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| 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.
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| 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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