St. Michael School to expand art space

Students making music and art will soon have a space to call their own at Saint Michael School.

School administration said the schools basement will be remodeled into a dedicated art and tutoring space called the Fine Art Center as early as next fall.

Upon completion, the space will offer two classrooms for art and music lesions and three smaller conference rooms for tutoring sessions and after-school club meetings. Up to 50 students in total will be downstairs at any one time.

Before the creation of the floor, school Principal Susan Gosselin said art and music classes would take place where the school could find space for them, whether area empty classrooms or cafeterias.

The kids (currently) just use whatever space we have, she said. Turns out were able to build downstairs. Now there will be permanence.

Before repurposing the space, the schools basement was used for storing excess furniture, broken technology and miscellaneous donations.

Elliott Jacobowitz, a music teacher, said hed look forward to setting up a set classroom space and able to keep notes on guitar chords on the board for extended periods.

Not being in a classroom makes it difficult to learn, he said. (The students) really feel a difference.

The new classrooms will feature computer smartboards, expansive corkboards for hanging up art and computers for the teachers.

The project is expected to cost about $500,000 for a full remodeling. The schools parents, alumni and private donors have raised $420,000 since starting a fundraiser last fall.

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St. Michael School to expand art space