Customer Stories Archives

15 Mar

Creating a Modern Space Where Teachers and Staff Eat, Relax and Socialize

Creating a Modern Space Where Teachers and Staff Eat, Relax and Socialize Since 2007, Atlantic County Institute of Technology (ACIT) in Mays Landing, N.J., has been providing a comprehensive high school education that incorporates all academic courses, advanced placement (AP) courses and vocational-technical opportunities. Serving about 1,700 students—a number that will soon increase to 2,000—the...

23 Feb

Elementary School Creates a Modern Media Center from a Blank Slate

Elementary School Creates a Modern Media Center from a Blank Slate When Voorhees Township Public Schools in Voorhees, N.J., decided to give all of their school media centers makeovers, Osage Elementary School was one of four elementary schools that was more than ready for the experience. The 600-student school would become the first in the...

22 Dec

New Arizona High School Blends Functionality with Comfort in its Common Areas

New Arizona High School Blends Functionality with Comfort in its Common Areas When Crismon High School in Queen Creek, Ariz., opened its doors for the first time for the 2022-23 school year, the school welcomed more than 1,000 students into its new facility. Its administrators had spent an entire year planning out the new school,...

12 Oct

Florida High School Infuses Collaborative Learning into the Curriculum

Florida High School Infuses Collaborative Learning into the Curriculum Like many schools in the U.S.—where at last count the average public school building was 55+ years old—Mulberry High School in Florida was working from a facility that was built almost 70 years ago. Ready for an overhaul and equipped with funding from a local sales...

05 Oct

Modernization Project – H.B. Whitehorne Middle School Verona, NJ

Modernization Project - H.B. Whitehorne Middle School Verona, NJ As STEM became more popular in Verona schools over the years, it was apparent that one thing was missing at H.B, Whitehorne Middle School (HBW): a STEM lab learning space. Over the winter of 2021, Technology, Engineering and Design teacher Julia Zambrano began working with colleagues...

26 Sep

Making a School Media Center a Collaborative and Fun Learning Space

Making a School Media Center a Collaborative and Fun Learning Space With about 275 students in grades pre-K through 8, St. Stephen Catholic School in Riverview, Fla., is well aware of the tectonic shifts that have taken place in the educational sector over the last two decades. And while the 21-year-old school is considered “young”...

22 Sep

Kirkland Ranch Academy of Innovation’s Learning Space

A Look at Kirkland Ranch Academy of Innovation Kirkland Ranch Academy of Innovation's (KRAI) learning space is Pasco County’s newest public magnet high school, opening its doors for the 2022-23 school year to 9th and 10th graders. In the coming two years, the Wesley Chapel campus will add students to grades 11 and 12 to...

22 Aug

High School Designs with MiEN Furniture a Flexible, Collaborative, College-like Student Union

High School Designs with MiEN Furniture a Flexible, Collaborative, College-like Student Union Josh LeSage, High School Principal at Valley Christian Schools in Chandler, Ariz., recently turned to MiEN for help designing and furnishing its student union space with MiEN collaborative and flexible furniture. With nearly 1,100 K-12 students, including 485 high schoolers, the school is...

30 Apr

Giving Educators a Contemporary Teacher Space to Decompress

Giving Educators a Contemporary Teacher Space to Decompress When Voorhees Township Public Schools approached MiEN to help design six teacher space lounges, the district’s primary goal was to create contemporary teacher spaces where educators could have lunch, socialize and decompress. In addition, some of the spaces were intended to support teacher collaboration, common planning, and...

29 Apr

Transforming an Aging High School Library into a Modern, Collaboration Lab

Transforming an Aging High School Library into a Modern, Collaboration Lab As a public high school that offers a rigorous college prep curriculum, University High School (UHS) serves students in grades 9-12 who are committed to success in high school and beyond. Through a partnership with Wayne State University, all of UHS’ seniors attend class...