Federal Hill Preparatory School

Building Repositioning

Federal Hill Preparatory School is on the leading edge of elementary education in the digital age offering a state of the art library facility, a new computer lab and computer programming classes for fourth and fifth grades.  The new STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) curriculum has been redesigned in collaboration with Digital Harbor Foundation, home of Maker Camp and Nanolab.  Federal Hill Prep is one of nine public schools with a Gifted and Advanced Learners (GAL) program with differentiated instruction and enrichment activities for advanced students.

The Verve Partnership provided exterior and entry design concepts to strengthen the message of the school:

 “…to develop the educational lives of each student by offering an engaging, whole-child, project-based learning curriculum which fosters respectful, responsible citizens; creative problem solvers; and critical thinkers, who leave our school prepared for new challenges and instilled with a lifelong love of learning.”

The design team provided options based on connecting the interior and exterior via architectural design elements that are engaging, connective and social.