{"id":1166,"date":"2025-04-01T18:01:31","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T18:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wengercorp.com\/projectprofiles\/?p=1166"},"modified":"2025-05-27T21:14:43","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T21:14:43","slug":"john-jay-high-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wengercorp.com\/projectprofiles\/john-jay-high-school\/","title":{"rendered":"John Jay High School"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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San Antonio, TX<\/p>

Architect
<\/strong>Alamo Architects\u00a0<\/p>

Acoustics\/Theatrical\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/strong>WJHW (Wrightson, Johnson, Haddon, Williams, Inc)<\/p>

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John Jay High School has recently expanded its Fine Arts facilities, adding an impressive 65,000 square feet dedicated to music, theater, and visual arts. This state-of-the-art addition enhances both the educational experience and creative opportunities for students.<\/p>

One feature of the new facility is the black box theater, which provides aspiring actors and theater technicians with a hands-on learning environment that mirrors a professional theater setting. Additionally, three visual arts classrooms have been strategically designed to maximize natural light, fostering a bright and inspiring workspace for student artists.<\/p>

The expansion also significantly enhances the school’s band, orchestra and choir programs. The new music suite includes a large SoundLok ensemble practice room equipped with VAE active acoustic technology,<\/a> and six individual SoundLok practice rooms<\/a>, along with conveniently located music faculty offices.<\/p>

Students also benefit from high-quality equipment such as Wenger Student chairs,<\/a> StageTek seated risers<\/a>, and Classic 50 music stands<\/a>, ensuring an optimal learning and performance experience.<\/p>

For organization and efficiency, classrooms are equipped with Wenger String Instrument Racks<\/a> and UltraStor Cabinets<\/a>, Uniform storage is held in GearBoss high-density storage carts<\/a>, the bandroom features a separate percussion storage room outfitted with GearBoss Shelving<\/a>, and the department’s sheet music has a home in a Wenger Music Library System.<\/a><\/p>

At the heart of the Fine Arts facility is the auditorium, meticulously designed to deliver a full theatrical experience. Its striking royal blue accents pay homage to the traditional theater curtain, setting the stage for professional-grade performances.<\/p>

Architect Jerry Lammers highlights the significance of the new addition, stating, “The design-forward fa\u00e7ade of the new John Jay Fine Arts center sends a positive visual message to the community \u2013 \u2018something truly exciting is happening at your neighborhood public school.'”<\/p>

With these enhancements, John Jay High School reaffirms its commitment to fostering creativity, artistic excellence, and educational enrichment for its students and the surrounding community.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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John Jay High School recently gained 65,000 square feet of new Fine Arts facility space. This includes space for music, theatre, and visual arts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1174,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[16],"class_list":["post-1166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-secondary","tag-music-education"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wengercorp.com\/projectprofiles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wengercorp.com\/projectprofiles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wengercorp.com\/projectprofiles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wengercorp.com\/projectprofiles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wengercorp.com\/projectprofiles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1166"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/www.wengercorp.com\/projectprofiles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1202,"href":"https:\/\/www.wengercorp.com\/projectprofiles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1166\/revisions\/1202"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wengercorp.com\/projectprofiles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wengercorp.com\/projectprofiles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wengercorp.com\/projectprofiles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wengercorp.com\/projectprofiles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}