Warwick Valley Middle School's new media center opens
Warwick. The work, part of the 2017 voter-approved, $10.8 million capital improvement project, also includes TEM classroom, industrial kitchen and music suites.
| 29 Oct 2019 | 02:00
On Friday, Oct. 25, state and local officials along with members of the Warwick Valley Chamber of Commerce joined Warwick Valley Superintendent Dr. David Leach, Middle School Principal Georgianna Diopoulos (center) and Middle School student representatives and school officials for a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The ceremony celebrated the official opening of the Warwick Valley Middle School’s new media center, STEM classroom, industrial kitchen and music suites. (
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High School culinary arts students show off their freshly prepared breakfast appetizers in the new middle school’s new industrial kitchen. (
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The new Warwick Valley Middle School media center. (
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On Friday, Oct. 25, state and local officials along with members of the Warwick Valley Chamber of Commerce joined Warwick Valley Schools Superintendent Dr. David Leach, Middle School Principal Georgianna Diopoulos and Middle school student representatives and other school officials for a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
The ceremony celebrated the official opening of the Warwick Valley Middle School’s new media center, STEM classroom, industrial kitchen and music suites.
“This media center is such a different feel than when we were in school,” said Leach. “Now, this is the hub of the middle school building. And, this beautiful kitchen gives students great opportunities to learn some important, fundamental skills.”
In the new media center, students and faculty now benefit from a multipurpose conference-like room. There is also a flexible room for large-group instruction. Both are housed in sound-resistant glass.
Modular instructional and collaborative work spaces, as well as quiet study areas now exist along with technology upgrades in a new infrastructure capable of supporting future modernization.
“The new media center is designed to keep pace with the changing needs of our learners, the markets and workplaces, they will one day contribute to and the global problems they will help solve,” said Diopoulos. .
According to the school’s Website, the equipment in the new industrial kitchen rivals what professional chefs work with in commercial kitchens.
Additionally, a new adjacent suite features state-of-the-art sewing machines with enhanced technology.
The new music suite features state-of-the art technology for teaching music along with a new music MAC Lab, which is located in the Media Center.
Chamber President Michael Johndrow congratulated the District for providing students with an enhanced learning environment to prepare them for adulthood.
The construction was completed this past summer and is part of the 2017 voter-approved, $10.8 million capital improvement project.
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