Educational

“The Park Avenue Elementary School is the oldest public school structure still in use in the City [of Orange], opening four years after the telephone was invented.” (Gov. Corzine) Yezzi Associates provided professional services to renovate/restore the original school, 32,000SF, and complete a 68,000SF addition. Both the restoration and new addition conformed to historic preservation guidelines in terms of the façade of the original school and complimentary construction materials for the addition.

Giovanni Peragine, RA, Yezzi Associates, with Governor Corzine, members of the Construction Management team and NJSDA during a  walk-through at the Orange Board of Education Park Avenue Elementary School. The school re-opened in September 2010.

New construction, four-story elementary school 123,600 SF      The Main Street Elementary School (Orange Township, NJ) is one of the first completed, fully funded, NJSCC projects in the State. This space-efficient design incorporates the first, and only, ‘teacher parking within the building’ in the State of NJ. The school is located in an Abbott District, which is mandated by the NJ Supreme Court to provide adequate and comprehensive education to children in urban areas. This facility was selected by the NSBA for display at their National Convention.

New construction, two-story elementary school 102,800SF     This two-story, specialized 5th & 6th Grade School, located in Berkeley Township, NJ, contains 26 classrooms, four special education classrooms, two science laboratories, media center, world language classrooms, resource centers, gymnasium, cafeteria, art classrooms, a vocal music classroom, an instrumental music classroom, small group instruction, state-of-the-art computer technology rooms, a computer distance learning classroom, and a 500 seat auditorium. This facility was designed to meet LEED silver certification.

New construction, two-story high school 52,000SF      The Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental Science (MATES), located in Stafford Township, NJ, was designed to meet LEED silver certification. This is a ‘high performance’ school, utilizing energy efficient features such as natural lighting with a 33’ skylight, which was constructed in a two-story atrium; highly durable and sustainable materials; state-of-the art laboratory and IT systems. The interior design and color pallet reflect the ‘seashore’ location of this specialized high school. Yezzi Associates was the recipient of the Outstanding Design Award by American School & University Magazine for the MATES facility.