SCHOOL OF THE FUTURE
STUDENT DESIGN COMPETITION
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Student Design Competition
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School Building Week's School of the Future student design competition offers an opportunity to illustrate the kind of creativity that students bring to the design process. The annual competition, open to middle school students, challenges student teams to redesign their schools to enhance learning, conserve resources, be environmentally responsive and engage the surrounding community.
In a few short weeks, student teams from across the country will meet in our nation's capitol to compete for the School of the Future Award of Excellence. Challenged to plan and design healthy, high performance, safe and sustainable school buildings that enhance student performance and community vitality, these students are representative of the passion and motivation all children have to help improve their learning experience.
The multi-disciplinary solution requires students to follow a planning process and design an educational facility from the concept phase to completion of the project, with thorough documentation.
Each team is required to submit a project model, a 3 to 5-minute video or PowerPoint presentation and a 750-word narrative description documenting the planning process and rationale, all while following a project-based learning curriculum developed to address the national math standards for middle school students.
Dedicated architecture students, architects, engineers, realtors, construction managers and school planners contribute their time in mentoring middle school students through the competition so that the accompanying curriculum comprehension and learning about the design and built environment can take place.
The national jury will take place at the American Federation of Teachers building on April 30. The students will be honored at a Breakfast on Capitol Hill with their respective members of Congress and will be feted at an evening reception hosted by the National Association of REALTORS®. The week's events culminate in the Awards Ceremony, May 2 at the National Building Museum, where Michelle Rhee, chancellor, DC Public School will address the gathering. The winning schools will receive cash prizes donated by the National Association of REALTORS®
Congratulations 2008 finalists!
Imago Dei Middle School, Tucson, Arizona
Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School, Old Lyme, Connecticut
Norwalk Middle School, Norwalk, Iowa
Westland Middle School, Bethesda, Maryland
The Gereau Center, Rocky Mount, Virginia
Olympic View Middle School
Mukilteo, Washington
2008 Student Design Competition Entries
| Arizona |
| Canyon Elementary | | Peoria USD | | 2 Classes |
| Canyon Breeze Elementary | | Pendergast SD | | 15 Classes |
| Desert Canyon Middle School | | Scottsdale USD | | 30 Classes |
| Frontier Elementary | | Peoria USD | | 2 Classes |
| Imago Dei Middle School | | Tucson USD | | 1 Class |
| Pima Elementary School | | Scottsdale USD | | 1 Class |
| Westwind Intermediate | | Pendergast SD | | 1 Class |
| Connecticut |
| Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School | | Old Lyme Region 18 | | 1 Class |
| California |
| Los Angeles Middle Schools | | LA USD | | 120 Classes |
| Los Angeles USD | | LA USD | | |
| District of Columbia |
| Barnard Elementary | | DC PS | | 332 Classes |
| Charles Hart Middle School | | DC PS | | 1 Class |
| Hardy Middle School | | DC PS | | 1 Class |
| Florida |
| Frank C. Martin K-8 1B Ctr | | Miami-Dade County PS | | 1 Class |
| Norland Middle School | | Miami-Dade County PS | | 10 Classes |
| Georgia |
| Walton County Schools | | Walton County SD | | |
| Iowa |
| Colfax-Mingo High School | | Colfax-Mingo SD | | 1 Class |
| Norwalk Middle School | | Norwalk Community SD | | 18 Classes |
| Kansas |
| Countryside Elementary | | Olathe 233 | | 4 Classes |
| Maryland |
| John Poole Middle School | | Montgomery County PS | | |
| Morrell Park Elementary Middle | | Baltimore PS | | 32 Classes |
| Westland Middle School | | Montgomery County PS | | 8 Classes |
| Massachussetts |
| Great Falls Middle School | | Gill Montague Regional SD | | 25 Classes |
| Garfield Middle School | | Revere PS | | 250 Classes |
| Michigan |
| Seneca Middle School | | Clinton Village Schools | | 10 Classes |
| Chippewa Valley | | Chippewa Valley SD | | 1 Class |
| Nebraska |
| McMillan Magnet Middle School | | Omaha PS | | 20 Classes |
| New Jersey |
| Readington Middle School | | Readington SD | | 57 Classes |
| Mississippi |
| Nichols Middle School | | Canton PS | | 4 Classes |
| Nevada |
| Mountain View Christian | | Mountain View SD | | |
| New York |
| Holland Patent Middle School | | Holland Patent Central Schools | | 8 Classes |
| New York City PS | | NYC PS | | 250 Classes |
| Ohio |
| Philo Junior High School | | Franklin Local SD | | 5 Classes |
| Montpelier K-12 | | Montpelier Exempted Village | | 180 Classes |
| Southington Local Schools | | Southington Local SD | | 1 Class |
| Pennsylvania |
| Mountain View Elementary | | Mountain View SD | | |
| E.N. Perice Middle School | | Westchester Area SD | | 24 Classes |
| Virginia |
| Gereau Center | | Franklin County Schools | | 6 Classes |
| Cumberland Middle School | | Cumberland PS | | 15 Classes |
| Utah |
| Davis Middle School | | Davis SD | | 150 Classes |
| Farmington Middle School | | Farmington SD | | |
| Washington |
| Olympic View Middle School | | Mukilteo SD | | 2 Classes |
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