BE&K Building Group of Charlotte, N.C., was selected to build a new multistory K-12 school facility and associated amenities for Cherokee Central School, part of the community of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. Designed to serve approximately 1,200 students, the project includes an elementary school, middle school, high school, cultural arts center and several sports facilities.
The elementary school houses two computer classrooms, two pre-K classrooms, six classrooms per grades K-5, a science classroom, four Cherokee language classrooms, two cultural centers, a sacred path classroom, and a “gathering place” built to house 350 occupants during all seasons.