With the implementation of a county-wide sales tax that provided additional funds to public schools across the region, the Mt. Zion school board wanted to invest funds into facilities that bolstered the community's small town traditions.
- 200 Meter, 8 Lane Track
- Long Jump Pit
- 4 Basketball Courts
- 3 Batting Cages
- 1,500 Seat Auditorium
- Lobby
How do we provide ample space for Mt. Zion's award-winning and nationally-recognized show choir groups, the Swingsations and Les Femmes that lacked theater space?
With the high school hosting the annual show choir invitational, an addition was designed to accommodate these groups along with the band and orchestra groups.
The new athletics field house and auditorium within Mt. Zion High School provide ample space for a myriad of academic and civic events.
"BLDD delivered a space that not only helped to motivate, inspire, and propel our students to perform at their best; but that also helped to involve and support our community outside the high school."
- Ben Davis, Athletic Director, Mt. Zion High School
The field house finds use from all members of the community, not just students. The facilities are open before school days begin and during summertime to provide exercise and civic space to the public.
Asymmetric layout and playful ceiling fixtures add a vibrancy to students' usually-repetitive flow between classes.
Three-dimensional wooden facade and ample window lighting assist in breathing natural life into the space, which has been proven to enhance performance within learning environments.
Wide hallways with integrated accessibility ramps provide continuous, unimpeded stress-reducing traffic flow.
The new 81,500 s.f. Ellsworth Dansby Jr. Magnet School will house K8 students with environments that revolve around student-focused learning. Flexible and collaborative work spaces will be incorporated to engage students to work in small groups.
Unsure of whether to remodel their historic middle school, build new on the existing site near their current high school, or build new on a different site, the Maroa-Forsyth School District reached out to get community input via BLDD's community engagement process.
This renovation and new addition project turned into an opportunity to not only unify an outdated and disconnected school building, but also bring unification to a student body and community.