STEM & STEAM
Known as the “Thunderbird Think Tank,” the 9,000 square-foot building was designed to host the district’s tech-centered programs like robotics, computer modeling and mobile app design.
- By Yvonne Marquez
- 09/10/19
New School Construction
The new Billerica Memorial High School, in the historic town of Billerica (just north of Boston), emphasizes a flexible learning environment and serves as a community resource.
- By Yvonne Marquez
- 09/10/19
School Furniture
VS America, a school and office furniture company, launched a new suite of highly-flexible chairs designed by influential architect Jean Nouvel. The JUMPER chair family emphasizes ergonomic design for active sitting in educational and corporate spaces.
- By Yvonne Marquez
- 09/09/19
STEM & STEAM
Groton Junior-Senior High School’s former dingy basement has transformed into a brightly lit $4.8 million STEAM lab and shared-learning space. The 8,000-square foot renovated space officially opens Sept. 4 for district-wide use following a soft-opening in December 2018.
- By Yvonne Marquez
- 09/03/19
New School Construction
The new high school will feature state-of-the-art science labs, a metal shop with 10 welding stations and an industrial tech shop with small engine and small projects space.
- By Yvonne Marquez
- 09/03/19
Safety & Security
Madison Metropolitan School District installed electronic locks and internet-based phones with increased functionality as part of an upgraded district-wide security plan.
- By Yvonne Marquez
- 09/03/19
New School Construction
The $85 million neighborhood school is brightly lit, with lots of windows and features colorful murals and inspirational words on the walls that integrates STEM symbols with traditional West African art patterns.
- By Yvonne Marquez
- 09/03/19
Safe & Secure Schools
The Wilkes-Barre Area School District approved an upgrade to safety measures for a new high school still under construction.
- By Yvonne Marquez
- 08/30/19
New School Construction
Sartell High School's new building design places a focus on helping students prepare for a variety of options after they graduate including joining the workforce, following a two-year post-secondary path and attending a four-year college.
- By Yvonne Marquez
- 08/29/19
New School Construction
As classes begin Aug. 28, Portland Public Schools continues construction and renovations on several schools that will be completed in the coming years. In 2017, voters approved a nearly $800 million bond measure to improve and rebuild four schools. Here’s a brief overview of the district’s construction plans.
- By Yvonne Marquez
- 08/28/19
After spending millions of dollars over the years on renovating and repairing a more than half-century old school building, Sussex Technical School District’s school board unanimously voted to build a new Sussex Technical High School in Delaware.
- By Yvonne Marquez
- 08/27/19
Safe and Secure Schools
With the high frequency of mass shootings in the United States, Fruitport School District administrators had campus safety on their mind when designing new sections of Fruitport High School in Michigan.
- By Yvonne Marquez
- 08/26/19
STEM & STEAM
Marist High School, a Chicago-based Catholic school, transformed a former monastery into a high-tech science wing with a planetarium.
- By Yvonne Marquez
- 08/26/19
Technology Solution
A company that makes hardware for managing tech infrastructure has released a new solution for organizing messy cables and wires.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 08/22/19
STEM & STEAM
Tennessee's Dobyns-Bennett High School has opened a new three-story science and technology center that fronts the high school and adds more than 70,000 square feet.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 08/22/19
New School Construction
A Texas district recently opened its sixth middle school. Marine Creek Middle School, part of Eagle Mountain-Saginaw Independent School District, consists of a two-story, 165,000 square-foot campus, serving students in grades 6-8.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 08/21/19
Learning Spaces
A new Indianapolis elementary school includes state-of-art learning spaces as well as a huge indoor slide. Walnut Grove Elementary School, which opened earlier this month in the Center Grove Community School Corp., features innovative learning spaces designed to provide flexibility for instruction.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 08/21/19
STEM & STEAM
A nonprofit that develops STEM education programs has come up with portable learning spaces housed in shipping containers.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 08/13/19