SANTANA HIGH SCHOOL DEDICATES NEW CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION BUILDING, LIBRARY AND CLASSROOM BUILDING

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New facilities will equip students with skills needed for the 21st century
 
November 19, 2011 (Santee)--Officials from Grossmont Union High School District (GUHSD) and Santana High School joined students for a dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremony on Nov. 16 to celebrate the completion of three modernized buildings on the high school campus.
 
 
The new Career Technical Education (CTE) building, campus library and 10-classroom Building 200 feature indoor and outdoor classrooms, laboratories and applied learning spaces with state-of-the art equipment to readily prepare students for the workforce.
 
 The new CTE building, also known as Building 800, houses classrooms, observations sites and applied learning spaces where students can actively engage in courses on architectural design, alternative energy, principles of engineering, civil engineering and many more subjects.
 
The modernized facilities support the goals of GUHSD’s CTE Plan, which includes providing learning spaces where educators can effectively teach using the CTE approach. This includes adaptable learning spaces, modern equipment and tools used in a variety of sectors, to help prepare students for internships, postsecondary education and/or employment.
 
Now part of the Santana High School Renewable Resources and Sustainable Living Program, the CTE facilities include an 18,000-square foot building connected to a 24,000-square foot outdoor area. The building received the HONOR award by 2010 C.A.S.H./AIACC Leroy F. Greene Design and Planning Awards as well as the California Department of Education – CTE – Prop 1D Grant.
 
Wednesday’s dedication ceremony featured a welcome by Santana High School Principal Tim Schwuchow and remarks by GUHSD Superintendent Ralf Swenson and California Department of Education Assistant Superintendent Dr. Patrick Ainsworth. The ceremony was followed by tours of the facilities where students demonstrated the new education spaces through project-based learning activities. 
 
The CTE Building 800 modernization project at Santana High School is a part of the Proposition U bond passed in November 2008 by East County voters. The $417 million bond measure is budgeted at $601 million, which includes expected State funding and interest earnings. The bond will substantially complete the modernization of District schools, provide classrooms and equipment for CTE, and construct a new high school in the Alpine/Blossom Valley area.
 
The project team for the new Santana High School buildings includes program manager Gafcon, Inc., architect Harley Ellis Devereaux and construction managers C.W. Driver and Erickson-Hall.

  


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