Thursday, October 18, 2007

Guitar elective: One of Balboa High's assets

My 8th-grader and I attended Balboa High School's open house this evening. It's on our list, and I hope most parents know about the school's many assets.

I wanted to share a new one. I'm a San Francisco School of the Arts band parent, so other parents often ask me questions about SOTA, and one I get repeatedly is whether SOTA has a guitar program. Currently, the answer is no*. SOTA has had a classical guitar program in the past.

But Bal does have a guitar program now — a real, for-credit guitar elective in the curriculum. Loaner guitars are even available. Bal will hold open houses on Nov. 8 and Dec. 4, 6-8 p.m., dinner provided (according to the info I have).

*Those who've seen a guitarist performing with many SOTA bands might wonder about that, but he's officially a student in Vocal.

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At Wed Oct 31, 08:02:00 PM, Blogger Ben Chun said...

Galileo has a guitar program also. Full disclosure: I teach there.

 

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