<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=4ZbSfQ_0vibO4Z200" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4ZbSfQ_0vibO4Z200" width="2100" height="300" ></figure>A 9-foot golden flying pig, mascot of Toledo School for the Arts, will soar from Adams Street to the roof of the TSA building at 9:15 a.m. on Tuesday, October 1. The public is invited to cheer on the flying pig as it takes its initial – and final – flight to the top of the building.The sculpture will grace the roof, its forever home, overseeing the building’s Community Portal entrance at 1401 Adams Street. It is expected that the flying pig will be visible along Adams Street from the heart of downtown at Summit Street.Having been told during the school’s early days 25 years ago that “An arts school will be successful in Toledo when pigs fly,” TSA’s cheeky response was to adopt the flying pig as the school mascot. TSA has since been recognized statewide and nationally for excellence in academics, the arts and educational innovation.“This has been a 12-year dream of mine,” explained Dave Gierke, TSA Development Director. “Jacob Parr, TSA Class of 2009, who is now a senior brand designer at Ford Motor Company, designed the flying pig for us. The sculpture itself was built by Graphite Design and Build, with steel fabrication by QSI Fabrication in Waterville. Porter Architects was responsible for engineering and for preparations for the sculpture’s ultimate placement on top of the building, overlooking the Adams Street creative corridor.”Opened in 1999, Toledo School for the Arts, a public “community” (charter) school, has been a positive presence in downtown Toledo since its opening in the Secor Building. In 2004, TSA purchased two floors of its current building and has since become the owner of 100 percent of the property. The TSA student population has grown from 127 students in grades 7-9 when the school opened to some 760 students in grades 6-12 in the 2024-2025 academic year. Our socio-economically diverse student body hails from approximately 65 different public school districts and private, parochial and community schools, as well as homeschool settings, throughout northwest Ohio.</div></body>

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Flying Pig to Soar at Toledo School for the Arts

A 9-foot golden flying pig, mascot of Toledo School for the Arts, will soar from Adams Street to the roof of the TSA building at 9:15 a.m. on Tuesday, October 1. The public is invited to cheer on the flying pig as it takes its initial – and final – flight to the top of the building.