Rogers Middle School for the Creative and Performing Arts

Rogers Middle School for the Creative and Performing Arts
Location
5525 Columbo Street
Pittsburgh PA 15206

United States
Coordinates40°28′08″N 79°55′50″W / 40.469019°N 79.930577°W / 40.469019; -79.930577
Information
TypePublic
MottoBelieve, Work to Achieve, and Succeed
EstablishedSeptember 1979
School districtPittsburgh Public Schools
PrincipalDr. Ronald Jones
Staff13
Faculty40
Grades68
Enrollment315 as of 1 Oct 2007
Campus typeUrban
Color(s)Blue and Yellow/Gold
Athletics conferencePIAA District 8
MascotWolverine
RepresentativeThomas Sumpter
WebsiteRogers CAPA Middle School
Designated2002

Rogers Middle School for the Creative and Performing Arts (Rogers CAPA) was an arts magnet school located in Garfield, near East Liberty, and Highland Park neighborhoods of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Rogers CAPA offers students nine Arts majors: Creative Writing, Dance, Drama, Instrumental, Multimedia, Piano, Stagecraft, Visual Arts, and Vocal.

Admission is by portfolio or audition. Academic courses include Communications, Computers, Health, Library, Mathematics, Physical Education, Science, Social Studies, and Spanish.

Rogers CAPA is one of ten middle schools in the Pittsburgh Public Schools. In 2005 it was ranked 111th of 500 middle schools in the state of Pennsylvania.

In June 2009, this building was closed and the program was merged into the Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts School.