Phillips 66 Innovation Labs
A $1.7 million Signature Community Initiative grant from Phillips 66 funded Innovation Labs for STEM programs at each of the public secondary schools in Bartlesville.
New Innovation labs opened in 2015 at Bartlesville High School and Madison Middle School and in 2016-2017 at Central Middle School. The lab designs and renderings are by Ambler Architects, and Nabholz was the project construction manager.
Bartlesville High School
At the high school, the 1956 basement cafeteria was no longer needed when the new cafeteria/commons opened in August 2015. So the grant completely renovated the former cafeteria space into the Phillips 66 Innovation Labs, consisting of an advanced computing lab, presentation room, and projects laboratory to serve four new courses in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM).
Students in the Information Technology Lab at collaboration stations
Student working in the Projects Lab on mobile whiteboard
The high school Innovation Labs provide multiple work areas
The labs support various courses and projects at the high school, including
Engineering Essentials
Introduction to Engineering Design
Principles of Engineering
Science Research
Middle Schools
At each of the two middle schools, two separate areas were remodeled into Innovation Labs. A suite of rooms at each site is designated for that school's Gateway to Technology program, which offers students a variety of courses:
Design & Modeling
Science of Technology
Automation & Robotics
Medical Detectives
App Creators
Green Architecture
Each middle school now has two computing labs and a projects lab devoted to STEM.
Madison Middle School
At Madison Middle School, one Gateway to Technology suite includes a computing laboratory, student workroom, and fabrication room.
The program doubled in size in 2016-2017 with courses taught by two new Gateway to Technology teachers using the Innovation Labs on both sides of the corridor, including another computing lab and student workroom to the north.
Central Middle School
Central Middle School's original campus underwent a complete renovation and expansion. New Phillips 66 Innovation Labs were constructed on the ground floor and top floor. The former band room and adjacent areas on the top floor were remodeled for Gateway to Technology courses. This area has a computing lab and a combination work room/fabrication room.
A former art room has been equipped with lab tables and an eyewash funded by the Phillips 66 grant and provides lab space for science classes and programs.
A former shop area on the ground floor, which had been two separate classrooms in recent years, was fully remodeled into a computing lab at one end and a projects lab at the other end.
