LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — The Southern Nevada Homeschool Performing Arts Program has found a new location at Grace Presbyterian Church Las Vegas after outgrowing its previous facility.
Students will begin taking classes at the church once a week in January.
Program outgrew rental space
Director Bonnie Buhler-Tanouye said the program has grown from 70 students to nearly 300 in 11 years.
“We outgrew the facility we were renting,” she said.
At its downtown location, students practiced in the church’s vestibule. Other students were in tight classrooms while families waited outside for classes to begin.
Parking was also a problem, Buhler-Tanouye said. “The parking doesn’t accommodate even a third of our families, so they were utilizing street parking,” she said. “It’s just been too hard to continue to use that facility with our numbers growing.”
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New location
Buhler-Tanouye said the program had been looking for “a larger, newer, more modern facility for about two years.”
The program found its new home at Grace Presbyterian Church Las Vegas. Pastor Craig Sanders said, “It was really a God thing that we were here.”
The church’s congregation recently relocated to the Southwest Valley in March.
“We kind of thought about, prayed about it,” Sanders said. “We came to the conclusion that this is going to be a good experience for both of us.”
About the program
Southern Nevada Homeschool Performing Arts has sent graduates to some of the top music schools. Some graduates now teach music. The program has become a go-to hub for homeschool families across the valley.
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