Students in fifteen elementary schools in the Diocese of Pittsburgh have oppor-tunities to attend the Challenge Program on the La Roche College campus. With the recommendation of their teachers and principals, gifted children in grades five through eight may attend classes on twenty Wednesdays during the school year. Class choices for fifth graders include Physics, Japanese and Microscopes. In sixth grade children may study Elements of Design, Greek and Roman Mythology, Principles of Design, or Native American History. Seventh and eighth graders choose from Drama, Interior Design, Environmental Science, Russian and the Art of Chess, Computer Graphics, Mechanical Drawing, God & Media. Choral Singing is open to all students. Since most classes are one semester long, the children generally take two classes in the school year.

Participating schools are:

All Saints, Etna
St. Alexis, McCandless Twp.
St. Alphonsus, Wexford
Assumption, Bellevue
St. Athansius, West View
St. Bonaventure, Glenshaw
Cardinal Wright Regional, North Side
Holy Rosary, Homewood
Holy Spirit, Millvale
St. Mary Assumption, Glenshaw
Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament, Natrona Heights
Providence Heights Alpha, Allison Park
St. Sebastian, Ross Twp.
St. Teresa of Avila, Perrysville
Transfiguration, Russellton

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