Cardinal Ritter is a Catholic-based high school devoted to rooting the beliefs of Catholic faith in their teachings. Its structure definitely resembles its goals of teaching, as there is a chapel directly connected to the side of the school. With a mostly glass and brick exterior, the school is warm and welcoming, allowing sunlight to penetrate and promote a solid learning environment. To me, though, this is really the only thing “special” about the façade, as aside from the chapel, it looks like a pretty typical school. Going through the plans, I found something kind of interesting; there not not that many classrooms and when they are, multiple of them are specialized for the subject they teach. For example, on the second floor, there are six classrooms; one for 2-D design, one for 3-D design, one for math, two for English, and two “general” classrooms. I thought this was an extremely interesting concept, as it seems that this curriculum puts a heavy emphasis on the creative arts. Additionally on each floor, there is one large main hallway, allowing students to move throughout the building and to communicate freely with one another. Outside the art rooms is a gallery, a room that I have never seen within a school. They appear to be putting extreme emphasis on the idea of the arts and creativity here.
The red blocks show the classrooms with a specific theme, particularly art, English and math. The Blue blocks represent the “general” classrooms, where there is no specified subject, but rather a general learning room. The green represents movement corridors, including hallway and staircases, where students travel and interact with each other. The yellow is the chapel, showing a dominant place of education/ a crucial part of their curriculum.
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