Fenton STEM & Leadership Academy

Client: Fenton Charter Public Schools

Scope: Adaptive Reuse

Size: 51,000 SF

Completion: 2015

Project Manager: Richard Berliner, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP, ALEP

Berliner Architects worked with Fenton Charter Schools on redeveloping an existing 49,000 SF office building into a K-5 elementary school. Fenton Academy Charter School is organized into two schools representing two different types of education. The east side of the building represents the Fenton Leadership Academy: Center for Social and Emotional Learning for grades K-2, while the west side of the building represents the Fenton STEM Academy for grades 3-5. They are separated by a central core that includes shared administration and a multipurpose room. 

The education at Fenton Leadership Academy is supported by Yale University, which monitors how teaching social and emotional competencies affects academic progress and achievement.