Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1930-03-27
VASHON ISLANDS
new HIGH SCHOOL
Is LATEST DESIGN
Built to Permit Future Expansion, and
To Comply With All Requirements Of
State Board Of Education.
BY silas E. Nielsen, Architect

your new high school was awarded by
the Board, that was the contract for
the electrical work. With the award
Of this contract 1t is now possible for
the first time to give you complete
description and total cost of your new
high school building.
The building can best be visualized
by comparing its plan to the letter
Tee. The head of the Tee, which runs
parallel to the count road, contains
the offices and class rooms. The leg
of the Tee, extending away from the
road. contains the gymnasium, and ut
: the extreme rear the boiler room The
building is 2S4'3" across the front
and the head Of this Tee is 600"
deep. The gymnasium wing is $40"
wide and extends back 500. The
boiler room beond this is 2lx2l.
The second floor of the building oc.
cupies a space about one-half the
width across the front, being 1853"
wide.
Capacity
The building is designed to accom-
MEDIATE 300 students when all class
rooms, laboratories and study hall are
full to capacity but not assuming the
class in the gymnasium or on the
athletic field.
Departments
The building, as planned, groups
the various rooms by departments in
order to simplify supervision and make
it possible in certain cases for one in
structor to supervise two rooms. These
departments arc as follows:
Administrative Department
This department includes the public
office 1ox15 feet with its supply room
7X12 feet, the principals office Sxl3
feet with fireproof vault adjoining.
These offices are Just to the right of
the main entrance To the left of the
main entrance has been provided rest
room and toilet for the lady teachers
and opening off the corridor is a
toilet for the men teachers.
Commercial Department
This department is located on the
front of the building just to the east
of the offices. There is provided a
typeing room 23x33 feet this room
opens into the principals office and
o bookkeeping room 22x29 feet, the
two rooms being separated by a glass
partition which thus permits super
vision by one instructor. Adjoining
the bookkeeping room is recitation
room 22X29 feet that is available for
this department.
Manual Training Department
This department is on the first floor
on the east wing Of the building across
the corridor from the commercial de-
partment. 1t contains a woodworking
shop 22x51 feet providing ample space
for the students benches and machine
tools. In addition there has been pro-
vided a small tool storage room, a
room for painting and vanishing and
over these small rooms ample storage
space for lumber The floor of manual
training department is concrete laid
directly on the ground. thus prevent
ing noise from being transmitted thru
the building
Domestic Science Department
The domestic science department. is
located on the first floor to the west
of main entrance and includes a
domestic science room 23x34 feet pro-
viding ample space for the students
cooking tables, sinks etc. Adjoining
this Is a kitchenette which may be
used both for demonstration purposes
in connection with the class work and
as kitchen for the preparation of
students lunches. Opening off of this
kitchenette is small dining room
which will be used for class purposes
in connection with the domestic
science department and which can
also be used for the teachers dining
room. Adjoining the domestic science
room on the west and opening off of
1t is the sewing room 22x29 feet. 1t is
planned to use the domestic science
room and sewing room for cafeteria
purposes during the lunch hour.
Recitation Rooms
y Three recitation rooms for general
class purposes are provided on the
first floor of the west wing, each be-
ing 22x29 feet.
Physical Training Department
Y This department includes gymna-
SUM with playing floor 50x75 feet,
n stage on the east 20 feet deep and
A. feet long with ample dressing rooms
at each end and with proscenium
arch 36 feet wide, bleachers on the
west with a seating capacity of three
hundred adults and in the space be-
meath the bleachers there have been
provided the girls toilet room, shower