The school will offer a curriculum based upon both
traditional college preparatory and Jewish studies.
Designed by architect Aaron Green, a former associate of
Frank Lloyd Wright, the American Hebrew Academy is a state-of-the-art facility situated on
100 wooded acres. The $100+ million campus was entirely funded by anonymous donors. In
addition to three academic buildings and 37 student residences, the campus will include a
synagogue, a high technology media center, an athletic center and natatorium, and a
performing arts center among other buildings. When completed in approximately five years,
the Academy will accommodate 800 students in grades 9 through 12.
With an emphasis on the environment, the
facility boasts the largest geothermal exchange heating and cooling system in the country.
The system uses relatively constant subterranean ground temperatures to heat or cool a
closed water system. Additionally, no petroleum-powered vehicles will be allowed on the
campus proper, and student and faculty movement on the campus will be limited to
pedestrian traffic, electric vehicles, and bicycles.
Anderson &
Associates is performing survey, site planning, and civil engineering services for the
construction of the academy. Working in cooperation with several engineering,
architecture, and construction firms, A&A coordinates civil engineering design and
construction surveying for the site work and infrastructure, including detailed site
grading and erosion control, internal roads, water, sewer, storm drainage, and the
dramatic campus entrance features.
"The American Hebrew Academy project touches so many
different service teams in our firm," said A&A
Project Manager Mary Ann Bonadeo. "The wide array of engineering and surveying
services available through A&A’s offices is significantly beneficial to the
project’s success."
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