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High School Building Project Updates!

The new Perham High School being planned to be located in Perham, MN will include a gymnasium with locker rooms, full service kitchen, commons spaces, classrooms, fine arts area, administration offices, wrestling & weights area, media center, an adjacent satellite building for the STEM trades and is being planned for potential future additions of a theater & an academic addition. The greenhouse from the current high school site is planned to be relocated to the new site.

The overall project scope includes:

Perham High School

• Construct a new replacement 9-12 high school facility connected to the existing Middle School
• Complete site and parking improvements to support the new high school facility

Prairie Wind Middle School

• Improve physical education support spaces including storage, team and locker rooms*
• Provide expanded fitness area and associated support spaces *
• Create meeting and conference spaces *
• Address physical repair and maintenance needs at the Middle School

*Improvements to be incorporated as part of the new connected high school facility

PROJECT TEAM

Here are the individuals and businesses that are part of the building and design team for the new high school.

Project Oversight Committee

Administration, Board, Design Team, Management Team

Core Planning Group

Administration, Board, Design Team, Management Team, Community Members

Perham-Dent Schools

  • Mitch Anderson, Superintendent
  • Ehren Zimmerman, High School Principal
  • Scott Bjerke, Middle School Principal
  • Erin Anderson, Activities Director
  • Russ Winkels, Buildings Manager
  • Brian Norman, Information Technology
  • Jodee Ebeling, Information Technology
  • User Groups, Assorted Roles

ICS - Construction Manager

  • Pat Overom, Principal
  • Ryan Hoffman, Program Manager
  • Jeff Flettre, Project Manager

BHH Partners - Architect of Record

  • Tony Stoll, Principal-in-Charge
  • Chad Bormann, Project Manager

TSP - Consulting Architect, Interior Designer, Structural Engineer

  • Bert Haglund, Principal
  • Ted Rozeboom, Education Planner/Designer
  • Rob Collins, Project Architect
  • Greg Schoer, Architecture
  • Justine Pliska, Interior Designer
  • Lucas Lorenzen, Structural Engineer

ONE - Consulting Mechanical and Electrical Engineer

  • Jeremiah Christensen, Mechanical Engineer
  • Cody Ellingson, Mechanical Engineer
  • Andrew Bartsch, Electrical Engineer

Apex - Consulting Civil Engineer

Jade Berube, Civil Engineer

FS1 - Food Service Consultant

Len Groschen, Food Service Designer/Planner

PROJECT TIMELINE

Construction Design Phase

Completed Late December 2016

Award Bid to General Contractor

Bid awarded to Olaf Anderson out of Fargo, ND.

Construction Begins

Olaf Anderson & Subs Move In

Official Groundbreaking Ceremony

May 10, 2017 at 4pm

Start Sidewalks, Curbs, & Parking Lot

Mid-April

Start Remodel Work in PWMS

End of May

Building Exterior Complete

Mid-June

Perham High School Opens

Fall 2018

IN THE MEDIA

  • May 8, 2015 – Taking Shape: Vision for the future
  • November 4, 2015 – An overview of the referendum
  • November 24, 2015 – Voters say build a new high school
  • May 5, 2016 – Schematic design of new high school approved
  • September 7, 2016 – Construction moves along at Perham schools
  • January 12, 2017 – An inside look at the new Perham High School: Renderings of the great hall released
  • February 15, 2017 – Perham-Dent School District awards high school construction contract
  • March 9, 2017 – Perham schools to open one week earlier this fall
  • May 11, 2017 – Ushering in ‘a new era in education’: Ground is officially broken on the new Perham High School
  • June 21, 2017 – Photo mockups of new Perham High School released
  • January 25, 2018 – School board has construction site walk through
  • March 22, 2018 – Building on the future: Perham school board gets construction update, discusses safety
  • May 2, 2018 – The countdown to go-time: School construction marks one year with completion due this fall
  • July 5, 2018 – Only weeks to go: Work on new high school coming to an end
  • July 21, 2018 – Meet your new Perham high school
  • July 26, 2018 – Construction work on new high school approaching completion

SITE PLANS & PHOTOS

  • Exterior View
  • Great Hall Views
  • Bridge View
  • Gymnasium Views

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

  • Project Overview
  • Building Capacity
  • Educational Delivery Model
  • Shared Spaces

The new Perham High School being planned to be located in Perham, MN will include a gymnasium with locker rooms, full service kitchen, commons spaces, classrooms, fine arts area, administration offices, wrestling & weights area, media center, an adjacent satellite building for the STEM trades and is being planned for potential future additions of a theater & an academic addition. The greenhouse from the current high school site is planned to be relocated to the new site.

  • The new High School will be designed for 500 students, with core capacity for 600-650
  • The site and building will be designed to accommodate potential future expansion for:
    • Academy Areas
    • Theater (Performing Arts Center)
    • Career Academy Shops
    • Stadium
    • Additional Parking
  • The new High School will be designed for collaborative, interdisciplinary delivery of curriculum, a Professional Learning Community (PLC) model. Collaborative departments will be located in close proximity.
  • Two PLC’s for core curriculum will include classrooms, labs, and support instructional space for students and faculty (faculty planning, small group instruction, large group instruction).
    • The Humanities Division includes Language Arts, Social Sciences, and World Languages.
    • The STEM Division includes Math, Science, and Engineering.
  • Career Academies for trades will be accommodated as follows:
    • Provide an Engineering/Fabrication lab in the STEM Division.
    • Existing shops will relocate to the new facility. The District will investigate opportunities for teaming with private corporations.
    • Family & Consumer Science will be initially traditional residential cooking, but will be transformational to accommodate a potential shift to Culinary Arts in the future.
  • The new gymnasium will be designed for three competition courts. It will be located on the site to accommodate primary athletic events. The existing PWMS gymnasium will be used primarily for the middle school, high school practice, and events requiring all available courts.
  • Because the theater portion of the referendum was not passed by the community, a performance space should be considered. This should not be included if to the detriment of a future theater.
  • The new High School will provide a direct link to PWMS. The link will be designed for convenience of staff and students, not for the use of large numbers of public spectators.
  • The following shared spaces included in the new HS will be located in close proximity to PWMS:
    • Special Education (Specific Rooms)
    • Music rehearsal rooms and support spaces
    • PE and athletic locker rooms. The new gymnasium, designed for three PE teaching stations.
  • Additional shared spaces included in the new HS include the following:
    • Receiving
    • District Administration
    • Staff Parking and vehicle drop-off/pick-ups

CONSTRUCTION UPDATES

08 Apr

PHS Team Receives Leadership Award from Chamber

On Thursday, April 4, Superintendent Mitch Anderson accepted the Leadership Award on behalf of the Perham High School Leadership

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21 Aug

Meet Your New Perham High School: Gymnasium & Athletic Spaces

We are onto our 5th segment of introducing the new Perham High School, and the last before the school

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16 Aug

Meet Your New Perham High School: The Area Learning Center

We are another week closer to the completion and opening of the new Perham High School, so we are

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10 Aug

Meet Your New High School: Career Tech Education

As the new Perham High School nears completion, we are taking time to describe the spaces and features of

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05 Aug

Meet Your New Perham High School: Academic Wing

In the last segment, we wrote about how schools are typically designed around a gathering space. Better known as

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01 Aug

Meet Your New Perham High School: Commons

After many months of design planning and construction, the new Perham High School is gearing up to open its

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27 Jul

PHS Construction Update – July 27, 2018

It’s time for gym decals at PHS! It’s amazing how a few stickers make such a big difference in

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18 Jul

PHS Construction Update – July 18, 2018

The countdown is on for the new PHS! There is some work to be done yet, but crews are

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25 May

PHS Construction Update – May 25, 2018

Status check on the new Perham High School… now that school is out, the countdown is on! Here are

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24 Apr

PHS Construction Update – April 24, 2018

Spring is finally decided to show up, so our new Perham High School project is full steam ahead! We

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18 Apr

PHS Construction Update – April 18, 2018

On this day last year, the very first footings were poured on the new Perham High School campus. Since

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16 Mar

PHS Construction Update – March 16, 2018

With the nice weather we’ve been having, Bhh Partners took the opportunity to take a few exterior photos of

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQS)

When will the new high school open?

For school start of 2018.

Does the school district have enough money to operate a new building or will it have to go back to taxpayers and ask for more money in the future?

The operation costs of the new school will not change greatly for the District. The new school will be larger, but also more efficient so the anticipated impact is negligible or possibly even less costly to operate on a utility basis. 

Will the new high school be big enough to accommodate growth?

The new High School is designed with growth in mind. The core functions of the building are built to accommodate and approximate increase of an additional 100 students and the classroom wing is designed to be able to have additions built easily when they are required. 

Does the bond package include building a football/track stadium?

The current athletic and activity amenities including the football field, track, tennis courts, etc. will remain in their current locations.  New physical education and athletic areas in the form of new gymnasium space, weights and fitness space, and associated locker rooms, etc. are included in the new building. 

There are lots of positives with a new high school. Are there concrete numbers about what a new high school means for economic development?

There is no concrete way to calculate the economic impact of the new High School. We are optimistic the building will attract and retain families within our district which we hope delivers positive impact on the economic development of the city. 

Who conducted the facilities assessment of Perham-Dent Public Schools that led to the School Board’s decision to hold a bond referendum to reconfigure existing buildings and construct a new high school?

In conjunction with the Community Task Force, a firm that specializes in the assessment of Minnesota K12 Education facilities provided data for the Task Force to evaluate and ultimately determine the it was not in the best interest of the District to continue to use, or update the current High School.

Who are the architects involved in new high school and facilities project?

A local firm, BHH Partners, are the lead architects for all projects within the referendum. 

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