case study

Apple Valley
High School(grades 9–12)
Apple Valley, MN
School District: 196
Enrollment: 1,600
students
Faculty: More than
125 full-time/part-time
faculty members

Ergotron Brings Movement toThriving STEM High School
APPLE VALLEY, MINNESOTA SCHOOL DISTRICT 196
From kindergarten through senior year,
students in Minnesota School District
196, which includes Apple Valley HighSchool (AVHS), are immersed in STEM
learning in ways that are dynamic,
interactive and engaging. Ergotron’s
movement solutions are playing akey role in a variety of spaces to help
inspire the best learning.
“Mobility is really important at ourschool. We need to be able to moveclasses into the mezzanine andcommons, and reconfigure space toaccommodate large and small groups
all in the same day,” said Jim Lynch,
AVHS E3 STEM Program Manager
during a tour of the school.

In the school’s Fabrication Laboratory
or Fab Lab, students combine their
STEM knowledge with creative andfun projects that make learning comealive. Ergotron products, including
a STEM-focused YES24/36 Adjusta™
Charging Cart and LearnFit® mobiledesks, are prominent throughout.
Students quickly roll the mobile desks
to different areas of the lab with
their laptops.

Apple Valley High School (AVHS) is part of
Independent School District 196, 15 miles
south of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Learning facility: State-of-the-art digitalclassroom design includes built-in LCDs,
SMART technology; a 1:1 student iPadprogram, and student mobile computing
labs. AVHS also has a fully-equipped
television and digital editing studio, among
other special facilities that allow students
to study CISCO networking, IT essentials,
music production, video production, andtwo levels of computer science courses.
STEM programming: STEM courses offer
the opportunity for students to earn college
credit and to explore a variety of career
fields and pathways. Through mentoring
and coursework, students are engaged withprofessionals to get an early start engaging
in the STEM world.
STEM support: Originally funded, in part, bya grant from the U.S. Department of Labor’s
Employment and Training Administration,
AVHS also has a variety of educational andcorporate supporters, including Ergrotron.

“We appreciate how well the Ergotron
equipment is made,” Jim adds. “Thecarts, especially, take a beating
because they’re moved so much andsometimes even do double duty astransport carts. We put very heavy,
expensive AV equipment on them,move them all over the school, and weknow the equipment—and the cart—
will be fine!”
In the computer lab, a teacher uses a
LearnFit desk at the front of the class,noting how the desk is solid, andmoves smoothly and quietly. In themusic production lab, a TeachWell®
Mobile Digital Workspace has aprime position in the editing suite.
Both students and teachers use theworkstation because of its spaciousworksurface and how it lets them sit
or stand on-demand. Several LearnFit
desks are also used in the library.

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Jim notes how Ergotron’s products lookprofessional and high-tech, including
the LearnFit mobile desk that he calls
a “workhorse.”“Our principal even wheeled one onstage for a STEM presentation recently,
which just added to the feeling ofsmart technology and creating spaces
where students can prepare for thefuture,” he says. “Ergotron really fits
here as we’re developing into a STEM
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