Rice Lake Elementary School Addition Complete

Staff and students are enjoying more elbow room at Rice Lake Elementary after a recent addition added nearly 12,000 square feet to the Maple Grove school in an effort to ease overcrowding.

“We needed the space. A few of us didn’t have any windows. We didn’t have any room for students to group up,” explained Logan Moe, a fifth-grade teacher. “So now we have more space than we need and I have groups out here every day.”

Logan Moe, fifth-grade teacher at Rice Lake Elementary.

The addition accommodates Rice Lake Elementary School’s high enrollment. It added six classrooms and community space for students to collaborate or learn as a group.

“We use it for reading, catching up on homework or whatever I need to do,” said student Octavio Compean.

“Instead of being in a room with no natural light, now there’s natural light all around with all the windows,” said Liam Cabe, another fifth grader.

The addition also added a new gymnasium and an outdoor classroom.  The gymnasium also meets all the new requirements for a tornado or storm shelter.

New community space included in the addition at Rice Lake Elementary.

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