My name is Sean Sheety. I'm the director of facilities and maintenance for the HoK school department. And we're here at Pek to do give you a tour today. We're going to take a look inside, point out some great features of the school, and then we'll make our way to the exterior after that. Here we are at the main entrance of the school, door one and
two. We're going to make our way inside. Now, we're into the uh vestibule area. We have our face coordinator over there. And then this is our main office right here. And then we'll make our way into the main office.
Main office. Uh we have Thelma here uh in front of us um with our countertop with ADA compliancy. Anybody can roll up if they're in a wheelchair perhaps get signed in. Um and then there's multiple heights. So now we'll start making our way into the actual building. So we come
through. Here's our main foyer area. Elevator to our right. Our big grand staircase that goes up and upstairs. We just keep coming through some of the architectural features, the cloud lighting system. Okay. Our all of our smoke and fire
doors. Um, and we work our way down. This is our sixth grade wing. So, if we look at a lot of the colors, um, based on the age group for sixth grade, these are the colors that we chose. Um, so you have you have those younger colors,
right? You have the yellows, you have the the greens, and and you'll see the difference when we go to seventh grade hallway and when we go to eighth grade hallway, you'll see the color differences. And like I said, all of that was chosen based on that age group for that for that grade. So, we'll make
our way down. Um, as we come through, small group there, we have a lot of classrooms within um every classroom has a keypad system. This is a miniature media center here where you can have
small group or pull out. So, every student has a locker that's assigned to them. Again, some more architectural detail with the square lighting, circular lighting. So, you have the different the different shapes uh throughout the school. So, it's not just that linear hallway where it's very
boring. Um you have the pops of color and you have the the different architectural features. So, this is a staircase that a lot of the students use. Um, whether they're going up to gym or cafeteria or lunch or whatever it is, these would be the main staircases that we that they would use depending on
which grade. So, we'll keep coming this way and we're going to end up going outside to the courtyard. This is end of sixth grade hallway. [Music] So, now we're into the courtyard. Covered space above us. So you could
have set some tables up and do some outdoor learning and still be covered. And then we come into the actual courtyard itself where this furniture could be modular. It's very heavy, but it could be moved around depending on what we're doing. If we have an outdoor
event or something, we could switch the furniture around a little bit to make it adaptable for whatever's going on. So again, a lot of teachers bring classes out here to get that f have that fresh air and to um have that outdoor learning. Now we'll make our way
into seventh grade hallway. We've come through the courtyard and we'll come right in. So here's in our seventh grade hallway. Like I was talking about before, each uh grade sets up their mini media center a little bit different. Here we have a lot of books and literature. So uh different than how it
is set up on sixth grade. Um, but still the same. Each grade uses the functionality how they how they see fit. Teachers work room. Each grade has their own teachers work room that's assigned to this one happens to be this is seventh grade. So, like I said, sixth grade, eighth grade, they all have their
own. You can see color change. Now, we're in seventh grade. Colors are a little different. We have the blues and the yellows versus over there, which was the greens and the yellows. Um, so as we come down, we can pop into a classroom here. Um, this is a science classroom.
So, each teacher has their science classroom set up a little bit different how they how they want it. Um, but this is how this teacher has it. And as you can see, we have she has all her posters up um and and decorated her room. So, this is a basic classroom, like I said,
but this happens to be science. We have our large display that's interactive. You have your whiteboard. You have your corkboards to be able to post things every You have sinks everywhere. A neat feature of the school uh is this what we call a top cat system. It's the set of
speaker in the center. And with that, the teacher has a microphone um that they can attach to themselves. And so instead of a teacher having to yell and lose their voice, they can just have the microphone on and their voice is uh broadcasted over the top cap system and then there's an extra mic that say a
student could use or a presenter could use. Uh, so it's a great feature for an educator to be able to have and have their voice carry throughout the classroom without having to yell. So, here's a science prep room. We can make work our way in. And because we're only we're only a month or so in to school,
the teachers are still setting up and getting their areas organized. But this is the science prep room. So, they have their prep sink, they have their fridge, ice maker, full cabinets, everything is locking. Um, and then and then like I said, eventually they'll get their stuff onto their shelves, but they have full
shelving system and all locking cabinets to keep any anything safe. So, we'll make our way down. We have our display cases that are being populated with student art andor awards, uh, depending on what they're doing. So, we'll keep coming our way down the seventh grade hallway. So, here's a regular classroom
in seventh grade. This looks like history. So, you can see that the the teacher has it set up a particular way with the modular desks. Um, so you could have them individual, you can have them as as groups. Um, they just happen to have it like this where you have this open space. Again, large whiteboard, uh,
teachers desk, large display screen that's fully interactive. You have your whiteboard and corkboard uh on, uh, in the front of the front of the classroom and also in the back. Again, every classroom, every space has the top cat system so that voice can be amplified.
Um, so most classrooms have a a water fountain and a sink. So, uh the students can get some water during class. Here we have our full window system uh which gives us a lot of natural light. Uh we can adjust obviously based on the the the shades. Um but again the bringing in
full light and that's what we want. We want a light and airy and bright learning environment. Um so not only with the exterior lighting um natural lighting but we have the the lighting of the building which can also be adjusted
depending on what is going on in the learning environment. So a neat feature is if students are at their desk and say a teacher is displaying something on their screen, you can reduce reduce this first row down so there's no glare on what's being projected onto the the
television. Um, and that can be adjusted. So, all of the lighting in the room can be adjusted, uh, depending on percentages, uh, which is a great, really great feature. So, if it's really bright outside, you can reduce the light down inside and or if it's dark outside, you can really, uh, gain a lot of light
by adjusting the, um, adjusting the light up or down. And now that we've seen a science classroom, a regular classroom, which we saw history, uh this is a small group room or a small group space, uh where it'll have a smaller number of students that'll be pulled in.
Um so again, good size room though for small group, not too many students. You have your whiteboard, you have your display, and this one is a modular display. Um so the teacher can maneuver it around how they see fit. Again, we have our TopCat system so their voice can be amplified. Plenty of storage
that's lockable. Let's continue down seventh grade hallway and we're going to make we're going to make our way back to the front of the school in the foyer area. As you can see, every classroom has their display which uh we put the the PEC logo on there. It shows the
teacher and it shows what is the what the class is about. Also, you have your braille on there um for visually impaired. And now we're back at our main entrance at the grand staircase and we will make our way upstairs. So, as we made our way up, uh, you see some
different types of floor finishes where you have your regular VCT tile that gives you your pops of color and patterns. And down here we had our porcelain tile, um, which gives you, uh, that beautified look, but can hold up really well over many, many years. Okay.
And then here, this is on our second floor. This whole area here, this is all counselors uh, within this area here that students can make their way into. We're going to make our way through into the media center. We're going to come this way. So, as we come through the
media center, we have different offices. Uh, again, some counselors. These are testing rooms. Um, and then we keep coming over here. We have our consumer science. So, home. So, here we have our STEM lab
um with stu students working on robotics um and various other projects. Same thing over here. arts going on and then as you can see the media center being utilized by various teachers and students all at the same time. We'll keep going. So small group room here.
Okay. Art room over there. Same as STEM. They basically have the same type of classroom just one is art, one is STEM. So in art uh full basically floor to ceiling windows to bring in a lot of natural light. Uh so the students can see what they're working on. The art
room um is set up just for art. that's strictly an art room. Um, you have the big garage door there which is soundproof, but you can allow, let's say the students are working on a larger project. We can open up that garage door and the artwork and everything can be brought out and throughout the school. Same as STEM, they have a soundproof
garage door if they're working on something bigger that can be wheeled out into the school itself. And each art room and STEM are specifically designed for those programs. So what we have here on this side is OTPT or occupational uh
therapy and uh so we can come through. We have full rubber flooring in there. You have different types of equipment uh to work on physical therapy uh with students in another small group room. We have a counselor, another counselor,
and now we start to work our way into C building. We're not quite in C yet, but we're on our way there. So, fitness room here on the right hand side. Um, we have the craftsman in there building the equipment. Um, how the school wants it set up. So, you're going to have your
exercise bikes, your weightlifting systems, and everything for gym class and various other ways for students to use it. So, we have our nurse nurse's office here. Some cool features, fob and camera system, so the nurse can buzz people in. Now, we have the door open so they can come right in. We have our
waiting room, uh, fridge and freezer for medicines. We have our sinks. Uh we have both of our nurses here. Okay. We have our one exam room here. Another exam room here.
Bathroom here. And then here's our rest area. Again, bringing in that natural light, inviting the inviting the natural light and wellness to the space. And then you have the curtain system that could be curtained off for privacy for any
student that's not feeling well. Now we're into SE building. Uh as you can see, we have some flooring change and some more architectural details. Uh the brown ceiling that you see above, that's an acoustical ceiling. Um so not only does it add that architectural detail,
but it helps uh sound uh from reverberating throughout the entire school, it it it deadens that sound. So, um, the sound wherever we are, it stays where it is and it just doesn't travel down the hallway. Plenty of display cases for student artwork and awards, uh, as the school continues to go on
throughout the school year. So, as we work our way now, we're into the gym. This is our gym area. So, the gym has a lot of cool features. Um, so we have a modular wall that can be uh separated from the gym and the
cafeteria. So when you have calf when you have lunches going on and gym going on, those two are fully separated with a a soundproof um wall that that can be uh collapsed into its own cubby. Um full basketball uh hoops uh practice hoops um
that are that can be raised into the roof. Full volleyball setup. There's also a curtain that can come down and divide the gym in half. Um so you could have say two different grades or two different classes going on. So you could have one playing basketball, you could have one playing volleyball. All of it
has access to the outdoors, which we'll take a look at in a little bit. We have a full two half courts out there with the pec colors, um, which is a really nice feature to have for the students, especially on uh right after lunch break and go out for recess. And they also
have full access to the park itself. Um, so there's no restriction there. Um, they can make their way out to the park on recess. We have our uh divider wall that's collapsible that separates um the gym from the cafeteria. Above that, we
have our projector for when we're having either a school event or after school event, a city event, anything like that. The projector comes over. And then over here in this is our calf. And then over here we have our stage. The projector screen comes down. Here's our school
podium. So when we have officials speakers, anybody they can go right up there, connect to the full sound system with many many speakers. We also have uh full um full theatrical lighting, full theatrical um sound system. Uh so we can
have we can have plays, we can have dances. Uh there's a variety of um uh there's no limit on to what this space can be used for. So over here we have our kitchen, a
modern kitchen uh with everything that they need to provide uh food to the students. Now we'll start making our way into the kitchen area. As almost as if a student is getting their lunch, they make their way in into the the kitchen itself. Here's your serving line. full
modern kitchen um with your your warming trays, uh your various coolers, your built-in fridges, uh refrigerators and uh freezers all built in. Um full washer and dryer, dry storage. Everything is self-contained for the kitchen in this
area. All modern hood system with modern um kitchen appliances uh for various types of uh food prep and uh food storage. On the other side is the dishes um for uh your dishwasher and then where students would drop their
tray and everything like that. Students just check out, make sure that they've received their lunch and they work their way out and now they're into the calf. And as I was saying before about your theatrical lighting, so you have your full full theatrical lighting. You have your soundproofing um to give you that
those great acoustics. Full speaker system. have your different lighting which we call the cloud system because they look like clouds. Um and then curtain and then like I said uh full stage area with theatrical lighting um sound uh
theatrical sound with full systems as you can hear in the background. Uh we have music class going on. Uh we'll go take a look at music. Now the music room is uh has it its own room, its own space and it's connected right to the stage. um within the music room is fully
soundproof. So you have also prep rooms in there where you can bring say drums are working in one small room and then guitars are working in another while the rest of the class is working say on keyboards or something like that. So the class can be broken down into smaller groups and then they have direct access to the stage and not only do they have
direct access to the stage but everything is fully ADA compliant. So there's full ramps. So you have some stairs. Yes. But um you have the stage. So if you have a band going on, they're not carrying they're not walking upstairs. They can have all their band equipment and work their way up into music andor onto the stage andor the
carts when you're going to go and perform somewhere else. Within that stage, you have your theatrical lighting where we can change colors. We can program it to whatever show we have taking place. And same as the um the sound system again another theatrical
type sound system with a sound board and it could be a full production. So this school is capable of having any type of play show and or dance and or whatever the school wants to come up with. Now we're going to make our way outside. We've eaten lunch. Now we're going to act like we're going to go out to
recess. We make our way directly out from the cafeteria out to recess. So again, some many options for the students. Here we have both of our half court shot uh basketball half courts um with our school colors. So they have this entire
uh play space that's nice and safe um with gates on both ends so no traffic is coming through here. The gates will be shut and no traffic will make its way through. Now they have the option they can play some basketball out here nice and safe or they can make their way out
onto Croer Field. Uh either way they want to go. They can take the ADA pathway. they can take the stairs. We have a set of stairs over there and this whole entire area is just for recess for the students. Here we have in the back of C building on the outside we have our
generator for the school. So full power. So, if we lose city power, um we go right into emergency generator power, which will power all the lighting, all the heating systems, uh the it'll the fridges and freezers keep the food nice and cool um and safe and still give us
uh plenty of light inside the building and have full functionality of the building. So, now we'll work our way into the uh C building receiving area. So, this is where all the goods would be delivered. Kitchen goods would go over here to the kitchen. And then this would
be the regular facilities and maintenance portion of the building. Now we're going to make our way into the receiving area. We make our way into receiving. This is the custodial area and the um heating
plant of the school. So we have our custodial area there. As you can see, full receiving. So you have your different products for custodial. Um we have our sprinkler room, our um our electrical rooms, and then this is just it stuff that's waiting to get uh
distributed. So we come through here. This is going to be our heating plant for the school itself. Make our way in electrical. We have our pumps that distribute the hot water um from the heating plant of the boilers right here. These are both of our boilers.
some holding tanks for the liquid glycol that distributes the hot water throughout the system which gives us our heat. Here is our domestic uh hot water. Um so this is your hot water for hand washing uh and various things and showers and
stuff like that. a full modern building um with full uh building technology using the latest and greatest um to not only save energy but to deliver conditioned air and uh water to the students. As we see up here, I wanted to
point out we have our full sprinkler system for the building. Um, so that it is fully safe with a fireprotected sprinkler system throughout the building, creating that um creating a modern building that is the safest for
our students to occupy uh along with staff. Now, we're exiting out of receiving. This is our staff lounge uh for teachers uh to be able to enjoy their lunch um and and take a break. As we work our way around, here's music. Uh here's our music full music room like we talked
about before with where you have your um where you have your small rooms uh for individual lesson and then the larger with the larger group. This is going to be now eighth grade hallway. So we'll work our way
down eighth grade hallway. Now we've made our way into an eighth grade science classroom. Some key features I wanted to talk about was one is the emergency shower and eyewash station. Both of those are right here. Then we have our goggle storage uh which is right here.
And we come around then full sinks uh to get washed up. And uh in here a difference there's no um there's no water fountain in here because it is a science classroom. Um, so that you wouldn't have a water fountain to drink out of because you're you're you're working with science materials and
you're washing your hands and things like that versus into a math class or a history class where you could get that uh drink of water. But these students will just make their way out into the hallway to the many many number of uh water fountains that are out there. Now that we're making our way out of the eighth grade hallway, now we're back at
the top of our grand staircase and the second floor foyer area. Okay, now we'll make our way back downstairs to the front of the school. And I would like to thank uh some folks including the MSBA, uh the mayor, the city council, uh
superintendent Sodto, and the many, many other folks that got to work on this project and delivered this final product to us. And like I said, we are so proud of this and the opportunity to be able to do this. And I look forward to our students and staff enjoying this
building for many, many, many years to come. [Music]
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