Apple Valley Unified School District’s Granite Hills High School has been playing football home games at rival Apple Valley High School since opening its doors in 1999. The New Stadium and Athletic Complex project will finally allow the school to host its own home games and showcase Cougar spirit!

The Stadium is Phase I of a multi-phase 40-acre master plan adjacent to the existing campus that wishes to incorporate not only high school athletics and academics but create more community interaction and outreach opportunities as well.

The program for the new facility will incorporate an artificial turf football and soccer field, all-weather track, 5,000 seat capacity bleachers, concession and restroom buildings, and team locker rooms. Additionally, coaches, trainers, and officials’ offices and a state-of-the-art weight room create more space for program expansion and training facilities.

Downey Unified School District selected SGH Architects to plan and design Modernizations and New Building Additions at Imperial Elementary School. This site has seen little in the way of upgrades and not only requires the aging structures to be upgraded to accommodate the District’s vision of transforming their schools into state-of-the-art learning facilities, but also new classroom and support buildings to replace aging relocatable classrooms.

Features being designed at this site will include: state-of-the-art classrooms and flexible lab spaces, new modern library/media center, Administration spaces, Kinder and TK classrooms play areas, outdoor learning spaces, new hardcourt and play areas, parent and bus drop off, and staff and visitor parking.

Conceptual designs created by SGH Architects gave Downey Unified School District a glimpse of Imperial Elementary School’s re-imagined campus, sparking the conversation of future expansion for the school.

Nestled in the heart of California’s agricultural breadbasket, Liberty High School’s LEAF Academy in Madera, California represents the culmination of over a decade of planning, collaboration, advocacy, and passion for Golden Valley Unified School District (GVUSD) and its surrounding agricultural community.  With Madera County producing over $2 billion in agricultural commodities each year, the vision to expand and preserve the proud legacy of agriculture through CTE pathways at GVUSD is well underway.

Boasting stellar FFA and 4-H membership within their county and District, GVUSD’s vision to create a new Engineering Agri-Science and Farming Academy at Liberty High School was wholeheartedly supported.  The design team was tasked with guiding the programming as they developed the master plan for the CTE site, bringing the community’s vision to life through a thorough community planning process.

Automotive, Welding and Metal Shop, Woodshop, Ornamental Horticulture, Forming Technology, and Animal Sciences were selected as the first phase of development, with room for expansion to Culinary Arts and Catering, Butchering, Water Treatment and Filtration, and Advanced Farming Techniques in future phases.  Working with both the District and CTE grant writers, SGH Architects helped GVUSD claim the 3 highest scores for rural school districts in the CTE program – awarding the district nearly $9M in funding for this project.

With a passionate agricultural community driving the planning conversations, the LEAF Academy is a direct reflection of both the rich heritage and the future farming innovation of this District and community.