Diocesan Review April 14, 2014 Catholic Athletic Trails West Catholic High School Catholic Central High School
Historic Background Facility Planning from 2008-2014 1906 Catholic Central (CC) Founded 1952 CC Addition 1962 West Catholic (WC) Founded 1983 CC gymnasium 1986 CC addition 1988 Catholic Athletic Trails (CAT) 1997/2003 CC North addition 2003 WC stadium 2007 WC gymnasium 2008-2009 CAT Masterplanning 2010 GRCSS Strategic plan Planning for 50 yr. WC campaign begins 2011 Facilities committee formed Facility study for CAT, WC, & CC completed 2012 Design work for WC Masterplanning for Catholic Central Chapel improvement at CC 2013-2014 Facility maintenance and improvements guided by masterplanning process and facility study
1998 2007
Facility status at Catholic Athletic Trail (16) year old site amenities in need of repair/improvements Baseball Track Softball Parking No event stadium for football, soccer, and lacrosse
A short history of AMERICAN SCHOOLS 100 years ago Catholic Central today 50 years ago West Catholic today Images from Frank Locker Educational Planning
themes and concepts in OUR 21 st CENTURY WORLD
themes 21 st and concepts in CENTURY LEARNING Integrated Creative Collaborative Personalized Learning Social-Emotional Learning Relationships Critical Thinking Learn Out of School Constructivist Engaged Active + Applied Relevant Schedule Global Make Learning Visible Virtual Ubiquitous Technology Shared Resources World Awareness
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Catholic Central West Catholic C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C Images from Frank Locker Educational Planning
Learning is a Social Experience Building Relationships Small Schools Small Learning Communities w/i Big Schools Distributed Management Thematic Schools Choice Schools Teacher Planning Centers Learning Outside School Teacher Collaboration Advisory (Pastoral) Programs Project Based Learning C C B B C C BB F D A E E REALLY SMALL, SMALL, MEDIUM, BIG, + REALLY BIG SPACES SPACES Images from Frank Locker Educational Planning
2003 2007 1962 future
barriers to meeting academic goals Lack of dominant, welcoming entryway. Visitors do not know where the main entrance is. Lack of open gathering space. Students have no convenient space to wait for rides or comfortably do homework while waiting for practice. Media center is outdated and not fully functional given today s educational technology needs. Offices are far away from athletics, where many students congregate and all community activities occur.
Not utilized 10% (5 rooms) Under-utilized 20% (10 rooms) Utilized 70% (40 rooms) Total square footage: 175,000 SF Number of students: 440 400 sf per student
cathedral square campus diagram
barriers to meeting academic goals Established structure limits programing, scheduling, collaboration, and flexibility Inconsistent and unreliable access to newer technologies, no large group or small group learning spaces, poor entry/welcoming, poor vertical circulation, & haphazard wayfinding) The library is unable to provide full support to students and teachers Restrictive and inadequate meeting spaces for information sharing and collaboration Choir and band departments share one space with no sound proofing and little acoustic tuning Lack of learning space to support current 21 st century science program and recommended standards for storage, ventilation, and water access
utilization
space allocation academic sf per student Existing 192,000 192,000 Existing CAT 35,000 SF Proposed CAT 35,000 SF Ex CC gym building 28,000 SF Proposed CC gym 42,000 SF Ex CC academic building 100,000 SF Proposed CC academic 115,000 SF 163,000 SF 192,000 SF academic sf per student
infrastructure: strategic investments
main level 1. Renovate chapel: faith as foundation of education 2. New entry, central stair, & connection between buildings 3. Switch main office and guidance office for new entry 4. Large group learning. Investment of technology 5. Updated classrooms, cafeteria and art room
third level 1. Vertical connection, flexible learning space 2. Information + learning commons 3. Updated classrooms
fifth level 1. Vertical connection, flexible learning space 2. Information + learning commons
CAT $6M event/stadium and improvements to parking $2.5M additional improvements to the remainder of the campus $8.5M Cat campus West Catholic High School $2M tuition assistance $2M capital improvements $1M emergency fund $5M campaign Catholic Central High School $12M improvements to the academic buildings $6 M improvements to the convocation center/gym $18M total for CC campus