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The LRA New Campus – September 10, 2001
The campus construction is complete!
Classes opened on schedule September 5, 2001. All of the classroom
renovations were complete, furniture was back in place and boxes
were unpacked. Both students and teachers alike were welcomed to
their new "homes". The only missing piece of the puzzle
was the new Fine Arts Center. Its construction was completed during
the first week of school and opened to the students today, September
10, 2001.
Through the
enhancements to the existing buildings and the addition of two new
buildings, the faculty is able to provide more "hands on"
learning situations and environments, which has proven to be the
very best way for students to learn and to retain that knowledge.
Renovations
Lower School Renovations
- Enlarged classrooms
- New carpeting, ceilings, paint
and lighting
- Built-in cupboards and storage
space
- A permanent Lower School science
lab
- Conference rooms to provide
privacy when needed
- An enlarged and renovated multi-use
Commons area
Middle School Renovations
- Enlarged classrooms
- New carpeting, ceilings, paint
and lighting
- Built-in cupboards and storage
space
- An additional Science Lab/Classroom
with a prep area
- A new Commons area for eating
and multi-grade activities
Upper School Renovations
- New carpeting, ceilings, paint
and lighting
- Built-in cupboards and storage
space
- Major enhancements to Physics
Lab, Biology Labs (2), and Chemistry Lab
- New Horticulture Center/Greenhouse
- Enlarged Commons area with
a cafe' area and an outdoor deck
Fine Arts Center
- Black Box Theatre that enables
student dramatic productions from basic theatrical skills to playwriting
and production
- Lower, Middle and Upper School
art rooms with opportunities to experience a wide variety of media
to develop students' creative interests or talents
- Choral music studios for Lower
School, Middle School, and Upper School students
- Kiln room with space for sculpture,
pottery and other craft classes
- Instrumental music studio with
practice area
The Community Resource Center
- High tech, state of the art
Upper, Middle, and Lower School computer labs provide a 2:1 student/computer
ratio
- Internet and intranet access
available to students in new libraries through laptops and stationary
computers
- Upper, Middle, and Lower School
libraries are connected to offer multi-age research and resources
- Kiva Center provides an in-the-round
gathering space for students to develop and master interpersonal
communication skills through public speeches, current event debates,
and open forum discussions at town meetings
- Multimedia equipment and space
that will be available to community organizations to further connect
school and community-at-large
- Video production lab enables
students to produce videos from scripting and editing, to final
product
- Foreign language classrooms
with laptop computer carts to provide for spontaneous learning
- Technology workroom to facilitate
hardware repair
- Lower School Storytelling Room
with rocking chair
- Group project rooms for Lower,
Middle, and Upper School student team projects
- Quiet study areas
- Increased shelving for books
and research materials
Generous gifts to the LRA Vision
to Reality campaign and the LRA endowment total $3.4 million on
our $7.6 million bond. All gifts are invested in endowments and
the income is used to support the bond. Your gifts will continue
to benefit many generations of Lake Ridge students. We are enormously
grateful to you for your support as we continue our fundraising
campaign. All gifts of any amount are greatly appreciated! If you
wish to make a donation to Lake Ridge Academy, please contact Alexa
Hansen at hansena@lakeridgeacademy.org,
440-777-9434 or 440-327-1175.
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