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ASB Innovation Academy
ASB Innovation Academy
Williston, ND, United States
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ASB Innovation Academy
Williston, ND, United States
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Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2020
SIZE
25,000 sqft - 100,000 sqft
BUDGET
$10M - 50M
Located at the epicenter of oil development in Western North Dakota, the City of Williston has experienced unprecedented growth. In search of solutions to address their increasing enrollment numbers, the District recruited JLG to turn an abandoned pool building into an innovative, flexible, and technology-rich learning environment. The concept of an Innovation Academy was initially proposed in 2019 after a group of fifth-grade teachers at Bakken Elementary School had success with a personalized learning project. Students were given the freedom to learn how they wanted and could advance to a new topic as soon as they showed mastery in the first. Today, Williston's ASB Innovation Academy is a purpose-built school that focuses on 21st century and personalized learning, while creating hands-on, enhanced experiences that mimic real-world engagement. This new model encourages students in grades 5-8 to learn at their own pace by putting them in the driver's seat of their own education - removing the traditional classroom and letting students learn independently with teachers circulating around students in need of assistance. In lieu of classrooms, the two-story design provides a series of "pods" that consist of a commons area and two flexible breakout spaces that serve as the student's primary home during the school day. Within 20,000 SF, additional spaces serve to support these areas while remaining flexible for a multitude of uses, including a media center, private small group rooms, a flex room, and a community/multipurpose room. Utilizing digital learning tools and project-based instructional approaches, the ASB Academy personalizes education by addressing the District's learning needs, and the interest and aspirations of individual students - moving from a 'one-style-fits-all' approach to student-centric learning that relates to real life.
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