Dreams Shouldn't Die For Lack Of Funding

Dreams Shouldn’t Die For Lack Of Funding

Friends of CAPA

That is the slogan of the non-profit group “Friends of CAPA”, created by parents of CAPA (Pittsburgh’s school for the Creative and Performing Arts) students to help fund school projects and purchase needed equipment.

With a focus on the arts, CAPA has also established a reputation for producing some of the most well rounded graduates of any high school in the area. In fact, in 2008 CAPA ranked at the top of all Pittsburgh Public High Schools for yearly progress under the federal No Child Left Behind Act.

Supporters of music and other creative arts programs in schools who often argue that cutting the budgets for such programs is detrimental to the overall academic advancement of children can point to the successes of CAPA students in traditional subjects like Math and Reading as evidence supporting their position.

Given how well their children appear to be doing, it is easy to understand why the parents behind Friends of CAPA would work together to ensure the school and students have ample supplies and opportunities to continue going forward.

Friends of CAPA is holding a fund raising “celebration” on March 2nd, at the Hard Rock Cafe in Station Square from 6-9pm which will include special guest Chris Garver of TLC’s Miami Ink. WTAE’s Sally Wiggin will MC the evening. There will be a live performance and an auction of works produced by CAPA students, so if you’re looking for something fun to do on a Monday evening that will also support a good cause head down Station Square and check it out.