Doubling Down on
Arts...
the
...for 25 years
It shouldn’t surprise any teacher that
band classes at Roman Catholic High
School were once taught in the not-so-
modern attic of its primary building
— constructed in 1890. Or that lessons
in the visual arts were relegated to a
converted garage nearby.
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But what might signal a flagging
arts program at other schools was
only a temporary holdover at Roman
Catholic. Here, a partnership with the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
(PAFA) and a new 40,000 sq. ft. arts
facility are giving students new room to
hone their skills and apply them in ways
that foster community involvement and
professional success.