Thursday, November 14, 2013

St. Thomas Aquinas High School Dedicates Multimillion Dollar Innovation Center in Fort Lauderdale, FL


High-tech classroom at St. Thomas Aquinas High School, Fort Lauderdale, FL

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (November 13, 2013) – A multimillion dollar, cutting edge Innovation Center designed to stimulate creativity in students and faculty with interactive high-tech experiences has opened at St. Thomas Aquinas High School.

 Contractor on the project was Herman Construction Services in Sunrise, Fla. and the architect was Anderson Architecture in Boca Raton, Fla.

St. Thomas Aquinas High School’s
Bienes Center for the Arts,
a 315-seat theater
 The nearly 6,000 square-foot Innovation Center features technology, furniture and lighting throughout five glass-walled classrooms and common areas that are conducive to a learning environment in which students can perform at the highest level through the most current interactive technologies.

 Each state-of-the-art classroom is equipped with interactive touchscreen monitors and projectors on every wall; high definition video conferencing capabilities for interactive long distance learning, virtual field trips and guest lecturers; and mobile ergonomically designed chairs, desks and tables to allow for numerous classroom configurations. 

All of these keep students engaged and actively learning. The goal is to energize students by encouraging and exciting them with exploratory learning.

St. Thomas Aquinas High School is a private, Roman Catholic, college-preparatory high school at 2801 SW 12th Street in Fort Lauderdale that educates young men and women in the Catholic tradition of youth formation. For more information, visit aquinas-sta.org
  
For a complete copy of the company’s news release, please contact:  

Maria Pierson
954.776.1999, ext. 222

Amy Hoffman
Pierson Grant Public Relations
6301 Northwest 5th Way  Suite 2600
Fort Lauderdale, FL  33309
v. (954) 776-1999  ext. 228
f. (954) 776-0290


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