while remaining respectful of and affectionate toward each other. But their relationship had ceased to be an intimate one. Later, Mercer and other glamorous, witty women continued to attract his attention and claim his time, and in 1945 Mercer, by then the widow of Winthrop Rutherfurd, was with Franklin when he died at Warm Springs, Georgia.

Franklin ran unsuccessfully for vice president on the Democratic ticket in 1920. At this time Eleanor's interest in politics increased, partly as a result of her decision to help in her husband's political career after he was stricken with polio in 1921 and partly as a result of her desire to work for important causes. She joined the Women's Trade Union League and became active in the New York state Democratic Party. As a member of the Legislative Affairs Committee of the League of Women Voters, she began studying the Congressional Record and learned to evaluate voting records and debates.

When Franklin became governor of New York in 1929, Eleanor found an opportunity to combine the responsibilities of a political hostess with her own burgeoning career and personal independence. She continued to teach at Todhunter, a girls' school in Manhattan that she and two friends had purchased, making several trips a week back and forth between Albany and New York City.

During her 12 years as first lady, the unprecedented breadth of Eleanor's activities and her advocacy of liberal causes made her nearly as controversial a figure as her husband. She instituted regular White House press conferences for women correspondents, and wire services that had not formerly employed women were forced to do so in order to have a representative present in case important news broke. In deference to the president's infirmity, she helped serve as his eyes and ears throughout the nation, embarking on extensive tours and reporting to him on conditions, programs, and public opinion. These unusual excursions were the butt of some criticism and "Eleanor jokes" by her opponents, but many people responded warmly to her compassionate interest in their welfare. Beginning in 1936 she wrote a daily syndicated newspaper column, "My Day." A widely sought-after speaker at political meetings and at various institutions, she showed particular interest in child welfare, housing reform, and equal rights for women and racial minorities.

In 1939, when the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) refused to let Marian Anderson, an African American opera singer, perform in Constitution Hall, Eleanor resigned her membership in the DAR and arranged to hold the concert at the nearby Lincoln Memorial; the event turned into a massive outdoor celebration attended by 75,000 people. On another occasion, when local officials in Alabama insisted that seating at a public meeting be segregated by race, Eleanor carried a folding chair to all sessions and carefully placed it in the centre aisle. Her defense of the rights of African Americans, youth, and the poor helped to bring groups into government that formerly had been alienated from the political process.

After President Roosevelt's death in 1945, President Harry S. Truman appointed Eleanor a delegate to the United Nations (UN), where she served as chairman of the Commission on Human Rights (1946-51) and played a major role in the drafting and adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948). In the last decade of her life she continued to play an active part in the Democratic Party, working for the election of Democratic presidential nominee Adlai Stevenson in 1952 and 1956.

In 1961 Pres. John F. Kennedy appointed her chair of his Commission on the Status of Women, and she continued with that work until shortly before her death. She had not initially favoured the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), saying it would take from women the valuable protective legislation that they had fought to win and still needed, but she gradually embraced it.

An indefatigable traveler, Roosevelt circled the globe several times, visiting scores of countries and meeting with most of the world's leaders. She continued to write books and articles, and the last of her "My Day" columns appeared just weeks before her death, from a rare form of tuberculosis, in 1962. She is buried at Hyde Park, her husband's family home on the Hudson River and the site of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library. In many ways, it was her library too, since she had carved out such an important record as first lady, one against which all her successors would be judged.

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Eleanor Roosevelt, American first lady (1933-45), the wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd president of the United States, and a United Nations diplomat and humanitarian. She was one of the world's most widely admired and powerful women. Her advocacy of liberal causes made her a controversial figure.

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My characters role models-Harriet Tubman-

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My character, Taylor looks up to Harriet Tubman because she is a woman's spokesmen but more importantly because she is a well known "underground railway conductor" and what they did was smuggle slaves from the south up north where it was safe for them as well as it meant that the slaves wouldn't be slaves anymore.

Born as Araminta Ross in 1820 as a black slave and in 1849 she escaped then changed her name to Harriet while taking on her husbands name which was Tubman, because of her strong religious beliefs she then became an "underground railway conductor", she saved over 300 slaves, she worked hard to save money and because people noticed the good work she did people donated and then she saved more slaves.

She also had a big impact on the civil war, she became a nurse as well as a cook, laundress but more importantly she was a spy and scout and she did so until the "Emancipation Proclamation" which was the declaration of all slaves in  America being set free made by President Lincoln, which meant for Harriet Tubman her work for fighting and freeing slaves was paid off and no longer needed.

She then after supported herself along with the people she helped through her own Vegetable garden and then after saving up she opened a school for African Americans while she spook about women's rights and then the final thing she did in her life was building a home for the elderly and that was opened in 1908 which was five years before her death at the old age of 93.

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Date and place of birth

c.1820; Dorchester County, Maryland.

Date and place of death:

March 10, 1913; Auburn, New York.

Background:

Harriet Tubman was born a slave, her parents named her Araminta "Minty" Ross. She changed her name in 1849 when she escaped. She adopted the name Harriet after her mother and the last name Tubman after her husband. Tubman suffered a head injury as a teenager which gave her vivid dreams and hallucinations, in addition to sleeping spells. She was deeply religious and according to her it was her religious beliefs that gave her courage rescue friends and family over and over again. She remained illiterate for her entire life.

Accomplishments:

Harriet Tubman was the most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad. In a decade she guided over 300 slaves to freedom; abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison thought she deserved the nickname "Moses". She worked hard to save money to return and save more slaves. In time she built a reputation and many Underground Railroad supporters provided her with funds and shelter to support her trips.

During the Civil War, Tubman served as a nurse, cook, laundress, spy and scout. After the Emancipation Proclamation she returned to Auburn where she lived the rest of her life. She opened her doors to those in need. With donations and the proceeds of her vegetable garden she was able to support herself and those she helped. She raised money to open schools for African Americans and gave speeches on Women's rights. Her dream was to built a home for the elderly and in 1908 the Harriet Tubman Home for the Elderly was inaugurated.

Watch this interesting video by Citizen and Immigration Canada about the life of Harriet Tubman:

A biography you might be interested in reading:

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Stereotypical female characters in Musicals-

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Stereotypical female characters in Musicals-

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Grease- Sandy
This character is a very good representation because Grease follows the same Shakespearean story like High School Musical does too which is Romeo and Juliet, Sandy is presented as a soft, quiet and pure kinda girl, she's very girly and falls in love with Danny who is main male character and bad boy, all throughout the musical she is shy and reserved but also she's quite weak in the sense that she couldn't smoke or drink and even see her own blood without feeling faint and then, in the end, she changes to fit what she thinks Danny would like meaning that she lost her identity at the end which is different to what my character is because Taylor wouldn't and didn't change for Chad.
link- https://grease.fandom.com/wiki/Sandy_Olsson
Mean girls- Regina
Being the main antagonist of the story, Regina is the typical mean girl who only has her money and looks going for her although she's highly intelligent rather than focusing on that Regina makes it her time to bring down other characters around her which makes her unlike my character because Taylor uses her intelligence for her benefit by investing it in school and while she does that she also lifts other people up.
link-https://meangirls.fandom.com/wiki/Regina_George
The Little Mermaid- Ariel
Because Ariel feels as if because she's a mermaid, that the man whom she's falling in love at first sight, won't accept her so she makes a deal with a witch and changes herself to fit him, because all she wants is a man and the fact that she thinks cant be herself around him makes her a stereotypical character because she doesn't think that he could like intelligence or personality over her appearance is more important and this is something my character dispises.
link- https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Ariel
My fair lady- Eliza
This is a prime example of a stereotypical female character in musicals because she completely changes what made her herself to become what other people would like which is a lady, in the process of her becoming a lady she's humiliated and made to feel lower then she is by the man in which she finds herself to love.
link- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058385/plotsummary

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Show week- 21st May 2019- Dress rehearsal-

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Show week- 20th May 2019- Tech rehearsal-

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Peter Barsocchini who wrote the first draft of what would become High School Musical in 2004, was born in 1952 in San Francisco, he went on to graduate from the University of California with a degree in Creative writing.

Barsocchini first wrote the draft of the musical for his daughter who shares the same name as the lead female in the musical, Gabriella, he then took it to Disney and they wanted to produce and then released the musical, because the film did so good, two sequels followed and broke records themselves.

Because of the way High School Musical was written both in the screenplay and the musical aspects to it, Barsocchini was able to capture audiences of all ages because he adapted the classic story of Shakespeare's tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, and took a modern twist to it, for example rather than make the two main characters from rival families he made them be from different friendship groups. He also used his musical background to also make this adaption unique.

Angela T (23rd April 2013), Name: Peter Barsocchini, From: Prezi

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Movies-
Three movies in a total of High School Musical however there is a spin-off starring Ashley Tisdale who played the character Sharpay in the original franchise.
Sharpay's fabulous adventure follows after High School Musical and is about what Sharpay does after graduating. She experiences the struggles of Broadway when she arrives however she meets good friends along the way and eventually gets a starring role in a musical.

https://high-school-musical.fandom.com/wiki/Sharpay%27s_Fabulous_Adventure

Stage-
Having taken inspiration from Peter Barroscchini's original screenplay, David Simpatico took and put High School Musical into theatres all throughout America first of all that then worldwide, He put a character called Jack Scott into the stage version.
The premiere of the show was at Stagedoor Manor at the summer theatre camp in 2006, then in early 2007, the musical went to Georgia, it went on to become the first professional company to take the musical on stage, it then got a national tour.
In April 2007, a theatre called Brigend Youth Theatre became the first theatre did the first show of the musical in wales Wales. The musical then made its way to London and it was at the Hammersmith Apollo Theatre in early 2008.

https://www.mtishows.com/show-history/1249

On ice-
After doing so well in the movie and stage adaption, Disney took the musical onto the ice.
However, because of the contemplated of the musical, some character didn't make it to the ice adaption and because of this the story was made simpler and the skater's lip-synced however audiences were still captured by the show.

https://variety.com/2007/legit/markets-festivals/disney-s-high-school-musical-the-ice-tour-1200553832/

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The similarities between Romeo and Juliet to High School Musical-

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2nd May 2019- Rehearsal for Status quo- Part Three-

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What is the educational system like in New Mexico-

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What is the educational system like in New Mexico-

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In New Mexico, they have the lowest teacher to student ratio which is 1:15 in America. The educational system is full of public schools, charter schools which are schools that are selective of who they accept, they also have what they call Magnet schools which are schools that specialize in specific areas, for example, Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) or Performing/ visual arts and they all follow the core subjects which are English and Mathematics however they do have a high dropout rate, they also have the highest percentage of Hispanic students in America.

What it is like in the movie in comparison to reality-
In the movie there is not a huge representation of the Hispanic culture in comparison to reality which is the minority of the school are Hispanic as well as because East High was a public school it would have been publicly funded however although the state did give more money towards the sports program rather then the arts in the movie, the amount of money the program will have got compared to the reality of funding the arts programs get in public schools in New Mexico is higher then what is right for the state, the way it is funded would make it seem it is a magnet school rather than public however that is not what the school in the movie is.

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The New Mexico public school system (prekindergarten through grade 12) operates within districts governed by locally elected school boards and superintendents. In 2013 New Mexico had 338,220 students enrolled in a total of 877 schools in 146 school districts. There were 22,201 teachers in the public schools, or roughly one teacher for every 15 students, compared to the national average of 1:16. There was roughly one administrator for every 264 students, compared to the national average of one administrator for every 295 students. On average New Mexico spent $9,012 per pupil in 2013, which ranked it 38th highest in the nation. The state's graduation rate was 70.3 percent in 2013.

Common Core

Common Core, or the Common Core State Standards Initiative, is an American education initiative that outlines quantifiable benchmarks in English and mathematics at each grade level from kindergarten through high school. The New Mexico Public Education Department adopted these standards on November 29, 2010. In addition to the Common Core State Standards, New Mexico added state-specific standards that focused on culturally relevant texts and instruction. The standards were phased in starting in 2012 and were scheduled to be fully implemented by 2015.

Although New Mexico had not passed any legislation repealing or limiting the power of Common Core as of July 2015, there was a significant showing of opposition in March 2015. Hundreds of New Mexico students walked out of school to protest Common Core testing, arguing that the tests detracted from their overall education and that test results do not represent accurate evaluations of educators.

General information

See also: General comparison table for education statistics in the 50 states and Education spending per pupil in all 50 states

The following chart shows how New Mexico compared to three neighboring states with respect to the number of students, schools, teachers per pupil and administrators per pupil for the 2012-2013 school year. The chart also displays that information at the national level. Compared to its neighboring states, New Mexico had the lowest teacher-to-student ratio (about 1:15) and the lowest administrator-to-student ratio (about 1:263).

Further comparisons between these states with respect to performance and financial information are given in other sections of this page.

Regional comparison, 2012-2013

*Per pupil spending data reflects information reported for fiscal year 2013.
Sources: National Center for Education Statistics, "Table 2 - Number of operating public schools and districts, state enrollment, teacher, and pupil teacher ratio, by state: School year 2012-13"
United States Census Bureau, "Public Education Finances: 2013 (Table 20)"

Note: In comparing dollar amounts across the states, it is important to note that the cost of living can from state to state and within a state. The amounts given on this page have not been adjusted to reflect these differences. For more information on "regional price disparities" and the Consumer Price Index, see the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Schools by type

Of the 98,454 schools in the United States, 89,031 were classified as regular schools. After regular schools, magnet schools and charter schools were the most prevalent non-traditional schools in the country, at 6,079 and 5,986, respectively.

The table below breaks down each of the different types of schools in New Mexico and nearby states. Also listed are the numbers of schools in each state that are classified as "Title I" schools. These are public schools that have been specially targeted to correct achievement gaps in public schools.

In New Mexico, there were 829 regular schools as of 2013. Charter schools were the second most prevalent type of school in the state, with 94 schools classified as such.

Demographics

The following table displays the ethnic distribution of students in New Mexico as reported in the National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data for 2012-2013.

During the 2012-2013 school year, just over half of all students in K-12 public schools nationwide were white. About a quarter of the students in the country were Hispanic, with black students making up about 16 percent of the student population.

In New Mexico, the majority of students were Hispanic. Hispanic students totaled 202,620, which was about 60 percent of the student population in the state. There were 86,359 white students in New Mexico, accounting for about 25.5 percent of the student population.

Public education enrollment by race/ethnicity, 2012-2013

**Note: This is the percentage of all students in the United States that are reported to be of this ethnicity.
Source: United States Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Common Core of Data (CCD), State Nonfiscal Public Elementary/Secondary Education Survey, 2012-2013"

Enrollments by region type

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, about 30 percent of all public school students in the country attended city schools during the 2012-2013 school year. About 40 percent attended suburban schools. Approximately 11.5 percent of all students attended schools in towns, while about 18.7 percent attended rural schools.

A plurality of students in New Mexico attended city schools during the 2012-2013 school year. Approximately 48.7 percent of the state's students attended city or suburban schools, compared to the approximately 51.2 percent who attended rural or town schools.

Student distribution by region type, 2012-2013 (as percents)

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Academic performance

NAEP scores

The National Center for Education Statistics provides state-by-state data on student achievement levels in mathematics and reading in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The table below presents the percentage of fourth and eighth grade students that scored at or above proficient in reading and math during school year 2012-2013. Compared to three neighboring states (Arizona, Colorado, and Utah), New Mexico had the lowest percentage of students score at or above proficient nearly every category.

Graduation, ACT and SAT scores

See also: Graduation rates by groups in state and ACT and SAT scores in the United States

The following table shows the graduation rates and average composite ACT and SAT scores for New Mexico and surrounding states during the 2012-2013 school year. All statements made in this section refer to that school year.

In the United States, public schools reported graduation rates that averaged to about 81.4 percent. About 54 percent of all students in the country took the ACT, while 50 percent reported taking the SAT. The average national composite scores for those tests were 20.9 out of a possible 36 for the ACT, and 1498 out of a possible 2400 for the SAT.

New Mexico schools reported a graduation rate of 70.3 percent during the 2012-2013 school year, lowest among its neighboring states.

In New Mexico, more students took the ACT than the SAT in 2013, earning an average ACT score of 19.9.

Comparison table for graduation rates and test scores, 2012-2013

State

Graduation rate, 2013

Average ACT composite, 2013

Average SAT composite, 2013

Percent

Quintile ranking**

Score

Participation rate

Score

Participation rate

**Graduation rates for states in the first quintile ranked in the top 20 percent nationally. Similarly, graduation rates for states in the fifth quintile ranked in the bottom 20 percent nationally.
Sources: United States Department of Education, "ED Data Express"
ACT.org, "2013 ACT National and State Scores"
The Commonwealth Foundation, "SAT scores by state, 2013"

Dropout rate

The high school event dropout rate indicates the proportion of students who were enrolled at some time during the school year and were expected to be enrolled in grades nine through 12 in the following school year but were not enrolled by October 1 of the following school year. Students who have graduated, transferred to another school, died, moved to another country, or who are out of school due to illness are not considered dropouts. The average public high school event dropout rate for the United States remained constant at 3.3 percent for both school year 2010-2011 and school year 2011-2012. The event dropout rate for New Mexico was higher than the national average at 5.0 percent in the 2010-2011 school year, and 5.9 percent in the 2011-2012 school year.

Educational choice options

As of June 2015 school choice options in New Mexico included charter schools, homeschooling, online learning, private schools and multiple public school open enrollment policies.

Education funding and expenditures

According to the National Association of State Budget Officers (NASBO), states spent an average of 19.8 percent of their total budgets on elementary and secondary education during fiscal year 2013. In addition, the United States Census Bureau found that approximately 45.6 percent of the country's school system revenue came from state sources, while about 45.3 percent came from local sources. The remaining portion of school system revenue came from federal sources.

New Mexico spent approximately 19.5 percent of its budget on elementary and secondary education during fiscal year 2013. The state school systems' revenue came primarily from state funds. New Mexico's per pupil spending was the highest among its neighboring states.

Revenue breakdowns

According to the United States Census Bureau, public school system revenues totaled approximately $598 billion in fiscal year 2013.

In New Mexico, the primary source of school system revenue came from state sources during fiscal year 2013, at $2.4 billion. New Mexico reported the lowest total public education revenue when compared to its neighboring states.

Expenditure breakdowns

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, public school system expenditures totaled approximately $602 billion in fiscal year 2012.

Public education expenditures in New Mexico totaled approximately $3.6 billion in fiscal year 2012. New Mexico reported the lowest total public education expenditures when compared to its neighboring states.

Personnel salaries

Note: Salaries given are averages for the state. Salaries may vary between a state's urban, suburban, and rural districts and should be adjusted for cost of living. For example, a MacIver Institute study of average teacher salaries in 60 metropolitan areas found that salaries in New York City were the third-highest in absolute figures but 59th-highest when adjusted for the cost of living.

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, the average national salary for classroom teachers in public elementary and secondary schools declined by 1.3 percent from the 1999-2000 school year to the 2012-2013 school year. During the same period in New Mexico, the average salary increased by 4.7 percent.

Estimated average salaries for teachers (in constant dollars**)

**"Constant dollars based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI), prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, adjusted to a school-year basis. The CPI does not account for differences in inflation rates from state to state."

Organizations

State agencies

The New Mexico Public Education Department is led by the New Mexico Secretary of Education. Hanna Skandera began serving in that role in 2010.

The New Mexico Public Education Commission is composed of 10 members, elected from state districts. They serve staggered, four-year terms. As a partner to the New Mexico Public Education Department, the Public Education Commission works in three committees: the Public Education Department's Strategic Plan, Charter Schools and the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical federal fund for career technical programs.

The vision statement of both the New Mexico Public Education Department and the New Mexico Public Education Commission reads:

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A world-class education system in which all New Mexico students are prepared to succeed in a diverse, increasingly complex world.

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In 2012, the Fordham Institute and Education Reform Now assessed the power and influence of state teacher unions in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Their rankings were based on 37 different variables in five broad areas: resources and membership, involvement in politics, scope of bargaining, state policies and perceived influence. New Mexico ranked 37th overall for union power and influence, or "weak," which was in the fourth tier of five.

The main unions related to the New Mexico school system are the National Education Association of New Mexico, an affiliate of the National Education Association (NEA), and AFT New Mexico, an affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers. The National Education Association of New Mexico is the largest education association in the state.

List of local New Mexico school unions:

Taxpayer-funded lobbying

The main education government sector lobbying organization is the New Mexico School Boards Association.

Transparency

As of 2009, New Mexico did not have a statewide spending transparency database. The Albuquerque Journal had several lists of the salaries of top state officials on their Watchdog resources page. A listing of the New Mexico state payroll from 2009 is posted here.

In 2009, Senate Bill 159, known as the "Budget Transparency Act," passed the New Mexico State Senate. However, it died in committee in the spring of 2009. It was introduced by Sen. Sander Rue.

Studies and reports

Quality Counts 2014

Education Week, a publication that reports on many education issues throughout the country, began using an evaluation system in 1997 to grade each state on various elements of education performance. This system, called Quality Counts, uses official data on performance from each state to generate report cards for all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The report card in 2014 uses six different categories:

1. Chance for success

2. K-12 achievement

3. Standards, assessments and accountability

4. The teaching profession

5. School finance

6. Transitions and alignment

Each of these six categories had a number of other elements that received individual scores. Those scores were then averaged and used to determine the final score in each category. Every state received two types of scores for each of the six major categories: A numerical score out of 100 and a letter grade based on that score. Education Week used the score for the first category, "chance for success," as the value for ranking each state and the District of Columbia. The average grade received in the entire country was 77.3, or a C+ average. The country's highest average score was in the category of "standards, assessments and accountability" at 85.3, or a B average. The lowest average score was in "K-12 achievement", at 70.2, or a C- average.

New Mexico received a score of 66.6, or a D+ average in the "chance for success" category. This was below the national average. The state's highest score was in "standards, assessments and accountability" at 92.0, or an A- average. The lowest score was in "K-12 achievement" at 60.3, or a D- average. New Mexico tied for the 15th highest score for the "standards, assessments and accountability" category in the country. The chart below displays the scores of New Mexico and its surrounding states.

Note: Click on a column heading to sort the data.

State Budget Solutions education study

State Budget Solutions examined national trends in education from 2009 to 2011, including state-by-state analysis of education spending, graduation rates and average ACT scores. The study showed that the states that spent the most did not have the highest average ACT test scores, nor did they have the highest average graduation rates. A summary of the study is available here. The full report can be accessed here.

School districts

District types

New Mexico contains only traditional school districts. Districts may levy ad valorem taxes without voter approval. With voter approval, districts can issue general obligation bonds. With approval from the state board of education, districts may also issue revenue bonds.

School board composition

New Mexico school board members are generally elected by residents of the school district, although some school board members may be appointed. New Mexico school board elections typically follow one of these two methods, or a mixture thereof:

At-large: All voters residing in the school district may vote for any candidates running, regardless of geographic location.

District: Only voters residing in a specific geographic area within the school district may vote on certain candidates, who must also reside in that specific geographic area.

Districts with a population of more than 16,000 residents must follow the district method of election, while districts with a population below 16,000 residents can choose between the two election processes.

School boards can consist of five or seven members. School board members serve four-year terms, which are staggered every two years.

Term limits

New Mexico does not impose statewide term limits on school board members.

Path to the ballot

To qualify for the ballot as a school board candidate in New Mexico, a person must be:

A "qualified elector" in the state and school district

A resident of the geographic district in which they are running, if they are running in a school board election using the district election process instead of an at-large election process

The process of running for office as a school board candidate begins with filing a "declaration of candidacy" form with the appropriate election authority by the close of business on the third Tuesday of December in the even-numbered year preceding the election. Candidates may withdraw from the race or file as write-in candidates as long as they file the appropriate form prior to the close of business on the 35th day preceding the election.

Campaign finance

New Mexico school board candidates running in districts with student enrollment over 12,000 residents must file one campaign finance report with the New Mexico Secretary of State prior to the second Tuesday in April each year.

Recent legislation

The following is a list of recent education bills that have been introduced in or passed by the New Mexico state legislature. To learn more about each of these bills, click the bill title. This information is provided by BillTrack50 and LegiScan.

Note: Due to the nature of the sorting process used to generate this list, some results may not be relevant to the topic. If no bills are displayed below, no legislation pertaining to this topic has been introduced in the legislature recently.

Education ballot measures

Ballotpedia has tracked the following statewide ballot measures relating to education.

1. New Mexico Amendment 1, Creation of a Public Education Commission (September 2003)

2. New Mexico Amendment 2, Public Education Funding Act (September 2003)

3. New Mexico Amendment 2 (1996)

4. New Mexico Ballot Proposal: Board of Regents Membership (1986)

5. New Mexico Ballot Proposal: Expand State Board of Education (1986)

6. New Mexico Ballot Proposal: Fund Management (1990)

7. New Mexico Ballot Proposal: Issuance of Bonds for Educational Institutions (1984)

8. New Mexico Ballot Proposal: Recall of School Board Members (1986)

9. New Mexico Bond Act: Educational Capital Improvements (1986)

10. New Mexico Bond Question: Education Capital Expenditures (1988)

11. New Mexico Bond Question D, Higher Education, Special Schools, and Tribal Schools (2018)

12. New Mexico Capital Expenditures for Higher, Tribal and Special Education, Bond Question C (2014)

13. New Mexico Dates for School Elections, Amendment 1 (2014)

14. New Mexico Higher Education Capital Improvements and Acquisitions Bonds, Question B (2006)

15. New Mexico Higher Education and Special Schools Bonds, Bond Question C (2012)

16. New Mexico Proposed Amendment, Elected State Board of Education (1958)

17. New Mexico Proposed Amendment, New Mexico Educational Institutions Board (1942)

18. New Mexico Proposed Amendment, School Bond Issues, Remodeling and Additions (1964)

19. New Mexico Proposed Amendment, Western New Mexico University, Name Change (1964)

20. New Mexico Proposed Amendment 1, Local School Board Recall (1994)

21. New Mexico Proposed Amendment 2, Five-member State Board of Education (1930)

22. New Mexico Proposed Amendment 3, Student Regent (1994)

23. New Mexico Proposed Amendment 4, Staggered Terms for Educational Boards of Regents (1942)

24. New Mexico Referendum: Board of Regents of State Educational Institutions (1970)

25. New Mexico Referendum: Creation of Student Loans for the Healing Arts (1974)

26. New Mexico Referendum: Number of School Board Members in Large Districts (1980)

27. New Mexico Referendum: School Fund Levy (1970)

28. New Mexico Referendum: Student Loan Programs (1970)

29. New Mexico School Board, Amendment 1 (2008)

30. New Mexico Student on Board of Regents, Amendment 2 (2014)

The link below is to the most recent stories in a Google news search for the terms New Mexico education policy. These results are automatically generated from Google. Ballotpedia does not curate or endorse these articles.

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Kelsi Nielsen:
Age: 16-17

She attends East High in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Style:
She wears a hat because that allows her to cover herself when she's feeling shy, she also wears glasses and doesn't wear clothes that give her attention.

Personality:
She is very shy however Kelsi is a very talented musician and uses that to the best of her ability.

Relationships:
Troy and Gabriella- Their friendship begins while Troy and Gabriella are doing their audition and they become close friends throughout the rehearsal process.
Taylor- They are shown to have a good friendship both in the film trilogies and book series however in the first High School Musical they don't have a moment together to show that friendship.
Sharpay- Kelsi is very intimidated by Sharpay and her power over the drama club.
Ryan- Like Sharpay, Kelsi is intimidated by Ryan however not as much and they become friends later on. In the film version, they even go to prom together.
Ms. Darbus- Kelsi is both thankful to Ms. Darbus and grateful to be given the opportunity to have her musical picked.
Jack Scott- Only at the end of High School Musical: On stage do we get an interaction between these two because Jack Scott is a character that only appears in the stage version is when Jack Scott approaches her.

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Kelsi Nielsen

Family:

Unknown Mother
Unknown Father

Interests:

Music, Writing Songs, Playing the Piano

Kelsi Willow Nielsen is a supporting character in the High School Musical movies. She is a pianist at East High.

Basic Details

Kelsi Nielson is considered, by some, to be a minor character in the High School Musical series. Her role in the movies, however, have been an important factor in moving many parts of the plot forward. Kelsi composed the musical Twinkle Towne in her junior year at East High School. This musical included several songs that were not in the movie, but the ones that appeared in the film were What I've Been Looking For and Breaking Free.

She also wrote the song You Are the Music in Me for Troy and Gabriella (though it gets taken by Sharpay at one point).

She got a summer job at Lava Springs Country Club, which Sharpay's family owned. After Sharpay Evans stole You Are the Music in Me (which she made Kelsi "transpose" into her key), Kelsi decided to get her payback and wrote Everyday. She is best friends with Taylor McKessie, Gabriella Montez, and Martha Cox. Her love interest in the first two films was Jason Cross, but changes to Ryan Evans for the final third installment.

She was accepted to the Julliard School for its scholarship along with Ryan because of her music in the Senior Year Spring Musical.

Unlike the main female characters, Kelsi's love-life is mostly ambiguous, and almost entirely implied. As Kelsi did not have an established love interest in the first movie (her relationship with Jason was implied during the finale, but not before), several pairings have struggled for dominance in fanfiction, fanvids, and other media.

Ryelsi/Relsi (Ryan and Kelsi)

Relsi/Ryelsi is a pairing of High School Musical 3: Senior Year.

In the first movie, Ryan shows indifference to Kelsi, but they sit at the same table in the cafeteria (as shown just before Stick to the Status Quo).

In High School Musical 2, however, Kelsi is shown to have a locker next to Ryan's. In addition, Ryan and Kelsi actually speak to each other during the movies, and they work together off-screen to plan the Wildcats' routine in the talent show.

Ryelsi gains support in High School Musical 3. They sing a duet together (along with Troy and Gabriella) called Just Want To Be With You, after Sharpay orders Ryan to take Kelsi to prom in order to steal " Just Want To Be With You".

Jelsi (Jason and Kelsi)

Jelsi is the official pairing of the first two movies. It has the most evidence in its favor, at least for the first two movies.

During the end of High School Musical, Kelsi receives a basketball from Troy. Jason walks up to her, takes her hat off and tosses it off-camera, and helps her shoot a basket. Jason is also pictured with Kelsi at the end of High School Musical 2, when the characters are coupled and holding lanterns (Troy with Gabriella, Taylor with Chad, and so on). However, Kelsi and Jason almost never speak to each other directly.

Jacksi/Jelsi (Jack and Kelsi)

In the stage version of High School Musical 2, love is in the air between Jack Scott and Kelsi. This is seen throughout the story with cheesy pickup lines by Jack such as "red hot composer babe".

In a minor stage version of the production, the role of Kelsi was portrayed by Amy W. and Keeley A.

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Jack Bolton:
Age: late 30s/ Early 40s

He teaches gym and is the basketball coach for the East High Wildcats in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Style:
Because he teaches gym, he wears gym clothes and a whistle.

Personality:
He's quite stern mainly with his son, Troy Bolton because he wants the best for him, he has a dislike for the arts program.

Relationships:
Troy- Troy is his son and the star on the schools basketball team, throughout the first High School Musical he's relationship with Troy is strainful because of the pressure he puts on his son and his sons relationship with Gabriella however this changes at the end where he accepts his sons passion for performing on stage as well as basketball.
Chad- Chad is a devoted player on the Basketball team and is the most hardworking too. Coach has high expectations for Chad.
Ms. Darbus- They are complete opposites, and they have constant conflicts throughout, he feels as if the drama department is not important or not as important as his own.

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Jack Bolton (Coach Bolton)

Jack Bolton (also known as Coach Bolton) is the coach for the East High Basketball Team. He is also Troy Bolton's father and the husband of Lucille Bolton. He is portrayed by Bart Johnson.

Jack Bolton graduated from East High and was once the star of the Wildcats basketball team. He is married to Lucille and they have a son named Troy. He lives in the past and decided to coach his high school's basketball team.

Physical Appearance

Jack Bolton appears to be the much older version of Troy. Jack is described to be handsome much like his son with bright blue eyes and chestnut brown hair.

The Coach does not initially approve of Troy and Gabriella's relationship, worrying that Gabriella might distract Troy from the basketball game. Eventually, though, he accepts her.

TBA

TBA

Appearances

Nick Peil portrays Coach Bolton in Western High Schools production of High School Musical 1 and 2.
To contact Nick Peil for future events, follow him on twitter @I_Am_Nick Nick Peil.

He is portrayed by Bart Johnson and Ian Wickham in the Theatre Production.

In a minor version of the production of High School Musical, Luke Pickles portrayed the role of Coach Bolton.

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Ms. Darbus:
Age: late 40s

She is a drama teacher at East High in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Style:
She has a relaxed/ laid back kinda look but at the same time there is a lot going in her outfit, typically she has a poncho on and her hair tied up in a crazy way.

Personality:
She is shown to be a stereotypical drama teacher and she's dramatic about her art.

Relationships:
Coach Bolton- They are complete opposites, and they have constant conflicts throughout, the main reason as to why on her part they cannot get along is because she feels as if the school are more interested and focus more time/ money into the sports program rather then the drama department.
Troy- Because of her relationship with Troy's dad, she already has an opinion about Troy so she makes it harder for him when he wanted to audition for her show however when she sees that he really does have an interest in it, she gives him a chance.
Chad- Chad is the most disruptive in her class and because of her distaste for basketball and his for anything to do with the drama club, they do not see eye to eye.
Taylor- Taylor is shown as not having much of an interest in the drama club like Chad.
Sharpay- Sharpay is the president of the drama club and because of this Ms. Darbus has a high standard and trust for Sharpay which ends up being mistreated towards the end of the first High School Musical.
Kelsi- Kelsi looks up and respects Ms. Darbus for allowing her musical to be performed as the next school musical.
Ryan- Like Sharpay, Ryan is a trusted member of the drama club as he is both vice president and a devoted practitioner of the art.
Gabriella- Gabrielle is a new student at the beginning and they sort of get off to a rocky start however throughout the first High School Musical, Gabrielle shows her talent and interest in the arts and therefore become a valued and favored student.

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Ms. Darbus

Occupations:

Director of the Drama Club
Homeroom & Drama Teacher

Interests:

Teaches Drama to her students

Ms. Darbus is East High's homeroom and drama teacher and takes drama way too seriously. She also sponsors the Drama Club, which has Sharpay and Ryan Evans as its co-presidents. Due to financial hardships she is currently living at the school.

She has a great distaste for cell phones, and will hand out detentions to any student she catches using one. Her detentions include the detainees having to help make props and paint sets for the drama club.

She also has a great disliking for basketball, and is constantly at odds with the East High basketball coach, Jack Bolton, who is also Troy's father.

She dislikes anything to do with basketball. This seems to change after Troy wins the callback as she personally congratulates him on winning the big game and is excited when the team wins in the third movie although she mixes up a few terms. She also seems to at least set aside her dislike for Coach Bolton as they aren't seen arguing again and even share a laugh when they use each other's congratulatory terms for Troy.

The author of HSM was intrigued and inspired by the enthusiasm and love for theater shown by a high school Drama teacher. The original character traits displayed by Ms. Darbus in the first movie were based on a non-ficticious person, Lynett Mace from Momement Mountain High School in Great Barrington, MA. From the scarves to the body expression the actress got her down pat.

She also pronounces musical wrong because she thinks she's a classy person.

High School Musical 2

Ms. Darbus is seen teaching the class on the last day of school, and watches the class celebrate the start of summer vacation when the final bell rings.

High School Musical 3: Senior Year

The students have started calling her "Ms. D.". She hands out offers of Julliard scholarships to Kelsi Nielsen, Sharpay, Ryan, and Troy Bolton. Later she says that she made out that offer she gave to Troy. Unlike the first movie, she seems to like him. She gives him advice after revealing she was behind his Julliard application and even says Troy is very comfortable on stage. By the third film, she does seem to have lost her status as the "bad guy" and is very supportive of "her kids".

"Proximity to the arts is cleansing for the soul."

-High School Musical

"Is there something wrong?"

-Ms. Darbus to Troy

-Ms. Darbus to the Drama club

"The Spring Musicale is all about you. [travels with basketball], Mr. Danforth"

-Ms. Darbus to Chad

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Chad Danforth:
Age: 16-17

He is a basketball star, second to Troy Bolton who is his best friend which they both attend East High school in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Style:
In the movie he's style is jeans with shirts however both in the movie and the stage production he wears a basketball top and shorts with the wildcat logo and colours.

Personality:
He is mad about basketball which is made clear throughout High School Musical with him having a basketball with him continually, he is then against anything that isn't to do with sports which in this musical is the drama club.

Relationships:
Troy- They have been best friends since preschool and team mates as well, they are very close however he feels betrayed when he finds out about Troy auditioning for the School musical with a new girl when it is so close to the championship.
Gabriella- A friendship between these two isn't really shown in the first High School Musical but it is in the other ones. Chad at first doesn't like her because she is taking Troy's focus away from the basketball championship however they do eventually have a friendship.
Zeke- They are close team mates.
Taylor- They first do not like each other however they form an alliance to split Troy and Gabriella up because they feel as if the pair are not focused on both the upcoming science decathlon and the championship but they end up teaming up together again after finding that they had make Troy and Gabriella upset and make everything right, this makes them become very close.
Sharpay- Chad is shown from the beginning, having a dislike for Sharpay and her whole aesthetic because he doesn't like the drama club as well as he finds her interest in Troy funny.
Ryan- The same with Sharpay. Chad doesn't like Ryan because he feels as if they share no interests however later on in High School Musical two they become friends and chad even shows Ryan how to be himself rather then stay in the shadow of his sister.
Ms Darbus- Chad feels as if Ms Darbus takes her musicals too seriously because he thinks its a joke, this is a massive reason on why he later makes Troy feel so bad.
Coach Bolton- Apart from Troy, Chad is the best on the basketball team, in result to this, the coach is Chads role model.

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Chad Danforth

Talent:

Singing, Basketball, dancing

Chad Danforth is one of the main characters. He is the best friend, co-captain and fellow basketball teammate of Troy Bolton. He is portrayed by Corbin Bleu.

He is a basketball star and is best friends with Troy Bolton. He is the boyfriend of Taylor McKessie.

At first, he's against Troy's "singing thing," and with the help of Taylor McKessie, he plots to stop Troy and Gabriella Montez from singing.

Sports and basketball mean everything to him. As you can tell, he's rarely seen without a basketball under his arm.

During competitions, he always yells, "What team?" and his teammates say, "Wildcats."

He chose to go to University of Albuquerque.

In the 2nd film, Chad and his friends spend summer vacation working at the Lava Springs Country Club, which is owned by Sharpay & Ryan's parents.

What they don't know is that it is Sharpay's scheme to make Troy be a part of her show in the traditional Star Dazzle Show which is performed every year in her country club. Troy becomes so obsessed by new opportunities that he begins to forget what's truly important to him and Gabriella ends up leaving and he has a big quarrel with Chad.

When Chad is offered to be a part of the performance, he is in at first, but decided to back out after Troy became blinded by fame. In the end, he was persuaded by Ryan to do the show. However, Sharpay makes an announcement to forbid all the staff members from being part of the show. When Troy realizes that he has lost sight of himself, he decides to do what's right and worked out his friendship with Chad.

In the end, Chad and the others took part of the performance. Then the rest of the summer was all about hanging out and having fun with everyone.

In the 3rd and final installment, Chad is forced to participate in the spring musical. Though he was resistant to the idea at first, he eventually gives in and uses most of his time to practice. He receives a scholarship in the University of Albuquerque, which he intends on attending when he graduates high school.

Chad is so excited about entering University of Albuquerque, something he and Troy had been talking about for a long time, that he does not see his best friend's troubles about choosing either sports or theater.

He takes part in the musical, which turns out to be a success.

After the spring musical, Troy runs into the school gym and plays with Chad one last time. After Troy decided to play basketball and study theater at University of California, Berkeley, he realizes it's time to go separate ways, but is happy to know that they will meet again when the season comes, when they play against each other.

On graduation day, Chad and his friends perform one final last dance as celebration for the end of their high school days that they will never forget about.

Appearances

Chad wears his white and red or yellow shirt in all three High School Musical movies.

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Gabriella Montez:
Age: 16-17

She is a transfer student who moves and attends East High in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Style:
Because she is very reserved and quiet, her clothes are too so they aren't flashy or bright.

Personality:
She's very shy and only shows her true colours when she is with her friends or Troy.

Relationships:
Troy- The first they met is at a new years party and they are forced to sing together during a  karaoke part of the night.
Then after transferring to a new school they then reunite in the new school semester. They then audition together and then get a callback for the upcoming musical at the school, however, they get split up by their peers before coming back together at the end and then they start dating.
Chad- In the first High School Musical, he doesn't like her because he thinks she is changing Troy and he doesn't like it however they do become friends after.
Taylor- They met and Taylor convinces Gabriella to do the science decathlon however she feels as if Gabriella's focus isn't right when Gabriella gets a call back for the school musical and Taylor teams up with Chad to split Gabriella and Troy up, Taylor then sets up a plan to get them together again after seeing how upset her friend is, apart from that they have a really good friendship.
Sharpay- Sharpay does not like Gabriella and tries to sabotage her callback and then for the rest of their high school careers they are frenemies.
Kelsi- They straight away form a good friendship.
Ryan- They become good friends as well when Gabriella shows him kindness.

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Gabriella Montoya Montez is a student that goes to East High with all of her friends. She is known for being one of the smartest girls at East High, even taking college courses at Stanford University before even finishing high school; for her musical talent, such as in the musicals with Troy and just singing in general; and for being the girlfriend of the popular basketball star of East High, Troy Bolton. She studies law at Stanford University. Gabriella is portrayed by Vanessa Hudgens.

She is the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Montez. Extraordinarily beautiful and academically-gifted, she meets Troy at a family bar during their winter break and are forced to sing in the New Year's Eve party at the Ski Mountain Resort. Upon singing with each other ("Start of Something New"), they instantly feel a connection with one another, and, as fate would have it, they end up attending the same school, East High. There, they become close friends, and eventually begin dating. When the two meet up at the auditions for the winter concert, they try out for the callbacks and do a duet of a song called Breaking Free. Since Troy, being the basketball star of East High and not known to have a passion or talent for singing, and Gabriella, the shy, nerdy new girl with a liking for chemistry, start singing, there is a large amount of social unrest at the school, as more people begin revealing their passions that conflict with the stereotypes they have been placed into. However, despite numerous attempts to break the duo apart, they end up singing the duet and encouraging others to break from the norm in favor of following their dreams. Following the performance, the two become a very successful couple, though not without their occasional conflicts. Eventually, Sharpay Evans is jealous of Gabriella because of how popular Gabriella is becoming in the school, which Sharpay sees as a threat to her own popularity.

Gabriella has maintained her romance with Troy, and the couple, along with their friends, get jobs at the Lava Springs Country Club. Gabriella takes the position of a responsible and adept lifeguard. However, Sharpay gets angry because she bribed Fulton to get Troy Bolton a job--not the entire East High. Seeking revenge, Sharpay lures Troy away from Gabriella and his friends, showering him with various luxuries, including promising college opportunities. She even sings him a song ("Humuhumunukanukakap'ua") complete with lights, a set and a whole onstage performance in an attempt to win over Troy, and makes him promise to sing with her. After Troy repeatedly breaks his promises and backs out of his commitments, Gabriella breaks up with him and quits her job at Lava Springs, claiming that working together sounded good, but is too hard now given their recent issues. During this scene Gabriella belts out "Gotta Go My Own Way," and drives away with her mother at the end, leaving Troy heartbroken and giving back the T necklace. However, the two of them reunite at the end after Troy apologizes to his friends, gets his job back, confronts Sharpay and learns a new song--a duet he and Gabriella sing at the talent show, entitled "Everyday."

A Stanford-bound Gabriella is uneasy about the fast pace her life has taken. Before graduation, Gabriella briefly considers taking classes at the local university for a year and going to Stanford when she is ready, much to the dismay of Taylor and Mrs. Montez. Troy urges Gabriella to accept an early orientation. Gabriella goes to Stanford but must drop out of the school musical (allowing Sharpay to fill the lead role) and miss prom. Wanting his last dance at East High to be with Gabriella, Troy drives to Stanford and the two share an intimate prom of their own. He convinces Gabriella to return to East High for opening night of the musical and for graduation. Gabriella sings in the spring play, and her classmates put together a surprise reunion complete with gifts, hugs, and flowers for Gabriella onstage during the performance of "Just Wanna Be with You." Gabriella will attend Stanford and study law. She put her house up for sale before she graduated high school.

Physical Appearance

Gabriella has black hair (which changes to short or long in one of the three movies), brown highlights and brown eyes. She sometimes wears dresses and mostly wears casual clothes. She wears some bright colored shirts and pants or dresses. Gabriella also wears a necklace that was given by Troy in High School Musical 2, which is the letter "t" capitalized but we see that she has more necklaces from the three High School Musical films.

Personality

Gabriella is a kind and intelligent girl who is also practical. She is also known to be the smartest student in East High.

She is the youngest of the High School Musical, High School Musical 2 and High School Musical 3: Senior Year groups.

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Gabriella Montoya Montez is a student that goes to East High with all of her friends. She is known for being one of the smartest girls at East High, even taking college courses at Stanford University before even finishing high school; for her musical talent, such as in the musicals with Troy and just singing in general; and for being the girlfriend of the popular basketball star of East High, Troy Bolton.

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Sharpay Evans:
Age: 16-17

She is the president of the drama club and stars in every musical.

Style:
She wears a lot of bright colours usually pinks and whites, she also wears lots of things with sparkles.

Personality:
She's dramatic and over the top as well as she's the mean girl in school, she's also really passionate about musical theatre.

Relationships:
Ryan- They are fraternal twins. She uses him for her own benefit and when he finds himself she is then left alone and becomes unconfident however with the help of others in which she makes friends with, along with her brother she is able to shine on her own.
Troy- Sharpay has a huge interest in Troy because he is the star on the basketball court and she is the star on stage, however that is rather for attention than real.
Gabriella- Because Sharpay is determined that Gabriella just wants to take everything that is hers away without actual care for the art or Troy, Sharpay dislikes Gabriella and makes that very clear however they do at the end share the interest of performing on stage and bond over that.
Taylor- They are polar opposites as a result of this they don't have a good relationship however they do become acquaintances eventually.
Zeke- At the beginning, she finds him annoying because he won't stop talking to her however at the end of the first High School Musical she accepts compliments and agrees to eat what he baked for her.
Kelsi- Because Kelsi is shy Sharpay easily imitates Kelsi however they do become friends in the end.
Ms. Darbus- Because Sharpay is the star of the drama club and is a loyal follower of the arts, she is Ms. Darbus's favorite student.

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Sharpay Evans is the main antagonist in the two films, High School Musical and High School Musical 2 along with her brother, Ryan Evans, as well as the main protagonist in her own individual movie.

Underneath the Queen of Queens facade, she is just a dreamer. Sharpay has been working towards becoming a star since birth. Out of all the classmates at East High, Sharpay and Ryan were the only two who actually yearned for a career in acting, rather than just starring in a play for a hobby. They have been a team since they were in kindergarten.

Sharpay and her fraternal twin brother, Ryan are the co-presidents of the East High Drama Club. Her parents are the owners of the Lava Springs Country Club. At the country club, she has a group of three backup singers called The Sharpettes. She also has a Yorkshire Terrier dog named Boi who first appears in the second film and again in the third. Throughout all the films, it has been show that, while Sharpay has her romantic sights set on Troy, Zeke Baylor of the East High Basketball Team has a large crush on her, constantly offering to bake her things. In High School Musical, she accepts his cookies at the end. In High School Musical 2, she is paired with him while the other couples assemble on the golf course. In High School Musical 3: Senior Year, Zeke is Sharpay's date to prom. In the final movie, she chooses to attend the University of Albuquerque like Chad with Performing Arts as her major. Her brother goes on to attend Juilliard in New York.

Sharpay is first shown to be a popular, self-centered drama queen who loves to be, and often is, in the spotlight. She is co-president of the drama club along side her brother Ryan, and the twins, being the only two in the school truly shown to have interest in the performing arts, are Ms. Darbus's favorite students. The Evans twins have starred in all school productions since kindergarten, and she craves the spotlight. Previously, she hadn't had to try very hard to keep it; anyone else shown auditioning was never very good (falling, tone deaf, interpretive dance). However, she has an overwhelming desire to be the best that often dictates her actions, and it was once mentioned that if she could play both lead roles "her own brother would be aced out of a job. Because of the rigid clique system established in East High at the beginning of High School Musical, Sharpay is very defensive of her position as star of all school plays and she refuses to tolerate that anyone could take it away from her.

Upon discovering that Troy Bolton and Gabriella Montez have received a callback for their pairs audition, Sharpay is enraged and determined to come up with a way to prevent them from stealing the roles of Arnold and Minnie away from her and her brother. This determination was only further fueled by her instant dislike of Gabriella, the girl who was slowly stealing the heart of Troy Bolton, the object of Sharpay's affection. In order to cement Gabriella's clique as being that of a "Freaky Math Girl," Sharpay places articles in Taylor's locker that expose how smart Gabriella is and this results on Gabriella becoming involved in the Scholastic Decathlon, a group of people that Troy's friends; namely Chad, look down upon. However, this doesn't stop Troy from maintaining his friendship, or singing practices, with Gabriella, and, as the date of callbacks draws nearer, Sharpay becomes panicked. Not only is she worried about losing the lead role, but she is also watching how Troy's friendship with Gabriella is completely changing all the establish cliques. People are mingling between cliques and admitting hobbies that were previously kept secret: brainiacs who dance, skaters to play the cello, jocks who bake (Stick to the Status Quo). Sharpay yells at all the students to be quiet when Gabriella and Taylor walk into the cafeteria. Sharpay and Ryan then walk down to the cafeteria to get spaghetti, so she can throw it all over Gabriella's chest as revenge, but Gabriella accidentally ends up slipping on a milk carton and sends her nachos flying landing on Sharpay's chest, causing her to scream. Sharpay then tells Ms. Darbus what happened and leaves. Sharpay dislikes the dismantling of the clique system, most likely because she has been at the top of the food chain for so long (symbolically represented by her lunch table being on the second floor of the cafeteria). This is shown by the way she treats Kelsi, the writer of the play, bossing her around and transposing her songs without permission. In a desperate attempt to save both her show and her school, she and Ryan convince Ms. Darbus to change to callback date to Friday, the same day as both the basketball championship game and the decathlon.

She and Ryan complete their callback (Bop to the Top), confident that they have secured the lead roles. In the end, however, her plan sadly fails after Troy, Gabriella, Taylor, and Chad team up to rig the lights and a odorous chemical experience to pause both the basketball game and the decathlon, meaning that both Troy and Gabriella are free to do the callback and return to their other obligations later. Though Sharpay argues that they can't sing without a pianist and warns Kelsi not to play for them, Kelsi snarkily replies that she "really does" want to. Sharpay's final ounce of power is lost in Kelsi's defiance of her. Troy and Gabriella sing Breaking Free and it is clear that they have bested Sharpay and Ryan. Though she remains upset about losing the role, Sharpay appears to have seen the error in her ways, or at least accepted her defeat, gaining some respect for Gabriella's talents and seemingly accepting that Troy's affections lie with the brunette. She participates in the celebration of East High winning the championship (We're All In This Together) and is later seen eating some of Zeke's cookies and throwing her arms around him, telling him "These cookies are delicious!"

Sharpay secretly pulls some strings with her parents and gets Mr. Fulton to hire Troy to work at Lava Springs, convinced that if she can get him away from his friends and Gabriella she and Troy will make a perfect couple. She is horrified to discover that Troy brought his other Wildcat friends to work too. Angry, she begins trying to find a new way to pull Troy away from his friends and resorts to teasing him with college opportunities. Troy, knowing his parents need all the monetary help they can get, accepts when Mr. Fulton, ordered by Sharpay, gives him a promotion to a salary job and makes him an honorary member of the country club. This separates Troy from his friends all day, much to Sharpay's delight, and enables her to spend more time with him by scheduling lessons with him (as he became a golf instructor).

Since her father is also on the board at U of A, a college that Troy has been looking at closely, she pulls some strings and gets him playing time with the U of A Redhawks and dinner meetings with her father and his friends. She is delighted that Troy is beginning to turn away from his friends, and, more importantly, Gabriella. In order to finish off her plan, Sharpay steals the duet that Kelsi had written for Troy and Gabriella, rewriting it to fit her voice and for Troy to sing with her (You Are the Music In Me). Though Troy seems hesitant, Sharpay doesn't notice his discomfort. Rather, she cares about is the knowledge that, after being sung with Troy, Ryan went to help the Wildcats with their song for the talent show. Afraid she and Troy will be beat out for the Star Dazzle award, she asks Mr. Fulton to make it a rule that all the employees must work the night of the talent show. Unknowingly effectively forbidding them from participating.

This scheme is taken very seriously both by the Wildcats and, specifically, Gabriella. When Gabriella confronts Sharpay about how hard her brother has worked for the show, Sharpay knowingly retorts that Gabriella is only jealous of everything that Sharpay has done to help Troy, in contrast to how Gabriella has been holding him back. Gabriella replies that she doesn't care what Sharpay is doing for Troy, but she is upset that Sharpay is ruining the summer for her and her friends. She warns Sharpay to "step away from the mirror long enough to check the damage that will always be right behind [her]," leaving Sharpay to stalk away in a huff. After the confrontation, Gabriella quits her job and breaks up with Troy. Upon discovering that his friends aren't allowed to sing in the talent show because of Sharpay and being broken up with, Troy confronts Sharpay that he won't be singing with her and that he's going back to his old kitchen job.

Later, Sharpay, screaming because she has nobody to sing with and her show is a disaster, finds Troy in her dressing room. He says that he will keep his promise to sing with her, and she is immediately happy, thinking that, in some way, she has won. However, he says he will only sing if she lets his friends sing in the show too. Still crying and smiling sadly, she agrees, telling him that she wishes he was doing it for her. Effectively, she is confessing her feelings for him, but Troy remains fairly indifferent.

Still holding onto the joy of being able to sing with Troy, Sharpay's hopes are completely dashed when she realizes that her brother has instructed Troy to sing a song that she doesn't know the words to, preventing her from getting on stage and allowing a forgiving Gabriella the chance to reconcile with Troy. However, when Troy and Gabriella, having reconnected onstage, begin calling up their friends, Gabriella goes to grab Ryan and Troy offers Sharpay his hand, dancing between her and Gabriella in a circle (Everyday).

Troy's speeches to her throughout the movie seem to begin to shape her into a better person.

She sings All For One with the Wildcats at the end of the film.

Sharpay, Ryan, Troy and Kelsi all receive a chance to a scholarship to Julliard School in New York, but only one of them can receive it. In the cafeteria, Sharpay breaks out into song to try to persuade Ryan to want it all like she does. When Ryan and Sharpay have finished singing the song Sharpay tells Ryan to spend time with Kelsi so that she would write the best song for them. Later on she confronts Ryan and she says that Gabriella is up to go to college early and that she will steal Gabriella's part in the musical to get closer to Troy. Ryan says that she is not Gabriella, sticking up for his friends, but nevertheless does his part in her scheme. When Gabriella is gone, she steals the part that Kelsi wrote for Troy and Gabriella, only for this to backfire and her end up performing with the embarrassing Jimmy. She makes up for it with her own lavish number, which her understudy Tiara tries and fails to steal. At Graduation, Ryan and Kelsi win and Sharpay congratulates Ryan even though she did not win. She decides to attend University of Albuquerque with performing arts as her major with Chad who is playing basketball. She made peace with Gabriella and the Wildcats at the end of the movie.

Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure is a movie where Sharpay learns her lesson. The movie starts off with Sharpay and her dog, Boi singing a song for one night only for a fundraiser to go to U of A. When the opportunity of a lifetime comes along and she has a chance to go to New York, be on Broadway, and to be a star. But when her father refuses to let her go, she shows him that she is determined to go and she can go on her own. While showing her father that she is determined, she and the Sharpettes make the plans for her flight from New Mexico to New York. She also makes the plans for her penthouse, and her audition for her dream to become a star. Will Sharpay Evans become the Broadway Star that she hopes to be, or she will she find some stiff competition that will challenge her? Of course!

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Songs unaccredited in the movies/soundtracks

Sharpay in the first film, drives a pink Mustang that has "fabulous" as her license plate.

Sharpay in the third film, drives a 2008 Honda S2000, it is also pink.

Although it's not mentioned in the movies, Sharpay and Ryan Evans are supposed to be fraternal twins, this is however mentioned in a couple of the books in the companion book series.

Sharpay's dog is named Boi, pronounced "boy".

Sharpay's name is wordplay on the breed of dog, 'shar pei'.

In an episode of "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody", High School Musical was intended as a play. "Madeleine Fitzpatrick" (also portrayed by Tisdale) tried out for the role of Sharpay, but lost out to London, who mispronounces Sharpay's name.

Sharpay has her own sequel called Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure which came out in 2011. It was a Disney Channel Original Movie and was only available on DVD.

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Sharpay Evans is the main antagonist in the two films, High School Musical and High School Musical 2 along with her brother, Ryan Evans, as well as the main protagonist in her own individual movie. Underneath the Queen of Queens facade, she is just a dreamer.

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Troy Bolton:
Age: 16-17

He attends East High in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
He is the Captain of the basketball team.

Style:
He either wears long sleeved tops and jeans or his gym clothes.

Personality:
He is the star of the basketball team so he is used to everyone knowing who he is however when he is with Gabriella he is kind, funny and truthful because when he is with his friends he hides his interest in the upcoming musical and auditions.

Relationships:
Gabriella- They first meant at a party and sing together in a karaoke song however they part and then reunite in the new school semester and they become really close throughout the process of them auditioning and then preparing for the callback for the upcoming musical, however they get split up by their friends before coming back together at the end, they then date.
Chad- They are best friends and teammates, however, they're friendship, becomes strained when Troy spends more time with Gabriella then Chad but they do mend the friendship.
Taylor- They don't talk to each other on their own however they do have a good friendship later on in their school careers.
Sharpay- Troy retaliates no interset back to Sharpay throughout High School Musical however they do eventually form a friendship at the last installment of the story.
Ryan- They do become friends in the second film after Ryan breaks free of his twin sisters restraints holding him back.
Kelsi- After Kelsi first sees the chemistry between Troy and Gabriella throughout their preparation for their callback, he and Kelsi become close friends and this is quite all the way through.
Zeke- They are teammates and Troy is the inspiration behind Zeke's confession to his love of baking.
Ms. Darbus- At the beginning, Ms. Darbus makes it obvious she dislike for the sports program that he is a part of however when he showed true interest in the arts, she soon favors him.
Coach Bolton- They are coach and player but more importantly and this a huge driving point between the two characters and their relationship is that they are Father and Son.

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Troy Bolton

Age:

16-17 (High School Musical & High School Musical 2)
18 (High School Musical 3)
29 (currently)

Hair Color:

Light Brown (High School Musical)
Dark Brown (High School Musical 2 & High School Musical 3)

Occupations:

Student at East High (graduated)
College Student

Troy Bolton is the main character in the High School Musical trilogy. He is the basketball all-star at East High and the captain of the Wildcats. He is best friends with Chad Danforth. Chad and him are teammates and have been like brothers since they were in preschool.

Troy dazzles the school, and is a source of pride due to his handsome looks, strong morals, charm, and his standing up for his fellow classmates. He is undoubtedly idolized by all. In this department, he is a responsible, intelligent, motivational, and charismatic leader. Troy is the boyfriend of Gabriella Montez. He grew up with the perfect parents, Jack and Lucille; they were supportive, loving and happy. Troy was captain of the East High basketball team, which included Chad, Zeke and Jason. His dad was the coach, so every now and then - especially on big games - his dad would organize college scouts to come and watch him play.

Troy is portrayed by Zac Efron.

Troy is the most popular male student at East High, making him the "Golden Boy". He meets Gabriella Montez at a lodge while on vacation, and the two sing together. The two later find themselves attending the same school as Gabriella moved to Albuquerque. Through a series of events, they fall in love, then the two end up singing together once more and become boyfriend and girlfriend. A series of ups and downs throughout the rest of the films, their relationship is full of love and results in Troy choosing to attend Berkeley for college, a mere 32.7 miles from Gabriella's choice of Stanford University as apposed to that of the 1053 miles of U of A. He is best friends with Chad Danforth. He's also friends with Ryan Evans, Jason Cross, and Zeke Baylor.

High School Musical

Troy meets Gabriella Montez at a ski lodge on New Year's Eve and discovers his interest in singing when a man at the family bar where they are partying forces both Troy and Gabriella to get up onstage and sing with each other. Later, upon realizing they go to the same school, Troy falls for Gabriella and decides to take a chance by auditioning for the Twinkle Towne musical with Gabriella Montez, despite his already-established athletic talent. He lands a callback, and his life and school is turned upside down. However, tragedy strikes when his own team tricks him into saying that Gabriella and the callbacks don't matter to him at all, while videotaping him with a camera--and with Gabriella watching the whole thing. He has no idea, however, that she saw the whole thing, or that he was being videotaped the whole time, so he's confused as to why Gabriella said she didn't want to do the callbacks either and stopped talking to him. His basketball team and friends, along with Gabriella's science team and friends, try to pointedly break them up upon realizing that they fall into different crowds, and that their stereotypes overlapping would throw off the normality of their high school cliques. After that, he became completely unfocused on winning the championship game, as well as seriously brokenhearted, given that his friends had broken him and Gabriella up. Realizing the mistake they made and how they hurt their friend and captain, Troy's best friend and fellow teammate, Chad Danforth, fellow Wildcats, Zeke Baylor and Jason Cross tell the truth. Later on that night, he goes to Gabriella's house, calls her on her cell phone and explains that he only said the things that she heard to get his friends to finally shut up about singing with her. To prove it, he goes up to her balcony and sings the chorus of the " song" they sang at the New Year's Eve Party to try to convince her to do the callbacks with him "( Start of Something New (Reprise))".

After being reminded that it's a pair's audition, she agrees and apologizes for leaving him. In the end, he and Gabriella both snag the roles of Arnold and Minnie when they conspire to destroy Sharpay and Ryan's plan of having the Scholastic Decathlon, Callbacks, and Basketball Tournament all on the same day. In the end, the whole class sings " We're All In This Together" in the gym, and Troy and Gabriella share a fun-filled moment.

High School Musical 2

By the second movie, Troy and Gabriella are very much together. When summertime comes, Troy lands a job at Lava Springs by Mr. Fulton--at the hands of the Evans family. Upon realizing that the Evans family is responsible for hiring employees and that Mr. Fulton works for them, Troy makes a deal with Mr. Fulton that he'll work there if the rest of the Wildcats can, too, as well as Gabriella. At first it's a struggle for them all, but Troy with his bright idea encourages the Wildcats that no matter what happens, they're spending the summer together, at this point they're in the kitchen and thats when they sing " Work This Out". Sharpay uses her power to her advantage, giving Troy easier jobs so he can spend more time with her. He gets close to Sharpay and her family, goes out golfing and to dinner with them, and makes various promises (such as PROMISING to sing with Sharpay) as Sharpay showers him with gifts and luxuries. Troy turns into a different person given his new job, his new promotion as a golf instructor, and his new college opportunities. He becomes arrogant and lazy, letting his colleagues serve him in the kitchen and being waited on by them, acting selfish and immature. His friends and Gabriella realize this change and are not thrilled. Then Gabriella talks to him and he realizes that he is changing and has been neglecting their replationship. He eventually loses the trust of all the Wildcats, including Gabriella. Gabriella, upset, angry, sad and disappointed, finally breaks up with him, gives him back the necklace he gave her and leaves Lava Springs despite him begging her to stay leaving them both brokenhearted, with Troy being both brokenhearted and speechless. (" Gotta Go My Own Way")

The rest of the Wildcats stay mad at him. But when Kelsi shows him the note of the other Wildcats being prohibited to be on the show, he finally realizes his mistake. He goes to the golf park and makes a promise to make things right. (" Bet on It") He then confronts Sharpay, and tells her he isn't going to sing in the show with her.

When the word had been spread, the Wildcats finally forgive him, after he apologizes in the kitchen. He refuses to sing with Sharpay in the talent show, though he does eventually agree to sing with her, remembering the promise he made and trying to stay true to himself and his values. He is later seen on stage singing " Everyday", where to his surprise, Gabriella finally appears singing with him (a plan Ryan and the Wildcats conspired to do for him and Gabriella, to bring them together). He later rekindles his relationship with Gabriella, and they have their first kiss tenderly in the sprinklers underneath the fireworks at Lava Springs. ("You Are the Music in Me (Reprise)"). By the time the final song of the movie is sung (" All for One"), Troy and Gabriella appear to have resolved their differences, and are seen having fun in the sun, dancing, and splashing around in the pool together.

High School Musical 3: Senior Year

Close up of Troy Bolton in the middle of the big championship game against the West High Knights basketball team. The buzzer sounds, and East High is down. The Wildcats sulk back to their locker room, but Coach Bolton tells the team to ignore the x's and o's. There are only sixteen minutes left in this game, and only 16 minutes left for the seniors to wear a Wildcats basketball uniform. Troy and Chad then lead the team out, to the song " Now or Never". They win, to thunderous applause and with Troy actually drawing the attention of the rival team away and then to which they win the game. Troy and Chad are next seen pushing Troy's smoking pickup truck in front of Troy's house, where a huge party is being held to celebrate the Wildcat win. Troy's dad introduces him to the coach of the basketball team at the University of Albuquerque, and everybody seems to accept that both Troy and Chad will be going there in September. but Troy dodges everyone to take Gabriella up to his tree house. In the tree house, Troy sings " Right Here, Right Now" with Gabriella, where both affirm that wherever their futures take them, their hearts are together.

The next day, in homeroom, Miss Darbus asks Sharpay to outline her plans for the "spring musicale", and Sharpay says that she thought maybe it should be a one-woman show. Kelsey immediately starts writing at great speed on a clipboard, and when Miss Darbus asks if sign-ups are that light, Kelsey replies that no, there's a good turnout, actually. Miss Darbus looks at the sheet, and says that it seems everyone has signed up including Troy who Kelsey signed up, Everyone is then upset and all saying they had different plans for their free period instead of rehearsing a musical. But Gabriella makes a plea for them to consider doing the musical, as their last chance to do something together. The main group still are interested, until Troy declares that he's in. Miss Darbus also shares her big news: four students in that group are being considered for one scholarship at the pre-eminent Julliard School of the Performing Arts in New York: Sharpay, Ryan, Kelsi... and Troy. Troy asks who the comedian is, obviously thinking this is a joke. Miss Darbus asks him whether something is wrong. Troy says he never heard of Julliard, but Miss Darbus tells him that Julliard has obviously heard of him. Although he says he has no interest in Julliard, he still starts flipping through the catalog that Miss Darbus hands to him. The next day, Gabriella gets a call from Troy. He's in the rooftop garden, and wants her to come up straightaway. When she gets there, he shows her a few different suit jackets, and asks her to pick which one he should wear for their prom. Gabriella says hasn't been asked to a prom before, but she thinks that was an invitation. Troy says he hasn't been to a dance before, and is afraid they might really have to waltz, since the theme of the prom is "The Last Waltz".

Gabriella shows him how she danced with her father when she was a little girl, and they begin singing " Can I Have This Dance?" even when it starts pouring with rain. Troy then takes Gabriella home after school, and while they sit in her backyard, she chides him that he should be able to tell his dad and Chad that he actually enjoys performing. He replies that while she and her mom both chose Stanford as the place she should be, he feels that University of Albuquerque was chosen for him, not by him. Mrs Montez interrupts the moment, but Troy is clearly unsure where he should go after high school. Troy and Chad are next seen presenting Taylor with a tray of something Zeke baked fresh from the oven. Taylor and Gabriella congratulate them on kissing up to the editors of the yearbook, and Troy teases that Chad is hoping to have two pages fully to himself, with a third page solely for his hair. Chad then casually refers to Taylor going with him to the prom, and she stops him by saying that she wants an invitation, which that wasn't. Troy then meets Chad in the cafeteria, and gives him a bouquet of wildflowers from the roof garden. Chad tries to ask Taylor to be his date, but she pretends to misunderstand because of all the noise. Troy hollers for quiet, and Chad stands on a table opposite Taylor, Gabriella, Kelsi and Martha, before pleading for Taylor to be his date to the dance. The four girls huddle as though talking the pros and cons over, before Taylor stands and accepts him with an enthusiastic hug.

Troy and Chad are next in a car parts junkyard, and the owner congratulates them both, telling them he's already bought season tickets for the next basketball set for the University of Albuquerque. Troy starts to explain to Chad that he might want to do different things in the future than what they originally always planned, and " The Boys Are Back" follows, with a big "Thriller" style dance number in the junkyard, even briefly showing the boys as 8-year old versions of themselves playing in the same yard. Troy meets Gabriella at her house, with a special picnic in her room, and tries to encourage her to accept the honor program at Stanford. She finally says that she's had a lot more practice at saying goodbye than Troy has, which confuses him, as he expects her to return for the prom and graduation ceremonies, Gabriella sends him off. At East High, things have gone rather badly downhill. Ryan takes Troy through the new choreography for " Just Wanna Be With You" with Sharpay in the role, and Troy whispers that Ryan is a better dancer than Sharpay. The set behind them crashes, and Kelsi tries to comfort Troy from the orchestra pit, saying that without Gabriella, it would've always been the Sharpay show from the beginning. In the next scene, Troy and Chad come into the Bolton kitchen, and Troy shows his mother the suit he collected from the rental place for the prom in two days. As if on cue, Gabriella phones, but Troy is soon heartbroken when she explains that she won't be coming back for either prom or graduation. Chad tells Troy that "you don't take the girl from high school with you," and says that Gabriella is one step ahead of them as usual.

He says that she'll be there at Stanford, while he and Troy will be in Albuquerque, and it'll be a "whole new ball game". But Troy says he isn't sure he wants his life to be a ball game anymore, leaving Chad perplexed. Chad then says Troy should be with his friends for the prom, and Troy responds that he doesn't plan to miss it. Troy tries to explain to his dad that he might want to do something different than University of Albuquerque and basketball, and ends up heading to East High. While a lightning storm rages outside, Troy faces the specter of past glories and present expectations, moving from the locker room and the gym to the drama stage, singing the song " Scream". When he finishes, he sees Miss Darbus sitting there. She admits that she sent his name to Julliard, and offers an apology if she overstepped herself. Troy says he isn't mad, but he doesn't know what to do. Miss Darbus says that it's better to look at opportunities now instead of ten years later. At Stanford, Gabriella comes out of a university building, only to see what looks like Troy's pickup truck in the parking lot ahead of her. Then she hears a familiar voice from a tree saying, "I figured you'd be the last one out of the building." It's Troy, wearing the suit he rented for their prom, and he jumps down in front of her. He explains that for him, the prom is wherever she is, and they begin dancing to a song that is a " Can I Have This Dance? (Reprise)", which also seems to show them at the East High prom, taking turns waltzing with their other friends as well. Back at East High later on Throughout the show, two representatives from Juliard continually are accessing the various performances, and both seem quite impressed when Troy finally comes in, singing to Gabriella. Troy announces that he'll be attending the University of California or Berkley in the fall to play basketball and do theater but most importantly, to closer to Gabriella. The scene changes to a graduation ceremony on a football field, where Troy is addressing the entire group, saying how one person can change everything, and how East High has encouraged them all to shake off the status quo. The students race and form a Wildcat design before singing " High School Musical". That scene turns back into a stage, with Chad, Sharpay, Troy, Gabriella, Ryan and Taylor coming forward to take bows to the audience at the musical.

Physical Appearance

Described as "the hottest boy at East High", Troy has cabot blue eyes, floppy medium lengthened brown chestnut-colored hair, high cheekbones, a strong jawline, perfect eyebrows, a straight nose and full lips. He has a very athletic body and the height to match. Weighing in around a 140-pounds of pure body muscle. He is a tall boy, standing at 5'8" tall. His skin is golden with a tan complexion which sums up his outgoing personality, and speaks about how much he enjoys being outside. Hitting the gym every other day, along with playing basketball constantly, he has nicely defined muscles.

Personality

Troy is very kind-hearted, loyal, and mature. He is also quite smart and aware, and according to Chad and the other Wildcats in High School Musical 2, he is the guy who "usually knows what's up". Troy has love and respect for everyone and has no problem stepping out of his social circle to fraternize with the other students. Troy clearly wins at boyish charm, a somewhat elusive quality best marked by impish smiles and genuine sweetness. He exudes this swoon-worthy trait, and sometimes it's almost too much for people to handle. As a charmer, Troy can sweet-talk literally anyone. He wins at the boyish charm thing because he just wears his feelings on his sleeve. He is both charming and legitimately cares about those he charms. Troy can't hide looks like this - they're perfectly genuine and perfectly adorable. He is pretty much everyone's best friend, and you could always count and depend on him. Troy is excessively trustworthy and beloved all throughout East High. He has a big heart, and although he tends to keep his emotions under control - and even under wraps - a majority of the time, he is capable of expressing his true feelings in a genuine, powerful light. Fun-loving, friendly, and a little naïve, Troy possesses high-spirits and optimism. Despite being a jock, Troy retains a genial demeanor towards others. Troy also has high hopes on helping to others in need, especially East High's social outcasts. Troy's vibrant personality makes it easy for him to interact and connect with others. He has a lot of charisma. Troy is probably one of the most charismatic characters in the show.

Troy is filled to the brim with love and affection, sweet to nearly everyone he comes across, and can typically see the beauty in most things. He is full of life, and bursting with positive energy. Though he is amongst the most kind-hearted jocks at East High, Troy is nice, easygoing, friendly, and magnanimous; so much so, that he primarily uses his abilities as a means to amuse both himself and those around him. He loves helping everyone in need: indefatigably standing up for social outcasts, and treating everyone as equals. Troy is always optimistic and sunny, especially in bad and difficult situations. He is fiercely loyal to everyone and quick to come to their defense at the first sign of a threat.

He is an optimist, though slightly naive. Troy, although he is the most popular guy in school, he can be shy at times. Troy is also perfectly willing to over-look obvious personality flaws. He is full to the brim with optimism, kindness, mischief, and fun. His peace-making and affable nature has allowed him to make many friends, ranging from fellow jocks to social outcasts all over East High. Troy also respects nature and is a good-hearted person, and he will do anything for anyone, even a stranger who has difficulties. He selflessly goes above and beyond ordinary expectations to help someone out or even just to cheer them up. He is filled to the brim with love and affection, sweet to nearly everyone he comes across, and can typically see the beauty in most things. Everyone he meets, he will always greet them with a warm smile and a friendly hello. It is awfully easy for Troy to make new friends everywhere he goes. Of course Troy doesn't let it all go to his head like most other jocks would. He cares what others think of him, and doesn't want to be remembered as just another "jock." Although with that being said, Troy isn't the type of person who gets shy easily. In fact, the only thing he could remember being shy about was when he first went to ask Gabriella out. Troy also enjoys a good challenge every now and then and isn't the type to back down from any challenge no matter what it is.

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Troy Bolton is the main character in the High School Musical trilogy. He is the basketball all-star at East High and the captain of the Wildcats. He is best friends with Chad Danforth. Chad and him are teammates and have been like brothers since they were in preschool.

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High School Musical is a awarding winning musical film franchised has the best selling album in the United States in 2006. It is seen as being a modern adaptation of Romeo and Juliet the plot follows two high school students who are from rival cliques. one of the main characters, named Troy, is captain of the basketball team and then there is Gabriella, who is a transfer student who is academically gifted especially in both maths and science. they begin to get close through auditioning for a school musical. This is met with some objection from both sets of their peers and the drama club. However, in the end they succeed in auditioning and star in the musical.

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High School Musical is an Emmy Award-winning American television film, and the first in the High School Musical film franchise. Upon its release on January 20, 2006, it became the most successful movie that Disney Channel Original Movie (DCOM) ever produced, with a television sequel High School Musical 2 released in 2007 and the feature film High School Musical 3: Senior Year released theatrically in October 2008. It is the first Disney Channel Original Movie to have a theatrical sequel. A fourth installment,High School Musical 4, was been announced to be in the writing stages and the script is complete.

High School Musical was Disney Channel's most watched movie at its time, with 7.7 million viewers in its premiere broadcast in the US. In the UK, it received 789,000 viewers for its premiere (and 1.2 million viewers overall during the first week), making it the 2nd most watched program for the Disney Channel (UK) of 2006. It was also the first ever Disney Channel Original Movie to be broadcast on the BBC on December 29, 2006.

The film's soundtrack was the best-selling album in the United States for 2006. With a plot described by the author and numerous critics as a modern adaptation of Romeo & Juliet, High School Musical is a story about two high school juniors from rival cliques - Troy Bolton ( Zac Efron), captain of the basketball team, and Gabriella Montez ( Vanessa Anne Hudgens), a beautiful and shy transfer student who excels in math and science. Together, they try out for the lead parts in their high school musical, and as a result, divide the school. Despite other students' attempts to thwart their dreams, Troy and Gabriella resist peer pressure and rivalry, inspiring others along the way not to "stick to the status quo".

High School Musical was filmed at East High School located in Salt Lake City, Utah, the auditorium of Murray High School, and Downtown Salt Lake City. Murray High School was also the set of: Take Down (1978), Read It and Weep (2006), Minutemen (2008) and High School Musical: Get in the Picture (2008).

East High School's basketball star Troy Bolton (Zac Efron) and math-whiz Gabriella Montez (Vanessa Anne Hudgens) meet at a New Year's Eve party at a ski lodge over Christmas break. Here, they take part in a karaoke contest and sing ("Start of Something New").

They discover they have a great chemistry between them and end up exchanging numbers. A week later, Gabriella's mother is transferred and Gabriella begins classes at East High in Albuquerque, New Mexico where Troy sees her in homeroom. After making sure that it is she on his cell phone, Troy accidentally gets detention, along with Gabriella, his best friend and teammate Chad Danforth ( Corbin Bleu), scholastic decathlon captain and head of the science club Taylor McKessie ( Monique Coleman), and Drama Club co-presidents Ryan ( Lucas Grabeel) and Sharpay Evans ( Ashley Tisdale).

After homeroom, Troy and Gabriella see each other again and as they start talking near the sign-up sheet for the winter musical auditions, Sharpay sees them and assumes that Gabriella is interested in signing up. With Ryan's help, Sharpay determines that Gabriella is an "Einsteinette", and puts an article of her previous academic achievements into Taylor's locker.

During detention, Taylor approaches Gabriella and invites her to join the school's scholastic decathlon team. Due to their detention, both Troy and Chad miss their basketball practice, much to the annoyance of Coach Bolton, Troy's father. During a confrontation between the coach ( Bart Johnson) and Ms. Darbus ( Alyson Reed), it is made clear that neither of them has any real respect for the work that the other does. Troy eventually takes part in basketball practice, but he cannot seem to stop thinking about Gabriella and how he might actually enjoy singing ("Get'cha Head in the Game").

Troy skips basketball practice during free period to go for the auditions, which Gabriella also attends. However, both are too shy to come forward, so they hide behind a janitorial rolling cart as Sharpay and Ryan perform their version of the audition song ("What I've Been Looking For").

When Gabriella finally decides to audition, Troy offers to sing with her, but Ms. Darbus says that it is too late.

After a confrontation with Sharpay, Kelsi Nielsen ( Olesya Rulin), the composer of the musical, trips and drops her notes and piano music. Troy and Gabriella rush to help her, and she offers to let them hear how the song was originally supposed to sound. Troy and Gabriella then sing the slower version of the song("What I've Been Looking For (Reprise)").

Ms. Darbus hears them from behind the auditorium entrance and gives both Troy and Gabriella a callback. The next day, Sharpay sees the callback sheet and is furious. Once Chad and all the basketball players find out that Troy skipped basketball practice to audition for the musical, they are all shocked.

At lunch, everyone learns that Troy is doing something way out of a basketball player's nature, and the students start confessing their secret passions and talents ("Stick to the Status Quo"),including basketball player Zeke Baylor's ( Chris Warren Jr.) love for baking. At that moment, Gabriella slips and accidentally spills her lunch all over Sharpay's shirt. Sharpay tells Ms. Darbus that Gabriella did it on purpose and tries to convince her that Troy and Gabriella are trying to destroy the musical, but Ms. Darbus will not hear a word of it. Troy asks Gabriella to meet him at his secret hideout, the balcony of a greenhouse. There, she reveals that singing with him at the party was like meeting a new friend at kindergarten; she felt that he was like a best friend, although she hardly knew him. Meanwhile, Zeke attempts to talk to Sharpay, who says that she would rather stick pins in her eyes than watch Zeke play basketball.

Chad and Taylor decide that they need to devise a plan so that everything returns to normal. The basketball team tricks Troy into saying that Gabriella is not too important while she watches them through a wi-fi link. Gabriella is hurt and confused about where she and Troy now stand ("When There Was Me and You").

Troy tries to talk to Gabriella, but she tells him that she is not interested in taking part in the musical anymore and that it was never important to her.

After feeling guilty about ruining Troy and Gabriella's relationship, and noticing that they are no longer interested in the basketball game or the decathlon, Chad and Taylor decide to tell them the truth. Chad, Zeke, and basketball player Jason Cross explain everything to Troy in the greenhouse and offer to support him at the callbacks. Taylor and the scholastic decathlon team tell Gabriella what they did, but she is still angry and hurt because of what Troy said, convinced that he meant it. That night, Troy goes to her house, but she pretends to be busy with homework. He then calls on her cell phone from her backyard, telling her that the guy she met on vacation is way more him than the guy that "said those stupid things". He climbs onto her balcony and sings the first verse of "Start of Something New" in an attempt to persuade her to attend the callbacks with him ("Start of Something New (Reprise)"). Gabriella then realizes that Troy does care about her a lot. She apologizes for leaving him and she agrees to do the callbacks with him after he reminds her that it's a pair's audition, and together with Kelsi, they start practicing for the callback at school.

Soon, Sharpay and Ryan overhear Gabriella and Troy practicing. Sharpay convinces Ms. Darbus to change the callbacks to the same time as the basketball championship and scholastic decathlon. Kelsi overhears their conversation with Ms. Darbus, and when she tells everyone about this, they are devastated. However, the chemistry team, the basketball team, and Kelsi work together to come up with a plan. On the day itself, Taylor and Gabriella send a code by computer into the system to disrupt the basketball game by shutting down the scoreboard, and boiling a noxious chemical to stall the decathlon.

As Troy and Gabriella then rush to the theater, Sharpay and Ryan finish performing their song ("Bop to the Top"),confident that they will get the part. Troy and Gabriella show up after Ms. Darbus has called their names twice, and she tells them again that they are too late. Many other students start streaming into the auditorium to support them and Ms. Darbus has no choice but to allow them to perform their song. Gabriella freezes when she sees everyone staring at her, but Troy tells her to look only at him, and she finds the courage to sing ("Breaking Free").

In the end, Ms. Darbus decides to award the lead roles to Troy and Gabriella, making Sharpay and Ryan understudies. At the basketball game, Sharpay accepts her defeat and tells Gabriella to "break a leg".

After winning both the scholastic decathlon and the basketball game with Troy's last minute shot, (to which Troy and Gabriella tried to actually kiss, but were interrupted by Chad), Chad gives Troy the winning ball and later asks Taylor out to the victory party. Troy then gives the winning ball to Kelsi, which Jason helps her shoot into the basket. The film ends with the entire school gathering in the gym to celebrate ("We're All In This Together").

Afterwards, Zeke is still in the gym, which has balloons all over the floor. Suddenly Sharpay runs in saying his cookies are "genius" and "the best things she ever tasted". She asks Zeke if he will make some more for her, then she runs up and hugs him, then he says he might even make her a crème brûlée.

Supporting

Apart from the original version, there are many different versions of High School Musical.

Sing-Along - January 21, 2006

A karaoke-style version allowed viewers to sing along to all the songs from the movie.

The cast showed the moves to the two songs " Get'cha Head in the Game" and " We're All In This Together" during commercial breaks.

Throughout the movie, trivia about High School Musical appeared in pop-ups.

This was the one-year anniversary of High School Musical. During commercial breaks, the cast was interviewed. Also, music videos from different countries was aired.

Soundtrack

Shortly after the movie, a soundtrack was available. The soundtrack features all the hit songs from the movie as well as two karaoke songs, " Start of Something New" and " Breaking Free." It also featured the song " I Can't Take My Eyes Off of You." A bonus track was included of B5 with their rendition of " Get'cha Head in the Game."

A 2-Disc special edition soundtrack followed shortly after the first soundtrack was released.

Disney produced two separate editions of High School Musical. The first was Encore Edition which came out in May 23, 2006. The second edition, Remix Edition, came out not long after on December 3, 2006.

Encore Edition

This DVD features the original and sing-along versions of the movie. It also comes with the following features:

Remix Edition

This DVD comes with all the bonus features from the Encore Edition as well as these features:

Dance Along (as seen on TV)

"Breaking Free Remix" Music Video

"We're All In This Together Remix" Music Video

Eres Tu Music Video

High School Musical Reunion: Exclusive Interviews With the Cast

Behind-The-Scenes Look at Hollywood Premiere Event

High School Musical: The Junior Novel was released soon after High School Musical came out. There was then a spin-off seriesStories from East High.

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Taylor McKessie:
Age: 16-17

She attends East High in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
She is the captain of her schools decathlon team and is president of the science club.

Style: In high School Musical her style is very casual, she matches her clothes to accessories perfectly and wears a lot of headbands.

Personality: She is portrayed as being very smart, independent and mature for her age and can be most described as a "Business type". At first she appears to be snobby however throughout it becomes clear that she is a very faithful friend however she is also a competitive soul when it comes to her love of science, math and politics.
She inspires to be like her heroes for example Oprah Winfrey and Madame Curie.

Relationships:
Gabriella- She acts like a big protective sisterly figure towards Gabriella.
Chad- At first they have a love/hate relationship but by the end of High School Musical 1 they become close friends both through Gabriella and Troys relationship as well as them plotting to separate the two before they realised how miserable they made their friends.
Troy- Although the two don't talk to each other on their own they have a good friendship through Gabriella's connection to them both.
Sharpay- It becomes obvious that they don't like in each through their first interaction and throughout the whole trilogy Taylor doesn't trust Sharpay and knows what schemes she is up to.
Kelsi- They have a good friendship throughout and in the book series Taylor helps Kelsi with her shyness.
Martha- They are also friends and help each other with their duties.

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"Girl, your future is calling loud and clear. You have to grab it while you can."

-Taylor to Gabriella

Taylor McKessie

Family:

Unnamed Older Sister
Unnamed Mother
Unnamed Father

Taylor McKessie is one of the six main characters of the High School Musical series. She is portrayed by Monique Coleman. Taylor is the best friend of Gabriella Montez, and she is the captain of the East High Scholastic Decathlon Team.

She and Chad Danforth, Troy Bolton's best friend, try and stop Troy and Gabriella from continuing to pursue the roles of Arnold and Minnie in the winter musical because of their time spent practicing instead of cooperating in their clique's activities. In the end though, she helps with the plan of getting Troy and Gabriella to the callbacks on time.

In High School Musical 2, she is dating Chad and is working at the Lava Springs Country Club.

In High School Musical 3, she chooses to take Political Science as her profession at Yale University.

Though she appears significantly less then the other main cast members, she is still very much considered a main character, though she does have a significant role in the first movie.

When we first meet Taylor she is the head of the science club and captain of the East High Scholastic Decathlon Team. She befriends Gabriella when Sharpay Evans stuffs Gabriella's science and math awards in her locker. Taylor, impressed and delighted to have a worthy potential member on her hands, tries to get Gabriella to join the team to beat their rivals in West High.

While doing so she shows Gabriella the ropes in East High, and the two become best friends. But once Taylor hears of Gabriella trying out for the school play, she and Chad devise a plan to break Troy and Gabriella up. When the plan is a success, she realizes how heartbroken she has left Gabriella and apologizes while confessing for what she did. Taylor then tries her hardest to help Gabriella get into the musical by sending a computer code to stop the basketball finals and purposely creating a stinky chemical reaction in order for Troy and Gabriella to get to the callback auditions on time. Sharpay's plans are foiled and all is well.

During their final summer as East High students, Troy helps Gabriella, Taylor, and the rest of the Wildcats get jobs at the Evans's country club, Lava Springs. Taylor is appointed as the Summer Activities Coordinator.

Throughout the film, she tries her best to keep Gabriella from getting hurt by Troy or Sharpay. She does this by consulting Gabriella about her older sister's "Boyfriend Rules" and keeping an eye on Sharpay and Troy. She also seems to be liked a lot by the guests, especially the children.

She and Gabriella invite Ryan to the staff baseball game, and encourage him to play. She then joins the Wildcats when they sign up for the Club talent show and she is dismayed when Mr. Fulton tells her to inform the others that no employees will be allowed to join the talent show.

When Troy and Gabriella break up, Taylor goes to Gabriella's house and gives her Troy's necklace back and tells her how much Troy needs her for the club talent show, she and Chad reveal Gabriella to Troy. She then joins the gang as they sing in the talent show's finale and afterwards the Wildcats go star gazing as the fireworks and sprinklers go off. She also sings with her five friends in the finale.

In their final high school year, Taylor is revealed to be Class President and the Editor of the Yearbook. She's excited to go to college and dreams of becoming President of the United States after she graduates from Yale. She supports Gabriella to making the right decisions in her last year. When Kelsi signs her and the rest of the Wildcats up for the Senior Musical, she and the rest refuse to do it because they have so many other things going on. When Troy and Gabriella encourage everyone to join, she reluctantly agrees. (It can be seen that other than being in the show herself, Taylor also seems to be appointed stage manager, as she wears a head set in the rehearsal scenes and can be seen directing other cast members.)

Meanwhile Chad, pathetically, asks her out to the prom. She says no, stating that with an invitation like that he'd be dancing with himself. But, with Troy's help, Chad tries to ask her again, in front of half the school. With a quick evaluation with her friends, she happily accepts his invitation.

When Gabriella tells her about her opportunity to go to Stanford early, she's very excited for her best friend, and plans to throw a going away party for her.

Soon after watching Troy and Chad reminisce about their past, we see Taylor in Gabriella's room, trying to convince her to go to Stanford, while accidentally insulting Gabriella by calling her relationship with Troy a crush.

During Prom, after Troy goes to Stanford to win Gabriella back and end up having their own Prom, Taylor is seen dancing with Chad and temporarily switches partners with Gabriella and dances with Troy for the first time (though it was a figment of Troy and Gabriella's imagination, since they were hundreds of miles away from East High).

During the musical, after Gabriella leaves Stanford and returns with the support and love of Troy, Taylor, happy to see her friend again and possibly apologizing for what she said, hugs Gabriella and sings along with the rest of the Wildcats.

At graduation she and the entire school sing their last song, rightfully called High School Musical.

Descending from the school, Taylor and her many new and old friends, as well as the rest of the 6 main Wildcats, are seen on a stage doing their signature jump and hold back tears as the curtains close on East High for the last time... Well, at least until next year.

Taylor's fashion styles have changed greatly over the past three films, probably the most out of the three leading ladies.

In High School Musical, Taylor's style was very casual, with her wearing flowing skirts, and suitable shirts and matching accessories, such as head bands and jackets.

In High School Musical 2, Taylor starts to relax more and wear more fun summer clothes, such as shorts, bright colors, cute accessories, summer dresses and a new haircut.

In High School Musical 3, Taylor has grown into a young business woman. Her clothes are much more conservative and smart, such as Brooks Brothers ties, with matching head bands and skirts. Also, she wears sweater vests over business blouses. Even her Prom dress has a business style to it.

Personality

Taylor is portrayed as highly intelligent, mature, and independent, with a sophisticated flare and an extensive vocabulary that make her out to be a "business-woman-type".

When first meeting Taylor, she can seem a bit snobby, but she is actually a loyal friend with a fiery temper. Taylor is driven and competitive, and she always speaks her mind. She is kind of cynical when it comes to boys and has a passion for anything having to do with science, politics, or math. It is stated that she is extremely efficient and is seen to be sentimental at times. She is also very determined and would do anything for her friends. She may also have a photographic memory, seeing as she remembers the school lunch specials. She loves the feeling of being in control.

Taylor's dream is to become like the women she's influenced by, such as Frida Kahlo, Oprah Winfrey, Sandra Day O'Connor, Madame Curie, Jane Goodall and Eleanor Roosevelt, to name a few. To do so, she keeps her gifted mind intact while showing ambition and confidence, making her well respected in her school.

Never the less, Taylor's come a long way from her early days of staying in the classroom with her own "species". Over the course of the movies, Taylor transforms from a standard brainiac to a wonderful friend with a fierce way of tackling situations and a love of staying true to herself.

Relationships

Due to her on-task/conservative nature, Taylor's interactions seem to only limit to Gabriella, Chad, Kelsi, and Martha. However, in the book series she interacts with Ryan, Sharpay, Troy, and Zeke.

She seems to be a bit of a protective big sister figure to Gabriella, and she will do anything to keep her happy. On the other hand the two don't always see eye to eye, but they never fight with each other and they have the strongest friendship in the franchise.

Chad and Taylor have a rocky love/hate relationship at first, but as the franchise grew, so did their relationship. In HSM2, Chad openly flirts with her and the two seem to be happy with one another. Taylor even looks frazzled when Chad invites her to lunch. In HSM3, the two hit another rocky road when Chad obnoxiously asks her to Prom. Appalled by this, she refuses. But when Chad steps up his game and asks her out in a more romantic way (with flowers in hand and in front of the entire school), she happily says yes. It is not known what happens to their romance now that they are in college. Chad implied during a scene in HSM3 that they might have broken up and gone their separate ways. But in graduation the two seem to be happy with one another, implying that they might have stayed together.

Though they have no dialogue together, the two seem to have a good friendship. They can be seen smiling at each other in the star-gazing scene in the end of HSM2. Also, they even dance together in the Prom scene of HSM3. They both interact with each other a little more in the book series.

It doesn't take much to figure out that Taylor doesn't like Sharpay. In HSM, when Taylor tries to make Gabriella join the Scholastic Decathlon team, Sharpay references to Taylor while she turns away, grimacing. Taylor doesn't trust her one bit and she always sees through her schemes. In the end of HSM2, they both seem to have moved on from their kiddy-feud and become somewhat friends. It is not known if they kept this friendship, seeing as they don't interact in HSM3.

The two have grown to have a real friendship by the beginning of HSM2. In the book series Taylor is shown to help Kelsi with her shyness.

Much like Kelsi, Martha and Taylor have also become good friends. Martha even helps Taylor with her Class Presidential duties such as being the head of the Prom Committee.

Not much is known about Taylor's family. She stated in HSM2 that she has an older sister, who she seems to look up to, considering that she really believes in her "Boyfriend Rules". Also, in the Official HSM3: Senior Yearbook, her parents write how proud they are of her getting accepted to Yale with honors and making a big change from science to stage.

Appearances

Taylor is in High School Musical, High School Musical 2, High School Musical 3: Senior Year

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Taylor McKessie is one of the six main characters of the High School Musical series. She is portrayed by Monique Coleman. Taylor is the best friend of Gabriella Montez, and she is the captain of the East High Scholastic Decathlon Team.

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Ryan Evans:
Age: 16-17

He is vice-president of the drama club at East High and alongside his sister, Sharpay, and stars in every musical.

Style:
He wears bright colours to show that he is different from other students, his outfits are also choreographed to not take the spotlight away from his sister as well.

Personality:
He comes across as confident and cocky at some points however as the story progresses he is shown to be more compassionate and kind. He has a real love for choreographing which is shown after he comes out of his sister's limelight.

Relationships:
Sharpay- Sharpay is his fraternal twin sister, they have starred in seventeen school theatre productions together however Sharpay quite mean to her brother, expecting him to do everything she wants and that includes embarrassing Gabriella by researching her and then posting the research all throughout school but another thing is that when he is with her he is overshadowed by her and then only when she betrays him in the second High School Musical does he show his true talent which is choreographing.
Troy- He is friendly to Troy however you get the impression that he is held back by Sharpay in the first edition of the musical and because of that he doesn't get to form a friendship with Troy as quickly as he does with others.
Gabriella- He is influenced by Sharpay and at the beginning dislikes Gabriella however he realizes that she is a nice person and they become friends much to Sharpay's dislike.
Chad-At the beginning they are shown to have a knowledge of each other however they never cross paths until later in the sequel to High School Musical they bond over their enjoyment of baseball.
Taylor-like Chad, they also don't interact in the first High School Musical but they do in the sequel, this is when Gabriella and Taylor convince Ryan that it would be fun for him to join them in watching baseball however he ends up participating in it.
Kelsi- They start off with having a rocky relationship because of Ryans sister, Sharpay, thinking that she is better than Kelsi however in the movie version they end up becoming friends and then going to prom together however in the stage version they aren't showed to have that relationship.
Ms Darbus- Being one os the best in her class, Ryan is a favorite of Ms Darbus, however, is often overshadowed by Sharpay so he doesn't get the recommendation he deserves.

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Ryan Evans

Address:

Palm Springs in Albuquerque, New Mexico

Strengths:

Charming people, jazz squares

Weaknesses:

Being overpowered by Sharpay

Awards:

Going to Julliard in High School Musical 3,

Star Dazzle Award in High School Musical 2

Ryan Evans is one of the main characters of High School Musical. He's co-president of the Drama Club with his fraternal twin sister Sharpay, with whom he's co-starred in seventeen school productions to date.

Ryan and his sister, Sharpay, are the children of Vance and Derby Evans, and were the stars of seventeen school productions. Ryan played Little League baseball in Rhode Island before he moved to Albuquerque.

His 1st appearance was in the original High School Musical on January 20, 2006, and his 2nd appearance was on August 17, 2007 in High School Musical 2. His 3rd and final appearance was on October 24, 2008 in High School Musical 3: Senior Year.

He was chosen by Julliard School to take their scholarship because of his choreography in the Senior Year Spring Musical. He also appears along side Sharpay in her stand-alone movie, Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure.[1]

In High School Musical, Ryan functions almost exclusively as Sharpay's sidekick, as Sharpay attempts to keep Troy Bolton and Gabriella Montez from winning the roles of Arnold and Minnie in the school's winter musical, Twinkle Towne. In spite of some moments where Ryan appears annoyed by Sharpay's domineering attitude, he accepts her leadership unquestioningly throughout the movie, most often acting as a source of comic relief.

In the second movie, however, Ryan's discontent is more pronounced as he struggles to be considered his sister's equal. Toward the beginning of the movie, he assists Sharpay in her plan to win Troy Bolton, but when Sharpay replaces him with Troy in their talent show performance, he gains enough confidence to stand up to her, befriending the Wildcats through a baseball game; whereupon, he impresses them with his slugging prowess by hitting four homeruns. He agrees to choreograph their show, instead. Sharpay is shocked by her brother's actions, demanding that he tell her when he became "one of them," which Ryan merely takes as a compliment. On the night of the talent show, Sharpay tells Ryan that they will be singing Humuhumunukanuka'apua'a, but due to the fact that Ryan made friends with the Wildcats and helped them out in the talent show, he rejects the offer, and his sister gets more frustrated. In the end, after many twists and turns, Ryan orchestrates a plan to have Troy sing with Gabriella (instead of Sharpay) in the Wildcats' show, performing . Sharpay, apparently moved by the performance, announces Ryan as the winner of the talent show and presents him with the Star Dazzle award. The two reconcile, joining the Wildcats in singing the movie's final number, . In this movie, you could see Ryan as his own person, and we learn that without Sharpay he is actually as nice as any Wildcat and can work well with all of them.

In the third and final movie, Ryan was seen in the basketball championship and he's performing as a mascot. Afterwards, he appears at Troy's party after the game. The next day, he's assigned to choreograph the senior year spring musical, at which he is pleased.

Eating lunch that day with his sister, she suddenly breaks out into song, trying to persuade him to "want it all," as she does. He is reluctant to the idea at first, but then warms up to it. The siblings are both after the Julliard scholarship, which Sharpay, Ryan, Kelsi and Troy are possible candidates for but can only be acquired by 1 of them, and Sharpay says that Ryan must spend time with Kelsi ("Polish her glasses, buy her ruby slippers, take her to prom! I don't know! Just do it.") so she'll write the best song for them. Ryan is uneasy about his sister's request, possibly indicating that he really does like Kelsi, but obeys.

Putting Sharpay's plan into action, he offers to be Kelsi's date in the prom scene in the musical. The next day, Ryan arrives to school early, and sees Kelsi practicing her new song for the musical. He joins her in singing it, showing talent for playing the piano as well. They sing the 1st 1/3 of the song, Ryan asking Kelsi to the real prom in the middle of their part, and then Troy and Gabriella finish the duet, Ryan helping them with their choreography. Sharpay then tells Ryan that Gabriella is up to go to college early, and that she'll steal Gabriella's part to get closer to Troy, as Gabriella won't be able to make it to the musical. Ryan, exasperated, tells Sharpay that she isn't Gabriella, sticking up for his friends. Nevertheless, Gabriella goes to the college early, and Sharpay steals Gabriella's role in Kelsi's song Just Want To Be With You.

Ryan still continues to work at choreographing the show, although a bit halfheartedly now. This shows that he really liked the Wildcats. Soon after, the big musical begins. Ryan and Kelsi start off the show by singing the ballad Last Chance, and then Chad and the East High Basketball Team sing Now Or Never (Reprise). Ryan then comes out and sings his 1st solo of the 3 films, I Want It All (Reprise). In the final number it's revealed that both Ryan and Kelsi have won Juilliard scholarships. Ryan is very surprised, but accepts it. His sister applauds him even though she didn't win it, and the two get back on to respectful terms with each other. At graduation, Ryan joins into the sing and dance during the final musical number High School Musical, reflecting his experiences at East High and singing with his sister and dancing with Kelsi. At the end of the song, Troy, Gabriella, Chad, Taylor, Ryan and Sharpay walk onto a stage where they take one final bow.

Ryan appears briefly in the movie credits of the spin-off film about his sister. He visits NYC to congratulate her on her Broadway success. Sharpay mentions that Ryan is on tour around the country in a musical, perhaps meaning that she is not the only one from East High to get her big break. The film ends with Ryan getting stuck in Sharpay's "closet with a tongue".

Personality

Unlike his sister Sharpay, who likes to be selfish and cruel to the High School Musical gang, Ryan seems to be more nice and caring to them. He only acts mean when his sister wants him to. This also proves why he has more friends than his sister and even considers her a frenemy. In the first film, it was hinted that Ryan was ditzy and unintelligent, but as the series progresses he seems to be a lot smarter and has common sense. He knows how to choreograph and is really good at baseball.

Intelligence

Although seen as perhaps lacking in intelligence in the first movie, as he is unable to read, "Go Drama Club!" on the basketball team's shirts even though he is in the drama club, Ryan's intelligence becomes more pronounced as the series progresses. He is able to choreograph two shows by his own means, and in a deleted clip from the third film even hints at Tiara's deceit by saying her name "sounds like a stage name". His role as Sharpay's sidekick is obviously meant to undermine his true intelligence. In the second and third films, we find that it is not Ryan, but Jason that is the true ditz.

Songs uncredited in the movies/soundtracks

Lucas Grabeel, the actor, and director Kenny Ortega wanted to make Ryan gay, but after a meeting with Disney their idea was denied as Disney did not think a homosexual character was appropriate for a G-rated movie.

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Week 1- Why I wanted to audition for that character-

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