Flansburgh Architects, Inc.

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The new 141,000 sq.ft. West Bridgewater Middle-Senior High School will serve 625 students in grades 7 – 12. The new facility locates the middle school grades on the first floor and the high school grades on the second floor. The design is organized by an internal “main street” that connects two main entries to create a simplified traffic flow and prevents traffic congestion at the beginning and end of the school day.

The common shared spaces are all organized along this internal main street and include the administration and guidance offices at the main entry, gymnasium, cafeteria, auditorium, music spaces, and video lab. The classrooms and SPED spaces are all organized along a loop corridor that encloses an exterior courtyard. There is a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) area grouped around a two-story STEM commons, which provides a space for collaborative learning among these related educational spaces. Additional open commons areas are located in the 7th and 8th grade buildings for team teaching and collaboration as well as a place less formal learning and student interaction. The high school building on the second floor also contains open commons areas for small group seminars, team teaching, or other less formal learning. The Media Center is located on the second floor close to the main entry of the school and has two computer rooms adjacent to it that can be opened up into one space for larger functions.