Rockwall Heath Ninth Grade Center and Rockwall Ninth Grade Center, Rockwall ISD
Project Stats
- Location
Rockwall, TX
- Size
230,000
- Market
- Expertise
A tradition of excellence and high achievement.
Based on demographic projections, Rockwall ISD will experience 21 percent growth by 2030, prompting the need for two new future-ready high schools. In the meantime, to prepare for future growth and alleviate current overcrowding, the district needed two new ninth-grade centers in addition to its current high schools — one for Rockwall High School and one for Rockwall Heath High School — and enlisted Corgan to design the two new schools to integrate with the two existing comprehensive grade 9 to12 high schools.
The two centers will prepare ninth graders with academic and career-ready skills to collaborate and think critically in a positive, empathetic, and supportive environment. Creating a clear, defined entrance and promoting a shared sense of pride with similar branding created a direct correlation to the existing high schools.
State-of-the-art, accessible, and flexible, each center provides open spaces with group seating areas, lounges, and tech centers to create opportunities for hands-on learning and encourage collaboration. Areas for both individual and group activities are designed to support the transition from middle school to high school, building connections and empathy with others and offering possibilities for social interaction.
Access to outdoor spaces provides areas for respite, restoration, and connection to nature promote mental health and wellbeing. Supporting sports and extra-curricular activities, the ninth-grade centers have core spaces, practice fields, and fine arts areas.
A series of over 40 focus groups composed of students, parents, community members, teachers, and district administrators provided input, helping to envision the future of Rockwall ISD to meet the curriculum’s standards of academic achievement, preparing students for success for generations to come.
