Ribbon Cutting

The Sturgis School community, including students and their families, faculty and trustees, and neighbors and friends poured into the new Sturgis Charter Public School West Campus on Saturday September 15^th for the school’s ribbon cutting.  Guests filled the amphitheater assembly area and surrounding hallways.  Executive Director Eric Hieser welcomed everyone to this momentous occasion for the opening of the new permanent modular school for Sturgis’ 2^nd campus in Hyannis, MA.  At the outset, Eric was a skeptic of the potential for design to contribute to the educational experience, saying that “buildings do not make schools, people make schools.”

However, by the end of the design and construction process, Studio G Architects demonstrated that the design reflected Sturgis’ emphasis on formal and informal learning, group work, and delight in education.  Standing at the bottom of the amphitheater, surrounded by visitors, with natural daylight streaming from large windows and skylight above, Eric admitted “I will now grant that it is nice…to have a nice building.”