Perry Public Schools

2018 Bond Package + New Junior High School & Athletic Center

Perry has a tremendous amount of pride in their school. Because of our experience helping other districts pass successful bond proposals, and our ability to listen carefully, Narrate Design was asked to assist Perry Public Schools with their $25 million bond package.

Our design team worked with educators, staff, and the community to help ascertain the specific vision and goals for the District. Several months of conversations with multiple entities yielded a list of priorities that further the District’s goal of enhancing student achievement and creating a singular campus for Pre-K through High School.

Thanks to the combined efforts of Narrate and Perry Public Schools, the Bond Package passed successfully in November 2018, and they broke ground on a new Junior High School and Athletic Center on November 19, 2019. The new facilities are now in use and are a significant step toward a long-term goal and ultimate vision of Perry Public Schools.

The New Junior High and Athletic Center

The new Junior High and Athletic Center facilitates student learning in addition to being a community resource.

The Junior High incorporates abundant daylighting, environmentally responsible design, and engaging learning environments with state-of-the-art technology including a media center and computer lab, science classrooms with teaching gardens, special education spaces, and Family and Consumer Sciences (FACS) spaces. The learning environments extend beyond the school walls to include outdoor recreation, teaching, and social spaces.

The Maroon Athletic Center design is focused around a multi-purpose gymnasium with arena-style seating for 1,200. This new center will allow Perry to host large community events, basketball games, 4-mat wrestling meets, and tournaments with locker rooms for home and visitor teams as well as a training room. The gymnasium can also be reconfigured into multiple courts for basketball, volleyball, and gym classes. Smaller multi-use community space, kitchen, and concession area will be available to both the Junior High and Athletic Center.

WPA-Era Sign

The WPA (Work Projects Administration) was an American New Deal agency established in the 1930s to employ millions of job seekers in public works projects.

Thanks to a donation from a Perry resident, WPA-era materials abandoned on a local field were repurposed to create a sign honoring the historic initiative which greatly impacted the economic history of Perry, OK.