Campus Improvements

New spaces. New equipment. New opportunities.

Enhancement of the Lipscomb Academy campus continued at full speed throughout the 2019-20 school year with highly desired projects such as a new air-conditioning system in the auxiliary gymnasium and upgrades to the cafeteria .

Creating an outdoor space for student flex time and lunch, six all-weather tables and umbrellas were placed in the courtyard outside of the upper school library.

A sidewalk was constructed to provide safe pedestrian travel on Caldwell Lane from the upper school weight room to The Highlands. An HVAC unit was purchased and installed in the auxiliary gym to provide additional space for students during lunch.

A landing station with charging capabilities was added on the far wall in the Mustang Cafe allowing for student collaboration during flex time, as well as an expanded lunch area option.

New signage for the Mustang Cafe was installed above the restructured service area that includes an added second hot food line.

In order to provide outdoor space for lunch and classroom instruction, a large event tent was secured on the grounds between Harding Hall and Acuff Chapel.

Brewer Campus redefined Historic investment in your students’ future

The corner of Granny White Pike and Harding Place continues to be transformed as construction of the $16 .5 million, 55,000-square-foot expansion of the lower school facility has sprouted from the ground and is expected to begin use in January of 2021 .

Students from age two to fourth grade are already enjoying a renovation of the existing building, including new paint, ceilings, lighting and flooring in all public areas to provide a more consistent look and feel from one end of the existing building to the other end of the new building .

The new innovative spaces at the lower school are being designed to foster inquiry, project-based learning and student collaboration with a makerspace incorporated into the multi-purpose learning commons . The words “Solly School” are now proudly and prominently displayed on the exterior of the Brewer Campus as workers continue to make this space ready to serve our exceptional population of students .

When the Solly School space is completed, it will house speech, occupational and physical therapies provided onsite through an outside vendor for our exceptional population of students.

A welcome center was created inside the existing lobby at the lower school to greet prospective families on campus.

The impressive grand lobby in the new wing leads to the learning commons area and the glass-walled dining hall.

Stepping up in the face of COVID

New technology and wellness resources safeguard students’ health

From outdoor meeting options to new wellness staff and facilities, Lipscomb Academy worked diligently throughout the spring and summer to bring in new equipment and operations to ensure a safe return to campus for all students .

Newly purchased technology allows students the flexibility to learn at home when and if needed as well as the safety to be with their classmates on campus . New equipment, such as hand sanitizing stations and the Mustang on the Run section of the cafeteria, encourage students to practice healthy behaviors .

With an increase in health and wellness staff, both the upper school and the lower school now have well and sick areas within the nurses' clinics to address students’ health concerns .

An upper school classroom was reconfigured to house a new clinic with separate areas for well and sick students.

Meeting OWL cameras provide 360 degrees field of view allowing remote learners to see and hear all instruction in the classroom.

At the lower school, the conversion of an adjoining room to the clinic provided additional space to meet the wellness needs of our youngest student population. Sanitation stations were placed around campus stocked and continually refilled with hand sanitizer.

Thermal cameras, located at each main entrance on campus, feature non-contact temperature measurement to monitor every person that enters the building.

Mustang on the Go, a boxed lunch dining option, allows students to purchase meals in the lobby outside the cafeteria.

Logitech ConferenceCams, iPads and laptops were purchased to facilitate innovate learning for students.