Elementary School Remodeled for College

SAN DIEGO — A former six-building elementary school is now home to the Mesa College Design Center after a $5.4 million renovation project.
 
Home of the college’s Department of Architecture and Environmental Design, the renovation included interior alterations, repairs, technology upgrades, and accessibility enhancements, along with exterior building and site improvements.
 
The renovation provides training

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Kids Fidget and Rock While Learning More

SAN FRANCISCO — When we think about learning and ergonomics in the classroom, we may not be picturing kids rocking on their chairs, or sitting backwards on them, but those movements are precisely what is needed to facilitate learning, sustain concentration and maintain healthy posture, according to Dieter Breithecker, a health and kinetics scientist, and head of the Federal Institute on the Development of Posture and Exercise in Germany, who was at the VS America booth at NS

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