 Students enter their area of interest in their sophomore year and work to prepare to meet the State and District requirement of three courses in a concentrated area.On May 8, 2013 the school opened a state-of-the-art, $1.2 million recording studio, complete with commercial equipment including a 32-channel mixing console, effect processors, and two editing suites.In partnership with Warner Music Group, Pearl-Cohn is the first school in the nation to house a student-run recording label affiliated with a major record label.