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Science and Technology Building Gives a Wink to the Past and a
Nod to the Future
Nancy Fries “Mr. Lopez!” a third-grade student exclaimed. “The building is winking at me!” With that observation, a quirk of the new Science and Technology Building became one of its most endearing traits. The architects of the building, which opened September 17, 2020, had vast experience designing schools, but they didn’t fully understand the essence of Pegasus. “We told them all along we teach chemistry,” Head of School Jason Lopez recalls, “and they said, ‘We didn’t know you meant real chemistry!’” That slight misunderstanding necessitated two late-stage changes to the building design: the asymmetrical “winking” window on the front of the building to accommodate chemical storage in a lab prep room; and a single, rogue egress door on the wall adjacent to the parking lot. “The architect isn’t happy at all,” Lopez laughed, “and I love it because it is truly Pegasus!” Indeed, Pegasus teaches real chemistry, and now, it’s taught in a real, hi-tech lab. “My prior classroom wasn’t up to the level of student learning we strive for at Pegasus,” said eighth-grade science teacher Lisa Calvin. “My new classroom has all the advanced lab features and technology any high school would be thrilled and lucky to have, from the high-tech safety features, to
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small group lab tables with lab sinks. These features will allow my students to experience a greater variety of experiments.” Calvin’s classroom is one of fourteen in the new building, which also houses environmental science, robotics, Spanish, music, and more. Aesthetically, the building blends the campus’s existing mid-century style with bright spaces filled with natural light. Technologically, it will carry Pegasus well into the future.
