Greenville, South Carolina
Tanglewood Middle School
Tanglewood Middle School was designed to support middle school education by creating smaller groups of students divided into grade level teams.
Supporting the three grade level communities is a computer lab, special education resource rooms, a speech and hearing room and an in-school suspension room.
Related Arts spaces include a band room, music practice rooms, a dance studio, chorus room, art studio with separate storage for supplies and projects, a kiln room and an outdoor patio for daylight activities.
Vocational Education provides technology with a classroom, lab and storage room. Physical education has a gymnasium with seating for 350, locker rooms, showers, multiple storage areas and a laundry room.
The media center has a large reading room, office/workroom, media production lab, conference room and audio-visual storage room. There is also a faculty workroom and professional library. The dining/assembly area seats 266 for dining and 400 for assemblies and features a stage for special events. There is also a small dining room for meetings and student celebrations. Construction was accelerated by use of an early site package.