Sarasota Military Academy breaks ground on a new Classroom Building
November 29th, 2012 |
November 29th, 2012 |
As part of its hands-on, nature-based curriculum, Learning Gate School has chosen to build all future additions to its campus in an environmentally friendly way. ... |
When the pre-kindergraten through eighth grade kids of SSIS Charter School returned from spring-break this year, they discovered a brand new school. Renovations were... |
August 16, 2010 (Sarasota, FL) Learning Gate Community School, a charter school in Hillsborough County with a curriculum that emphasizes nature, agriculture and environmental responsibility, became the first public school in the United States to earn LEED Platinum certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. The project, 3 new buildings, consisting of 10 classrooms and an 8,000-square-foot addition to the middle school campus, was designed by Carlson Studio Architecture. |
Bert Moreno, 10 Connects News |
Jedd W. Heap, LEED AP of Carlson Studio Archietcture will be accompanying the Learning Gate Community School demonstration exhibit to the National Charter School Conference in Chicago on June 28th, 2010. The Conference is featuring a prototype version of the LEED Platinum prefab structure in their exhibition hall. Learning Gate Community School has applied what they learned by building their own LEED classroom additional and packaging it with their cutting edge enviromental cirriculum. "Learning Gate in a box" was the idea of the school's principal Patti Girard, and will offered to other charter schools looking to begin teaching through nature. |
The Learning Gate Community School in Lutz, FL earned a "U.S. Green Building Council's Excellence in Green Building Education" Recognition Award for its commitment to the environment and green building education. |