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School Specialty Partners With Shelby, OH Community to Build State-of-the-Art High School
School Specialty Partners With Shelby, OH Community to Build State-of-the-Art High School.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nGREENVILLE, Wis., Sept. 23, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- School Specialty, Inc. (OTCQB:SCOO) (\"School Specialty\" or \"the Company\"), a leading distributor of innovative and proprietary products, programs and services to the education marketplace, today announced the successful completion of Shelby High School in Shelby, OH, which provides an innovative, 21st Century Learning Environment aimed at preparing the community's young adults for a successful future in college and their careers.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Shelby HS Classroom\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\tA photo accompanying this release is available at http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=27858\n\n\tSchool Specialty's Projects by Design (PbD) team worked closely with the Shelby City School District to outfit learning spaces that would foster critical-thinking, problem-solving and technology integration through student collaboration and teamwork. PbD provided comprehensive furniture and equipment solutions from School Specialty's breadth of product offerings in order to promote 21st Century Learning ideals and enhance the innovative design of the school.\n\n\t\"From the outset, Projects by Design and School Specialty delivered everything we needed to achieve our goal of outfitting a new high school optimized for 21st century teaching methods and learning skills,\" stated Tim Tarvin, Superintendent of Shelby City Schools. \"From ideation to installation, the team supported the project in every aspect with their vast expertise, innovative solutions and close connections to the community. We could not have asked for a more ideal partner in ensuring that all expectations – unique to Shelby High's students and faculty – were met.\"\n\n\tShelby High School includes a number of unique architectural layouts that contribute to a collaborative, 21st Century Learning setting, such as \"double-wide\" hallways which are much larger than those in traditional schools, offering more space for socializing and learning. Additionally, the school includes modern classrooms with glass walls that double as dry erase boards, enabling students and teachers to interact and exchange ideas even when they are separated by a partition. Further, Shelby's classrooms were made twice as large as conventional ones, again to accommodate extra space for collaboration and group ...