SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — San Diego Jewish Academy (SDJA) celebrated the campus’ new state-of-the-art Ana “Janche” Galicot Performing Arts Auditorium (PAA), funded by Ms. Galicot’s two sons in her honor. The 5,000 square foot facility features 3 multi-purpose rooms, a theater space and auditorium, as well as state-of-the-art audio, visual, lighting and acoustical design.
“The opening of our new performing arts auditorium is such an exciting moment for our school and community,” says Head of School Zvi Wess. “The PAA can serve so many different functions, events, and purposes. It really enables us to bring more experiences to life and to think even more creatively about how we imbue in our students a deep love of learning, social responsibility, and active Jewish living.”
San Diego Jewish Academy proudly offers a diverse array of both extracurricular programs and inclusive curriculum classes in sports, arts, music and science, which are each integral to SDJA’s goal of developing well-rounded students through various kinds of learning and extracurricular experiences.
“The new performing arts auditorium provides a huge missing piece for our world class school – a dedicated theater – which will give our students further confidence, pride, and skills,”adds Weiss. “They’ll be able to fully develop all aspects of a production with sets, staging and planning in a space focused solely on performing arts.”
SDJA’s middle and upper school offers drama classes, including a rotation in theater production.
“Having this new theater will allow truly in-depth, hands-on learning for those students, bringing them together in a phenomenal space to work collaboratively,” concluded PK Brannon, SDJA Theatre Artistic Director. “We are so thankful for SDJA, the Galicot family, and our community for this phenomenal new facility.”
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