La Veta PK-12 School

Design Team
Chad Novak, Patrick Johnson, Stephanie Grose, Kelly Denker, CarrieBeth Ruzicka, Danielle Latza, Rich Jarecki

The new La Veta PK-12 School was born from a desire by the district to unify its separate campuses within a singular modern learning environment where all are welcome and where all students of diverse backgrounds could thrive.

The architect sought to design environments that grow with the students as they progress in their educational journey. The inclusion of spill-out spaces at the elementary media center, cafe commons, and MS/HS team center ensures access to the outdoors. Daylight-filled classrooms and corridors that double as team centers, transparency between spaces, age-appropriate and technology-rich media center and information commons, and shared community spaces like the cafe commons and gymnasium that celebrate the views to the nearby Spanish Peaks mountains all contribute at various scales for different types of learners.

The district’s continual focus on authentic student and community engagement truly has resulted in an efficient, flexible and sustainable facility that will continue to engage, support and celebrate generations of students to come.

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