Ducketts Lane Elementary School

Educational signage showcases sustainable features, and provides links to the curriculum. Opportunities for interactive learning abound, including a boardwalk with overlook along the stormwater management pond, an outdoor classroom courtyard with seating and shading, a nature path along the bioretention swales exhibiting natural planting, and a science courtyard with a rainchain leading to a touching pool.

The design team worked directly with educators to organize the school into classroom clusters that define small learning communities which share both public and acoustically private breakout spaces. Clusters provide students with smaller learning communities with which they can identify. Each cluster is designed with built-in seating, glass in classrooms to allow openness and connection, skylights for natural light, and signage that provides each grade with its individual mascot.