Lowcountry Montessori School
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Location
Beaufort County, SC -
Architect
Dawson Architects -
Construction Cost
$3.2M -
Gross Area
28,000 SF
Multi-functional building for Montessori-based educational experience
Tharpe Engineering Group provided structural design, construction documentation, and construction administration services for the new single-story, 28,000 SF school building. Construction consisted of conventional wood framing with shallow foundations. The school consists of two classroom buildings for students K-12th grade and contains classrooms and other support spaces, including an outdoor Land Lab where natural gardening is encouraged.
Lowcountry Montessori School (LMS) is a free, nonprofit, state-chartered public school which opened in Beaufort County in August 2014 and provides an official Montessori-based program to students from Beaufort and surrounding counties. In 2014, LMS began serving children from Kindergarten through ninth grades and expanded from Pre-K through 12th Grade in 2017.