Photo Essays: Specialized Classrooms: Specific Subjects
Figure 1.--Almost all the prep schools we visited had specialized science labs. Facilities, however varied quite a bit from school to school.
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Perhaps the most obvious are the science labortories and the art room. Here there was substantial variation in how well equipped these rooms were. These are subjects in which specialized equipment and materials are needed. There was also often a music room. Here an important factor in isolating the music class from the academic classes because of the noice factor. And of course the musical instruments are needed if it is not singing. Music is an area that the modern prep schools give much more attention than was formally the case. After these basic rooms which obviously require special rooms, there is more variation from school to school. Often there is a special foreign lnguage room, usually for French. Some schools had language labs, but this was not very common. In recent years computer rooms have been set up. Some schools may have specil rooms for history and geography. Some schools have set up museums often dealing with historical artifacts.
