Remodeling and Expanding over the Summer at SASIC

As many of you know, summer is a great time for upgrades.  For the most part students are no longer in class, gone for the summer- except for those diligent students enrolled in Summer School, and the hallways of the San Antonio School for Inquiry and Creativity are quiet…well on most days.  Case in point is the weeks of June 20 through about July 8, making way for August 22.  This timeline is dedicated to expansions, remodeling, redistribution and upgrades.  You better believe new and exciting things are underfoot at San Antonio School for Inquiry and Creativity. 

For starters, there will be a remodeling of the Art Department, along with the addition of Mrs. Martinez, a new faculty member- an exceptional addition to the Art Department.  Be sure to stop by and say “HI” to her on your first day of school, August 22, 2011.  For those of you familiar with the layout in the upstairs art room, students will no longer have a secluded back gallery space; it’s now part of the main area, a wonderful open layout arrangement that expands the communal design. 

Ascending stairs in the high school building, you will be greeted by a generous expansion of the Urban Film School.  Mr. Sam Espurvoa and Mr. Gabriel Delgado’s offices have been reclaimed in an unabated systematic takeover.  Both are now working in exile for the time being, with hopes of a place to call home. This area will become a magnificent new large room, paying tribute to the space that was once these small offices, blossoming into a room of 21^st century grandeur.  Housed in this new space will be the 12 Apple desktops, the I-Mac I 3’s, the ones who once called the film and production room home.  Now they will be the prized acquisition of the new wing to the film school. Look for Mr. Falcon (former Elementary School Teacher, now Urban Film School Faculty) and Mrs. Martinez to hold classes in here, teaching Animation, I-Movie, Coloration, Digital Photography and Illustrator.  Knowing we are doing our best to provide the students with the newest technology and creative outlets.

What will be in the large Film Production room on the corner lot where these gems of technology once thrived?...well let me tell you…New and exciting cutting-edge computer technology that’s what! - 18 new 1 terabyte I-Mac I 7 series desktops computers with upgraded processors and vibrant displays, not to mention the most recent and industry standard upgraded Final Cut Studio X and Photoshop CS5.

What other changes can we look forward to in the immediate future?...Stay tuned to this blog for new additions and subtractions in the Marketing and Science rooms on the second floor of the High School building next week…